Ride of Your Life October 23, 2021
GARDNER, MA – September 23, 2021 – WGAW1340.com – Heywood Hospital at 242 Green Street, Gardner has announced that the Ninth Annual RIDE OF YOUR LIFE MOTORCYCLE RIDE has been rescheduled to Saturday October 23, 2021 Rain or Shine.
This 3 hour motorcycle ride through North Central Massachusetts features stops at local motorcycle shops. Ride registration begins at 8:00 am and the ride starts at 10:00 am. The fee of $25 for riders and $15 for passengers includes lunch, maps, and on route refreshments.
A lunch will be open to all beginning at 11:30 am with a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit suicide prevention efforts in the North Central and North Quabbin regions. For more information, contact Ms. Barbara Nealon at Heywood Hospital at (978) 630-6386.
D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches, 43 Union Square, Gardner, MA has shut its doors.
D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches, 43 Union Square, Gardner, MA has shut its doors. As part of the Papa Gino food chain, the sandwich shop in Gardner, MA has closed “due to staffing shortages.” The Gardner, MA location officially closed Friday night, August 6, 2021 at 7 PM. 
D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches, 43 Union Square, Gardner, MA has shut its doors. As part of the Papa Gino food chain, the sandwich shop in Gardner, MA has closed “due to staffing shortages.” The Gardner, MA location officially closed Friday night, August 6, 2021 at 7 PM. GARDNER, MA – August 8, 2021 – WGAW1340.com – D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches, 43 Union Square, Gardner, MA has shut its doors. As part of the Papa Gino food chain, the sandwich shop in Gardner, MA has closed “due to staffing shortages.” The Gardner, MA location officially closed Friday night, August 6, 2021 at 7 PM.
At its peak, D’angelo had many outlets in New England, including: 50 in Massachusetts; 7 in New Hampshire; 5 in Maine; 8 in Connecticutt; and, 13 in Rhode Island. D’angelo also served customers at major sports and entertainment venues, on college campuses, and at school cafeterias. The first D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches shop opened in Dedham, MA in 1967.
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted small, mom and pop stores and large businesses as well. Restaurants have been been greatly impacted. Many restaurants tried to weather the pandemic, shifting their business strategy to offering pickup and free deliveries. But many went out of business. As the economic downturn continued, many large chain restaurants were impacted, such as Friendly’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Ruby Tuesday, which closed numerous locations.
D’angelo Grilled Sandwiches is owned by Papa Gino’s, a private company founded in 1961 by Michael Valerio who owned an East Boston pizza shop.
8th Annual Gardner “National Night Out” Monument Park, Gardner
GARDNER, MA – August 3, 2021 – The 8th Annual Gardner “National Night Out” at Monument Park, Gardner, MA, promoted prevention of drug abuse and the development of positive relationships between the community and Gardner Police and Fire Departments. Not-for-profit groups set up informational tables, the Scouts held some games including Rock climbing. Kids enjoyed the bounce house while the Big Random provided music. Click here to view and/or download photos of event for FREE.
Massachusetts State Police Underwater Recovery Unit Demonstration at Greenwood Pool, Gardner, MA
GARDNER, MA – August 3, 2021 – “Pool Party with the Police.” The Massachusetts State Police Underwater Recovery Unit demonstrated its practices and techniques during a Water Safety Day at the Greenwood Outdoor Pool, Gardner, MA hosted by the Gardner, MA Police Dept. Click here to see and/or download FREE photos of the event
Water Main Break on Central Street, Gardner, MA
Causing traffic delays and re-routing of traffic
GARDNER, MA – August 3, 2021 – WGAW1340.com – Water Main Break just before noon on Central Street, Gardner, MA during construction to replace 100-year-old water pipes underneath street. Traffic re-routed near First Congregational Church next to traffic rotary. New pipes causing increased pressure in system (due to no water leaking from old piping) causing breaks at weakest points of old pipes in the system throughout Gardner, MA. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS.
Bandstand Concert @ Gardner’s Monument Park with Jumpin’ Juba
GARDNER, MA – July 31, 2021 – Bandstand Concert at Monument Park, Gardner, MA featuring Jumpin’ Juba. Click here to choose photos to download FREE. Next Saturday night . . . “Maestro’s Men” featuring POLKA music.
Car hits utility pole on Elm Street, Gardner, MA Electrical power turned off to extract driver.
Power interrupted along Elm Street.
GARDNER, MA – July 30, 2021 – A car hit a utility pole on Elm Street in Gardner, Massachusetts on Friday just before 3 PM. National Grid shut off power along the utility lines so emergency service personnel could extract driver, who was shaken but suffered only minor injuries. Home owners in the area had their electrical power interrupted for a short time. Gardner Police and Fire personnel responded to the accident. Elm Street was blocked off to traffic at the circle next to the First Congregational Church.
- Gardner Massachusetts Information
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Named in honor of Col. Thomas Gardner,[5] the community was first settled in 1764 and officially incorporated as a town in 1785 after receiving land grants from the surrounding towns of Ashburnham, Westminster, Templeton and Winchendon. Dating from about 1805, it became a center for lumber and furniture industries. Gardner is known as the “Chair City” and “The Furniture Capital of New England”, due to its long history in furniture production. By 1910 it had 20 chair factories which produced 4 million chairs per year. It was also noted for silversmithing. The Gardner State Colony for the Insane pioneered the use of cottage residences. Gardner was incorporated as a city in 1923.
Gardner is the birthplace of Heywood-Wakefield furniture, dating from 1826 when the five Heywood brothers began to fashion furniture in a barn near their father’s farm. Brothers Walter, Levi, Seth, Benjamin and William began that year making wooden chairs. In the early years, Walter fashioned chairs by hand, also using a foot lathe. He was soon joined by his brothers Levi and Benjamin, part-time, while running a nearby country store. A new store was built across the street from the original store. In 1831 Levi moved to Boston where he established an outlet store to sell the chairs, while Benjamin and William remained in Gardner to manufacture the chairs. A fire destroyed the Heywoods’ chair shop in 1834. In 1835 the partnership of B. F. Heywood & Co. was formed, composed of Benjamin, Walter and William, with Moses Wood and James W. Gates. Gardner was also the home of the Conant-Ball furniture factory. Nichols & Stone Chair Company traces their origin to 1762 in Westminster, Massachusetts. The company moved to Gardner at the turn of the 20th century. As of July 2008, it was announced they would terminate production. The Nichols & Stone name, the intellectual property and the design rights were purchased by the L. & J.G. Stickley of Manlius, New York.
Gardner is a city in Worcester County with a population of just under 21 thousand people. It is home to Mount Wachusett Community College, Heywood Hospital, and Dunn State Park. Gardner became a city in 1923.
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Mayor’s Office: (978) 632-1490
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City Clerk: (978) 630-4058
School District Office: (978) 632-1000
Elm Street: (978) 632-1673
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