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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
NEW YEAR, NEW COUNCIL
Volume 20 • Issue 1
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by Kevin Troilo
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—town council held
their annual reorganization meeting on January 4 in order to swear in recently-elected
members of council and appoint members
Malinsky named solicitor
of town government for 2016. Hammonton
first Mayor Stephen DiDonato opened the
meeting by welcoming a number of people
to town hall.
“Congressman [frank] LoBiondo is here.
Hawks plan for
move to HMS’
Capella Field
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—Hawks football is a longstanding tradition in
Hammonton. With the Hawks
planning on moving their games
to William t. Capella field at the
Hammonton Middle School on
retired Superior Court Judge Michael
Donio. i believe Judge [Nelson] Johnson is
in the building. Judge [frank] raso. Sheriff
[frank] Balles. We have a couple members
of the clergy. father tom Donio. We have
Pastor [Jim] Schroeder. Pastor [Dan] Mcanney is here. We have, i believe i saw a former mayor and my brother, John DiDonato.
i saw as we walked in, former first lady
Joanne ingemi, anthony ingemi’s wife … i
saw [former] Councilwoman [anni] Carpo
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Liberty Street and the town providing lights for the field, there
will be an added need for cooperation between the town and the
school regarding their games,
elected and appointed governmental officials said.
along with the new lights, the
A look at local
2016 resolutions
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—With a new
year comes the idea of a fresh start
and new chances. People often
make resolutions or set goals for
themselves that they plan to ac-
See HAWKS, Page 12
complish in the coming months.
resolutions can range from something as small as giving up candy
for a few months or as life-changing as losing 30 pounds, it all depends on the person and their level
of motivation or belief in goal-set-
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Town using two
new trash trucks
Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd) (right) swore in Republican Councilman Michael Pullia at the town council
meeting on January 4. Pullia is pictured with his wife Cherie and daughters Sophia and Olivia. For more pictures from
See RESOLUTIONS, Page 3 the reorganization meeting, see Page 13.
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—the town
recently purchased two new trash
trucks. One of the old trucks,
which was originally purchased in
2005, was damaged in a fire and
will not be used at all following
the purchase of the new trucks.
the second model, which was
purchased in 2002, will be kept
and used if anything were to go
wrong with either of the new
trucks or they were in need of regular maintenance, town officials
said.
Library adds new
programs for 2016
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette Staff Writer
Hammonton Highway Department Head Scott Rivera with one of the town’s new trash trucks.
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HaMMONtON—the atlantic
County Library System includes
11 branches that span throughout
all of atlantic County, including
Hammonton. according to their
website, the mission of the at-
See TRASH, Page 4
lantic County Library System is to
offer informational and recreational materials which will educate, enlighten and enrich the lives
of area residents. the most recent
study of library statistics took
place after 2014. according to the
data collected, 822,422 people
walk through the doors, a huge
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