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No On #5 In November

Rather watch the video? No On Question #5 In November There is an effort underway to increase the minimum wage for tipped employees in Massachusetts. These employees are already guaranteed the state minimum wage. If they don’t make it in payroll and tips, then we, the employers, make it up.

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Bringing Back Industry Night – Wednesdays

All Summer Long Did you know that meteorologists consider the beginning of summer to be June 1? I just read that online somewhere, so it must be true. At least I’m considering it to be true because it matches my experience – exactly. This year, June 1st was a Saturday.

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Moon Hill & Gardner Ale House Open Late For The Grads

Moon Hill Brewing & Gardner Ale House will stay open later in order accommodate and congratulate the graduates of Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) and Montachusett Regional Technical School (Monty Tech). Kitchen closes at 9PM on Wednesday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 22. That’s an hour later. Last call is

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Mother’s Day Brunch

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, we will be having our regular Sunday Brunch with the addition of these chef specials tailored for your loving mother. Brunch begins at 9AM with the bar opening at 10AM. The brunch menu goes till 3pm, as usual, and the Mother’s Day specials continue

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Oktoberfest #17 In Review – Too Good Again

I haven’t blogged since before Oktoberfest. A blessing you say? Maybe. But I prefer to think of my blog entries as necessary building blocks to the new year, heading into the next Oktoberfest. You see, the Ale House year begins the day after Oktoberfest, always a Sunday. Oktoberfest is our

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Oktoberfest 17 Music Lineup

For 16 years now, the Moon Hill Brewing Co. and Gardner Ale House have been featuring their Oktoberfest celebration, dubbed “Party in the Street” and for 16 years we have never had a real Bavarian Folk Music band. People ask why and my answer was always simple, “We can’t afford

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Chair Luge #14

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, but from the eyes of beholders of the luge. – Almost Shakespeare It is such poetic reverence that I hold for the luge, that you might hold too; in that for an afternoon you may enjoy beyond a normal fall day.

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Masskrugstemmen (or Steinholding)

When I first heard of Masskrugstemmen I couldn’t believe my eyes. Not only could I not pronounce it, I couldn’t believe my luck in finding it. Such a complicated name!  But then I registered that this was a German word; tough-to-say is a no-brainer in Germany and actually results from

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