Gardner News

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.

A 64-year-old Ashburnham woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision on Fitchburg Road, police said.

Police reported plenty of accidents among motorists who failed to adjust to the weather Monday morning.

A very soft-spoken and polite Joanne Keefe arrived in court this morning to face charges of kidnapping her daughter more than a year and a half ago and fleeing to Tennessee, where she was found earlier this month.

Army Reserve Spec. Nicholas O. Seibert has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A missing female bull mastiff has been found after she disappeared from the Ashburnham Pound on Central Street nearly two weeks ago.

A 78-year-old Fitchburg woman who hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes crashed into the front end of a parked car in the Market Basket parking lot at 90 Water St., and knocked down a Gardner woman loading the trunk of her parked car Saturday, said police Sgt.

"FutureStars," the concert showcase for young up-and-coming bands, returns to The Bull Run, Rte.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Undergrad enrollments up 7 percent in state Undergraduate enrollments are up 7 percent since last year across the state college and university system, and officials have moved more of their financial aid dollars into needs-based awards, the state Board of Higher Education learned at a meeting in Gardner yesterday.

The Gardner Area League of Artists announces the Fall Art Show and Sale, featuring live musical performances, will be held Nov.