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The Gardner Scene: Gas and service stations of Gardner, Part 3 Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News Editor’s note: This is the third of a six-part series on gas and service stations of Gardner. Before the current Route 2 was built in 1963, the old Route 2 in and out of Gardner headed from the Westminster line down East Broadway and then out to Templeton via West Broadway. Both thoroughfares featured numerous gas stations in their day. East Broadway 80 East Broadway – Kendall’s Service Station. Harry Kendall operated a gas station at this location the longest from 1952 to 1955. Initially, it was brothers Stan and Elroy Pettengill who ran Stan and Roy’s Service Station there in 1946. Later, it was Shell Oil Co., Richard Brothers Service Station and a business owned by Raymond Bourn in 1950. ....
By Neill Caldwell [email protected] The town of Belmont uses Open Broadband technology to provide free high-speed wi-fi to its downtown area. DANBURY In addition to the surprising announcement from Sheriff Mike Marshall (see related story), the Stokes County Board of Commissioners on Monday night heard a presentation from a statewide company that seeks to bring internet access to underserved areas. Kent Winrich, the Chief Technology Officer for Open Broadband, a for-profit company based in Waxhaw, near Charlotte, offered a PowerPoint presentation for the Board. Open Broadband currently is serving in 18 North Carolina counties, “in both rural and urban areas,” Winrich said, “trying to solve the broadband problem.” He cited several as success stories for the company. ....