Commission voted unanimously to start fall rates August 31, amid informal golf lesson liability concerns. Alek Dernalowicz moved to begin the special rates on that date in a 5-0 vote.
Gardner's Finance Committee cleared a dozen items in a single session Wednesday, sending FY2026 year-end closeout transfers and a slate of other measures to the full council.
Gardner retirement board unanimously voted to appeal a disability benefits denial decision at the state administrative level. Chairperson Denise Merriam and members Robert Newton, David Walsh, Jacob Cormier, and Karen Butler voted to appeal a Division of Administrative Law Appeals decision by
Gardner Conservation Commission continues two wetland hearings and approves up to $400 in MACC dues.
Gardner Board of Health votes to uphold $2,000 fine and seven-day tobacco permit suspension against A1 Mart.
Ten property transfers were recorded in Gardner from June 26 to July 25, but only one, a $398,860 sale on Sherman Street, carried a price in the registry data at the time of this report.
Gardner Finance Committee advances $925,000 Waterford Street asbestos abatement in marathon July 24 session. Mayor Michael J.
Gardner's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a special permit and a fall-zone variance for a multi-carrier cell tower at 677 Templeton Boulevard, clearing the final regulatory hurdles for an AT&T-anchored structure at the rear of the Walmart property.
Four Gardner-resident obituaries were posted by area funeral homes this week: Canning, James A. II (89); Khane, William (93); LaFreniere, Linda (84); and Meehan, Claire H (97). LaFreniere's arrangements are being handled by Lavery Chartrand Alario Funeral Home, Inc. of Fitchburg; Cannin…
Gardner recorded 13 property deeds between June 19 and July 18, but only two carried sale prices by the time records were compiled: $50,000 for 81 Church St and $441,195 for a transaction with no listed street address, producing a median of $245,597 from those two figures.