Gardner News

Summoning incredible strength, Firefighter Alario pushed the heavy wheelchair to safety and then joined another firefighter on a hose.

'Peter Pan,' presented by Theatre at the Mount of Gardner, will fly into Gardner for Thanksgiving weekend for several performances.

Firefighters have been working to extinguish a fire that broke out this morning in a train car carrying coal.

Elks West Central Six Lodge Veterans Committee will be holding a benefit dance on Saturday at the Leominster Elks, 134 North Main St.

The fixed rate bonds, sold through a public offering and underwritten by Barclays Capital, were issued through the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Large doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine will be available starting next week for children ages 6 months to 18 years through free clinics in Fitchburg and Gardner sponsored by Community Health Connections Family Health Centers.

Joe Macchia, Laila Michaud and Peter Normandin, the three candidates running for the open seat on the Board of Selectmen, answered questions concerning the town's budget and offered ideas on how to enhance town revenues during Thursday's Candidates Night at the Forbush Memorial Library.

Call it an early "thank you" card. Bay State servicemen and women returning home from their second and third tours of duty overseas will receive an added $500 bonus under a sweeping new law approved by House lawmakers on Wednesday that extends new benefits to veterans in a show of appreciation just days before Veterans Day.

Today, Gardner resident Michelle B. Wilmot will be honored as the 'Outstanding Woman Veteran of the Year' by the state Women Veterans' Network, part of the Department of Veterans' Services.

Precinct 7 Town Meeting member Bill Bradstreet wants to make sure there are enough spaces at a renovated high school on Cabot Road to keep students from parking on side streets.

A former Gardner doctor who coerced his sexual assault victims by illegally giving them morphine and intimate massages for common ailments such as sore throats and back pain is being sued in federal court.

Patrick M. Gerry is running against six incumbents in his bid for a councilor-at-large seat, but said he has no problem with the councilors he is running against - it is just time for a new voice.

Seat being sought : Gardner councilor-at-large Address: 34 Chapman Park, Gardner Age: 60 Occupation: Office administrator Education: Bachelor's degree, economics, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, N.Y.; master's degree in business administration, College of St.

The owner of Knight Chevrolet on Route 169 says spending millions of dollars on a new building without any assurance that he would continue as a dealer would be a clunker of a deal.

Tempers were controlled, but hackles were raised last night in Gardner High School auditorium during a debate between the two candidates for mayor.

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The turnout last night for the councilor-at-large debate at Gardner High School was about one-third the size of the crowd that came out for last week's ward councilors' debates, with only about 30 people showing up.

State police who received reports of gunfire at a residence in the area of Kurikka Place, near Minott Road along the town line with Gardner, said late last night the situation was resolved and one person was in custody.

Authorities say a Westminster man who brandished a handgun and made threats at a Fitchburg bar has died after exchanging gunfire with police outside his home.

Montachusett Home Care Corporation of Leominster and Gardner recognized its longtime employees at a staff meeting earlier this month.