Dept. of Ag Secretary
attends Kiwanis Meeting
p. 19
Are you ready for the big
game on Sunday?
p. 21-28
Spend the day at
Peddler’s Village
p. 33
TOWN FINED BY NJDEP
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Volume 19 • Issue 4
by Brittany Mauro
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—Council approved a settlement agreement and
fine levied by the New Jersey Department of environmental Protection (NJDeP)’s Southern Bureau of
Water Compliance and enforce-
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$2,750 fine; Wuillermin: Water quality sampling was ‘missed’
ment at the regular meeting of town
council on January 26. according
to Councilman edward Wuillermin, the state has penalized the
town $2,750 regarding failure to
sample the water supply on Well 1
and Well 3 on Lincoln avenue.
“to clarify the water quality
sampling that was missed. the
sampling takes place every quarter
by a certified lab. those results are
sent to the state and to town once
they are completed. in this particular quarter, Wells 1 and 3, that
whole plant was offline for about a
week … When the lab came by to
sample the treated water from that
location, the fact that it was not in
operation, she could not pull a sample. Unfortunately that information
was submitted after the samples
which were then analyzed from the
state. that slipped by without any
AtlantiCare plans A wintry scene downtown
Rt. 30 additions
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—On January
21, the Hammonton Planning
Board had its scheduled meeting to
address one major item on the
agenda. an amended preliminary
and final major site plan for additional phases of the atlantiCare
Hammonton Health Park project,
See COUNCIL, Page 13
located at 219 N. White Horse Pike
(route 30) was presented to the
board.
Before the application was addressed, board solicitor Michael
Malinksy swore in two additional
board members, Councilman
thomas Gribbin and elsie Baez,
who weren’t present at the reorganization session on January 7.
Raso hired as new
HHS football coach
by Brittany Mauro
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—at the January 22 meeting, the Hammonton
Board of education met to discuss
new concerns and congratulate
Jim raso for his accomplishment
on becoming the new head coach
See PLANNING, Page 10
of the Hammonton High School
football team.
the board approved and welcomed high school football head
coach Jim raso. former head
coach Pete Lancetta resigned from
the position in December 2014.
the board also accepted a letter of
Showing Hammonton pride in Vt. Craft brewery for
See SCHOOL, Page 14
THG/Gabe Donio. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
It was a snowy scene downtown on January 26 at this house at the corner of Second and Orchard Streets. Snow
hit the town earlier this week as part of a large blizzard on the Eastern Seaboard.
former color lab?
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—the Hammonton zoning Board of adjustment held its reorganization
meeting on January 22. the election of officers for one-year terms,
which included chairman, vice
chairperson and non-recording secretary, was voted on, plus a oneyear term board solicitor, engineer,
planner, traffic engineer and secretary were determined as well. afterwards, a use variance, waiver of
site plan application was presented
to the board.
the members of the zoning
New plan for lake
park band pavilion
by Brittany Mauro
Gazette Staff Writer
Courtesy Photo
Last week, Andrea DeMarco of Bethel, Vermont sent The Gazette a photograph of her car with its proud “HAMMNTN”
license plate. She said she purchased the vanity plate in 2014 because she was pleased to see how Hammonton
had changed for the better in recent years. “I actually just got this plate last summer as a way to honor Hammonton’s
revitalization and it was the next best thing to a bumper sticker that I could come up with! You can take the girl out
of Hammonton but you cannot take the Hammonton out of the girl!” DeMarco wrote in an email.
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HaMMONtON—On January
20, the Hammonton Parks and
recreation Commission met for
the first time in 2015.
Commission Chairman Louis
Cappuccio and commission members discussed upcoming events
See ZONING, Page 4
and plans that are to take place in
2015.
George Hummel and Jeff Young
of Hammonton Kiwanis Club
asked the commission for their
permission to open the wall of the
pavilion that faces the main entrance of Hammonton Lake Park.
Hummel and Young informed
the commission that this will be
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See PARK, Page 3