Chamber Wine and Beer Expo set for April 29 at Tomasello’s
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CHAMBER, from Page 1
by MainStreet Hammonton, and guests
have the opportunity to sample wines from
WineWorks, beer and ale from Kramer
Beverage, an assortment of cheese from
Bagliani’s, sweet treats from Sassy Sweets,
plus carving and pasta stations and live
music from two musicians.
Greater Hammonton Chamber of Commerce executive Director John runfolo,
along with members robert Bucknam and
Nick Cashan, have been instrumental in
getting the annual event organized, according to chamber president Kelly raso.
“We are looking forward to being at
tomasello [Winery] with the newly-renovated catering facility, so we are fortunate
to be one of the first people in there to see
it. i think a lot of people may want to come
out and take a look. it might entice a few
more people that were thinking about
whether they should attend or not. they
may want to come out and see that. it is always a well-attended event. i think we will
get a lot of people to come out, and i am
looking forward to it,” raso said.
Cashan expects tomasello Winery’s
newly-renovated venue to be a very nice
setting for the event. He said they are in the
process of planning a couple of new additions for the event as well.
“We are going to utilize all the new
space. We won’t have any outside venue
like we usually do. But since we have the
expanded space it is more comfortable inside this particular time of the year anyway
because it still gets a little chilly.
We are excited about that. it is expected to be the biggest and best
[wine and beer expo] ever. We can
accommodate a few more now.
there will be more wine and beer
selections. With the food, instead of
having a buffet like we have had in
the past, we are going to locate
food stations throughout the
venue,” Cashan said.
runfolo expanded on the newand-improved banquet hall, and
how it will allow the chamber to
have more space to operate.
Red Cross
RED CROSS, from Page 1
Chapter of the american red
Cross representatives Carol Cohen
and Laura Steinmentz, Hammonton Police Department Captain
Nick Salvatore and Hammonton
fire Department Chief Michael
ruberton. each addressed the audience about the precautions to
take in event of a natural disaster
such as a house fire, hurricane or
winter storm, and the presentation,
a condensed version, will be
shown on local access television
channel 9 at a later date.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato
thanked Bachalis, Lucca, DonioMento and members of the local
red Cross chapter for getting the
event organized.
“this is important for everyone
in our community. it is a step in
the right direction. i thank everyone that has come out tonight,”
DiDonato said.
Bachalis spoke about how the
“red Cross ready Community”
initiative began. it started with
conversations with Lucca and
Donio-Mento about personal preparedness and working with the
red Cross on these initiatives.
“it took us about a year to get us
to this avatar of red Cross ready.
this is a great initiative working
with people in town, which benefits Hammontonians, specifically,
and helping them to be better prepared