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Then and Now: Recalling the places of South Gardner along East Broadway The neighborhood is a unique village with a history all its own Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News Out of all the neighborhoods in Gardner, there is no question that the area affectionately known as “South Village” has been around the longest. In addition, you won’t find many citizens any more rabid for their section of town than the South Gardnerites. It was in this section of town that Gardner’s first settl...

Frieze Editors Discuss What the Art World Has Learned in 2020 COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter were two of the major events that signalled the changes that may – and in many cases must – come next year Andrew Durbin Let’s start broadly. Has COVID-19 changed the art world forever or just temporarily? Pablo Larios I see three areas in which COVID-19 has accelerated permanent changes that were already underway in the art world: digitization, relocalization and funding. We�...

Three longtime Royal Oak Board of Education members attended their last meeting on Thursday. Board President Jeff Brinker, Vice-President Gary Briggs and Trustee Carrie Beerer decided against seeking reelection last month after many years. “It’s been a pleasure working with such caring community members invested in the education of our young people, as they also supported our staff and families,” said Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick in a statement. “Mr. Briggs, Mr. Brin...

Says things like that. martha: bill oreilly spoke out on this. bill: its long past time for african-american communities across america to begin to police themselves. criminal activity, drug use child abandonment disrespect, general chaos all on display every single day in many places. you know what? no government is going to stop that no bureaucracy is going to help you. martha: alan, what do you say? >> i disagree when everything i have heard so far. we need a massive jobs program. we need a...