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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Gardner Launches new Youth Center! Last week, the City of Gardner launched a new initiative officially opening the new Gardner Community Youth Center! This new youth center, located in the basement of the former Elm Street School, creates a spot where Gardner students in grades 7 to 12 a place to go for FREE after school from 2pm to 6pm, with transportation available from Gardner Middle School and Gardner High School. Any students from Gardner Public Schools or Holy Family

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY OF GARDNER RECEIVES NEARLY $1.5 MILLION FOR SOUTH GARDNER REVITALIZATION PROJECT GARDNER, MA – The City of Gardner has been awarded just under $1.5 million to fund the South Gardner Revitalization Project, a major infrastructure improvement initiative focused on the section of East Broadway from the Standard Chair of Gardner Factory to the Gardner Martial Arts Academy. This project will relocate overhead utility wires underground, install new concrete sidewalks, repave

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2025 GARDNER RECEIVES GRANT TO MAKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE FULL TIME POSITION GARDNER, MA – The City of Gardner has been awarded a $20,000 Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) to expand the City’s Domestic Violence Advocate position from part-time to full-time within the Gardner Police Department. The Domestic Violence Advocate position was created by the City in 2023 through funding from the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), whic