GARDNER -- June 8, 2026, Gardner City Council opens FY 2027 budget review, flags transposition errors and presses for new oversight controls. The council met Monday as a committee of the whole to conduct its
GARDNER -- June 8, 2026, Gardner School Committee closes school year with unanimous votes on policies, superintendent raise, and a family donation. The committee, chaired by Mayor Michael Nicholson, approved six updated or new school
GARDNER -- June 1, 2026, Gardner City Council approves six business licenses and advances an emergency personnel ordinance fix ahead of a June 30 deadline. At the June 1 regular meeting, the council unanimously cleared
GARDNER -- May 26, 2026, Gardner Finance Committee advances mayor's chief of staff proposal on a 2-1 vote. The three-member Finance Committee of the Gardner City Council voted 2-1 Tuesday
GARDNER -- May 19, 2026, Gardner ZBA accepts three-family withdrawal, continues cell tower case to June. The Gardner Zoning Board of Appeals, sitting with its minimum four-member quorum, voted unanimously at its May
GARDNER -- May 18, 2026, Gardner City Council moves a 15 percent water rate hike to first printing, rejecting the mayor's doubling proposal. The council, presided over Monday by Councilor Pro Tem Alexander
Gardner's school superintendent warned the City Council of a $793,669 funding shortfall heading into FY2027, even after cutting $1.5 million from the district budget. Superintendent Dr.
GARDNER -- May 12, 2026, Gardner City Council enters executive session to discuss Teamsters and department head contract negotiations. The council voted 8-0 at its informal May 12 meeting to close its doors under
GARDNER -- May 12, 2026, Gardner Planning Board votes unanimously to adopt the city's first master plan since 1974. The board approved the new citywide master plan at its May 12 meeting, ending
GARDNER -- May 12, 2026, Gardner Finance Committee scales back water rate hike, advances $1.125M bond reappropriation. Meeting Tuesday in City Council Chambers, the committee chaired by Councilor Aleksander H. Dernalowicz voted unanimously to