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Page 2 • Wednesday, January 29, 2020 • The Hammonton Gazette TAB L E O F CO N T E N TS The Hammonton Gazette OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 OUR TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 FAITH FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CIVIC NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HAMMONTON’S HISTORY . . . . . . 23 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . 43 HAMMONTON FAMILY EYECARE WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 MIND GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SCORECARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Complete Eye Care For All Ages www.hammontonfamilyeyecare.com 80 S. White Horse Pike • Hammonton • Tel: (609) 567-7479 www.hammontongazette.com O BITuARIES The Hammonton Gazette (USPS 018984) is published weekly. The Hammonton Gazette is located at 14 Tilton St., Hammonton, NJ 08037. Periodicals Postage Paid at Hammonton, NJ. Subscriptions are available for $25.00 per year for New Jersey addresses & $30.00 per year for residents for out-of-state addressess. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Hammonton Gazette, 14 Tilton St., P.O. Box 1228 Ham- monton, NJ 08037. Call (609) 704-1940 for more information. Diana Hanselmann THG/Gabe Donio. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940. Diana Hanselmann (nee DeMarco), 91, of Galloway died on January 20, 2020. She graduated from Hammonton High School in 1946 and Pierce Business School in 1950. Diana was a secretary for the People’s Bank for 12 years until the births of her daughters. She worked as a bookkeeper for Chatsworth Cranberry association for 23 years. She loved bookkeep- ing and held several part-time jobs after retirement. She loved family and hosting holiday dinners, traveling and lunches with family and friends. She is predeceased by her husband, William Hanselmann and her lov- ing sisters and brothers. Surviving are her daughters, Donna Hess, eliza- beth (Charles) Michel and Jill Garbutt; her sister, amelia todara; her brother, Philip (Josephine) DeMarco; her loving grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. a visitation and service were held on Saturday, January 25 at Wimberg funeral Home, egg Harbor City. interment followed at atlantic County Veterans Cemetery in estell Manor. arrangements made by Wimberg funeral Home, egg Harbor City. Man charged with assault by Gabe Donio G azette S taff W riter HaMMONtON—a local man was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer along with other charges after being stopped by an officer at 12:30 a.m. on Jan- uary 25 on the 400 block of N. egg Harbor road, Hammonton Police Chief Kevin friel said. K-9 Cpl. robert zbikowski was in the vicinity and observed a per- son riding a bicycle through a property that was clearly posted with no trespassing signs, friel said. zbikowski identified the subject as Christian rueda, 21, of Ham- monton, friel said. “He walked up to Mr. rueda and advised him he was trespass- ing on the property. rueda be- came confrontational and kept touching the outer front pocket and rear pocket of his pants,” friel said. zbikowski was going to pat him down for his safety and asked rueda if he had anything on him, friel said. rueda said he had a hy- podermic needle in his right rear pocket, friel said. Officer John amendolia iii had arrived on the scene to aid zbikowski, friel said. When amendolia reached for rueda’s front pocket, rueda became com- bative and struck amendolia in the head with his fists and feet, friel said. rueda was taken into custody and was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement offi- cer, resisting arrest and possession of controlled dangerous substance methamphetamine, possession of a hypodermic needle and defiant trespass, friel said. zbikwoski was the charging and arresting officer, friel said. rueda was transported to the at- lantic County Jail on active war- rants from Hammonton and Hamilton twp., friel said. Give your marketing a new direction with GPS! Logos, Business Cards, Envelopes, Letterhead, Postcards, Flyers, Brochures, Menus, Magnets, Signs, Banners, Posters, Invitations, Announcements, Thank You Cards, Christmas Cards & So Much More! Call (609) 704-1940 and ask for Gabe, Gina or MarySusan. 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Shoprite pressed charges and the accused, John Ciarlante, 49, of Hammonton, was charged with shoplifting in the third degree, friel said. “He is not in custody. the com- plaint has been sworn out,” friel said. friel said Officer Christopher Henshaw was the investigating of- ficer. also, police are investigating a burglary on the 100 block of Berwyn avenue which was re- ported at 12:36 p.m. on January 24, friel said. “We received a walk-in com- plaint of a theft from a motor vehi- cle. the vehicle was left unlocked and had been rummaged through. a pink Kate Spade purse valued at $110 and a tD Bank debit card were taken. the card was canceled when she realized it was missing. there were two charges that were attempted to be made at a local convenience store in our jurisdic- tion and an officer went to the store to review video surveillance. the accused was Gabriel Luna, 19, of Hammonton,” friel said. a complaint for the three crimi- nal charges was sworn out by Of- ficer William Kurz, friel said, adding that Luna is not in custody at this time. the charges are burglary from a motor vehicle, theft and credit card fraud, friel said. in other police news, police are investigating an attempted fraud that occurred at 1:24 p.m. on Jan- uary 22 on the 200 block of Inferrera’s Market EVERYBODY’S STORE. Messina avenue, friel said. “it was a scam involving the electric company. the complainant said she received a call from an un- known caller stating that her elec- tric was going to be shut off because she was $1,000 behind. the caller said she had to send cash through a cash-sending serv- ice site online,” friel said. the complainant started to com- plete the task, but contacted her bank instead and no money was transferred, friel said. Officer eric Pohl was the inves- tigating officer, friel said. “residents are reminded to be wary of scams, particularly those that ask you to send money or give identification information over the phone. always contact the com- pany being named on the company phone number. Don’t just go by the first phone call you receive. there are a lot of phishing and pay site scams going around right now,” friel said. 436 N. 3RD STREET - HAMMONTON 561-1061 SPECIALS FOR THE WEEK. . . . . . . .pg. 11 11 THE WEEK... 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