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Gardner committee advances intermunicipal veteran services agreement with Hubbardston to full council
Summary
The Gardner Public Welfare Committee on Sept. 30 voted to send to the full City Council a measure authorizing the mayor to sign an intermunicipal agreement to provide veteran services for the town of Hubbardston from Jan. 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
The Gardner Public Welfare Committee on Sept. 30 voted to send to the full City Council a measure authorizing the mayor to sign an intermunicipal agreement (IMA) to provide veteran services for the town of Hubbardston from Jan. 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
Mayor Mary Nicholson told the committee that Hubbardston reached out in mid‑summer after a staffing change at that town’s veteran services office. "Their current VSO is being deployed soon," Nicholson said, and Hubbardston had asked whether joining Gardner’s veterans district was feasible.
The mayor said Gardner has already been handling more complex VA claims for Hubbardston residents because the Hubbardston agent had been working only four hours a week. Gardner staff and the department’s leadership reviewed capacity and concluded the district can absorb Hubbardston without adding new permanent staff…
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