Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Gardiner, ME: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Gardiner Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Almost every address in Gardiner can get fiber (93%, by the FCC’s map).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Gardiner, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Gardiner.
Power comes from Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gardiner. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Gardiner Water District
Gardiner Water District supplies Gardiner: about 79% of residents live in its service area. About 21% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Hallowell Water District as seller) and serves 9,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 3.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090610.
7 home internet providers serve Gardiner
98% of 2,380 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/50 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 90% | 2,000/2,000 |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 52% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Redzone Wireless | Fixed wireless | 71% | 50/15 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 30% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 26% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Gardiner
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Gardiner, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspapers, magazines, catalogues, and phone books
- Mixed paper
- Glass jars and bottles
- Tin and aluminum cans
- Corrugated cardboard and brown paper bags
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check gardinermaine.gov →
From gardinermaine.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated September 1, 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Gardiner is in School Administrative District 11.
B−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Gardiner spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Gardiner residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Gardiner | ZIP’s residents in Gardiner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04345 | Gardiner, ME | 92% | 46% |
| 04359 | South Gardiner, ME | 8% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Gardiner
Who supplies Gardiner’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Gardiner Water District (EPA ID ME0090610). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.4 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Gardiner?
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Gardiner?
Spectrum, Fidium Fiber, GoNetspeed, Redzone Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Gardiner?
04345 (92%), 04359 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Gardiner in?
School Administrative District 11.
How do I register to vote in Gardiner?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Gardiner Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Gardiner’s own website (gardinermaine.gov), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.