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A brush fire on the Fourth of July Gardner was probably sparked by fireworks, authorities say.

Nip Hunt event to benefit orphans in Ukraine; the biannual cleanup event is sponsored by Anthony's Liquor Mart

In part 5 of his series, Mike Richard takes readers back to a time when Pearson Boulevard in Gardner was a true 'Gasoline Alley'

Location also had a bit of a star-crossed history Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News One of downtown Gardner’s favorite bakeries, Plainview Bakery, was a Central Street landmark for many years, as seen in this photo from 1960. Located in what has been called “The Central Building” at 271-277 Central St., it moved there beginning in the late 1950s after originally being located at 19 Parker St. Plainview Bakery was originally opened on Parker Street by Gustaf Ohman in 1921. Ohman, who previously ran Ohman’s Bakery on Central Street, opened Plainview, which he ran until 1923. It ...

Pizza may have been first sold in Gardner at the former Buffo’s Spaghetti House Mike Richard What’s happened to all of the pizza joints in Gardner? Of course, I am being facetious, but at one time there was more than a dozen places in the city where you could purchase a pizza pie in these parts. It nearly became a joke of sorts that a city the size of Gardner had more pizza joints per capita than most communities statewide. However, that number is dwindling to the point where now there are only eight places in Gardner to buy pizza.