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Voters Guide: Early voting locations and hours in the Gardner area
The November election is just over a month away, which means early voting is starting soon in Massachusetts. In addition to electing a new president and vice president, voters in Massachusetts will also be making their choices for several offices, including U.S. and state senator and U.S. and state representative. Massachusetts voters will also be deciding on several ballot...
What to do with Stone Field? Officials in Gardner want ideas for a field home to generations
It used to be the playground for generations of baseball players in the Chair City, but now Stone Field lies unused along Cross Street behind the former Helen Mae Sauter school. But that could change with the city's appointment of the Stone Field Review Committee, whose members will solicit public opinion for ideas and suggestions about how the community might revitalize the vacant field. ...
Picture perfect: New trash bins in South Gardner decorated to show off best of Chair City
The new trash receptacles along East Broadway in South Gardner are now picture perfect. As part of a city-wide beautification project, four new trash containers have been decorated with vivid photographs displaying scenic views from around the Chair City. The photos were taken by Alex Lucier and affixed to the receptacles by artist Chris Bomengen, whose work includes the mural of factory workers beneath the railroad bridge on Timpany Boulevard between Hannaford supermarket and the Rte. 2...
EEE risk no longer high or critical in Mass., state health officials say
The risk level of contracting Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in several towns in three Massachusetts counties has lowered, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced. "Communities previously at high or critical risk are now at moderate risk,” the department said in a statement on Wednesday. In 2024, officials...
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