Gardner News

The number of Gateway Cities in Massachusetts would expand by more than a third under a Senate budget proposal scheduled for debate this week.

John J. Peters, 50, 159 Baker St., Gardner, was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 3 years to 3 years and a day in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, larceny of a vehicle and breaking into a depository.

Students and staff at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School recently joined efforts with the SHINE Initiative to help raise awareness about the stigma of mental illness.

Staff Writers Mike Hornick and Vicky Boyd gathered these handling & distributing related news items at the United Fresh 2013 expo floor May 14-16. GARLOCK PRINTING & CONVERTING: Cris Baca , sales account manager, and Max O'Malley, sales and service manager, from Garlock Printing & Converting, Gardner, Mass., display a recyclable pouch that can be ... (more)

Jennifer L. Ledoux, of Fitchburg, was promoted from compliance/QC administrator to compliance officer.

A Gardner man accused of stealing an ATM from a Fitchburg restaurant during a break-in last month was arraigned in Fitchburg District Court Thursday.

Mayor Dean Mazzarella raised the ante in a friendly community rivalry with Fitchburg and Gardner during a Light the Town Purple celebration that bathed City Hall in purple lights Thursday to recognize the upcoming Relay for Life of Greater Gardner.

Students from St. Leo School in Fitchburg pitched in to clean up the banks of Baker Brook in Fitchburg at a clean-up event April 27 organized by the Nashua River Watershed Association.

The TAMY Award program recognizes the extraordinary amount of work, creativity, and devotion that faculty and students pour into their high school theatrical productions.

Wendy Wiiks' job as the city's grants administrator sounds like fun as she pores through databases and mailing lists looking for free money.

Eleven arrests were made Thursday during "Spree Day," the annual unofficial party celebrating the last day of classes for the spring semester at Fitchburg State University.

Community volunteer Raymond LaFond of Gardner will be recognized with Mount Wachusett Community College's 2013 Service Above Self Award during the college's 48th Commencement Exercises on May 16.

The TAMY Award program recognizes the extraordinary amount of work, creativity, and devotion that faculty and students pour into their high school theatrical productions.

A would-be home invasion suspect landed in a world of pain when he tried to take on a homeowner nearly three times his age - who pummeled him with a flurry of punches.

A damp and raw Thursday evening didn't deter the spirit of those people involved in the fight against cancer as nearly a dozen people gathered under the Upper Common's gazebo to light the city purple.

The Fire Department unveiled a Box 4 Canteen Truck at the Grove Street Fire Station Wednesday.

A man who took out nomination papers for city councilor-at-large last month has been charged with creating hoax explosive devices.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE FILE PHOTO / JOHN LOVE The start of the 19th Relay for Life at Mount Wachusett Community College last year in Gardner.

Numbers released from the state's Department of Health and Human Services has revealed that 1 out of 4 practicing MA physicians have taken gifts from major pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Robert Babineau Jr. said he is the worst person to be asking people to donate to Community Health Connections for its new medical center.