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Gardner Morning Brief, Tuesday, Oct. 20
Gardner water department to switch back to chloramine treatment starting Oct. 28.
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City Council meets tonight
Gardner City Council holds regular meeting tonight as early voting and registration deadline approach for state election.
Government · Historical Commission
Commission Discusses Documentation for Three Historic Properties
Historical Commission's MACRIS Working Group met October 13 to discuss documentation for three historic Gardner properties.
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Only One of Gardner's 10 Recent Property Sales Has a Recorded Price
Gardner recorded 10 property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only one, a $236,870 sale on Coleman Street, carried a price in registry data so far. That single sale currently sets both the range and the median for the period; the other nine transactions are awaiting price data, which
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Early voting opens Saturday for state election
Gardner residents can begin casting in-person early ballots for the state election Saturday at City Hall. Also in today's brief (9 items): Theater at the Mount stages Murder on the Orient Express; Historical Commission holds special meeting Tuesday; School Committee meets Tuesday evenin…
Government · Finance Committee
Gardner panel keeps sewer loan, fleet review open
The Gardner Finance Committee kept six financial items open, including a $1.3 million sewer bond, without taking any substantive votes. Mayor Michael J.
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Board of Health cracks down on illegal tattooing
Board of Health reports cease and desist order against unlicensed Pleasant Street tattoo operation. From our own coverage: Gardner panel advances capital oversight ordinance; Board of Health approves septic hardship waiver. Also in today's brief (10 items): District switching busing app…
Government · Select Board
Gardner Council Sends Capital Oversight Rule to First Printing
The Gardner City Council voted unanimously to send a capital improvement oversight ordinance to first printing, citing unresolved spending from the Mackie Park and Gardner High School C-wing projects.
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health approves septic hardship waiver
Gardner Board of Health waives sewer hookup, citing century-old pipe risk.
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Trick-or-treat hours set for Halloween
City sets Halloween week schedule with trick-or-treat hours and a preschool stroll downtown. From our own coverage: Gardner logs 13 property transfers, sale prices pending. Also in today's brief (4 items): City Hall closed Monday for Columbus Day; Downtown Halloween stroll planned for p…