![Gardiner Firetruck](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Firetruck-2-800x400.jpg)
Everyone loves firefighters, don’t they? Yet, for some time, the message board in front of the Gardiner Fire & Rescue has a request posted on it for volunteers.
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A roundup of current events and happenings in the Town of Gardiner.
![Gardiner Day](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_9206-800x400.jpeg)
Gardiner Day is back! Save the date.
![The Yarn Shack, Gardiner, NY](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Yarn-Shack-800x400.jpg)
If you are driving down Albany Post Rd at any hour of the day, you will pass a brightly lit and charming, small white hut. Welcome to The Yarn Shack.
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On various social media platforms and in the news, people have been reporting receiving outrageously high electric bills from Central Hudson.
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If you’re new to backyard gardening, start small and try not to do too much the first year.
![Shawangunk Ridge, Photo by Jarek Tuszyński](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Shawangunk-Ridge-800x400.jpg)
Once upon a time, the Gardiner community rose against what was seen as an ecological tragedy in the making in the form of the unsanctioned and inadvisable real estate development of the Shawangunk Ridge.
![Smothering the Lawn - photo by José Moreno-Lacalle](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Smothering-the-lawn-800x400.jpg)
Chris Vultaggio had been wanting to convert much of his lawn into meadow for several years, but didn’t know where to start.
![View of the Ridge by Jon Benner Sr](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/View-of-the-Ridge-by-Jon-Benner-Sr-800x400.jpeg)
While a growing population brings new energy and dollars to the area, careful planning is needed to avoid challenges associated with this growth and to preserve our town’s rural character.