Elementary school
working on yearbook
p. 23
2019 Spring Bride
and Groom Guide
p. 25-36
Pepperoni Bread contest
back for a second year
p. 17
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Volume 23 • Issue 12
by Gabe Donio
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HaMMONtON—a person
conducting an online “Letgo” app
transaction who decided to meet
the other subject of the transaction
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Police: ‘Letgo’ transaction leads to theft of $300
at the Hammonton Walmart to
purchase an iPhone Xr for $300
wound up without the cell phone
and without their $300, Hammon-
ton Police Lt. Kevin friel said.
the incident occurred on the
prime block of S. White Horse
Pike at 8:53 p.m. on March 15,
friel said.
“the person conducting the
transaction waited at the store near
the exit and met the unidentified
black male subject in order to con-
duct a purchase of an iPhone Xr
for $300. after speaking with the
male for a few moments, he had
the cell phone in his hands and
handed the subject $300 in cash,
whereupon the seller snatched the
New fieldhouse, Wawa construction resumes
turf fields & HMS
track coming?
See POLICE, Page 2
by Franki Rudnesky
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HaMMONtON—On March 14, the Hammonton Board of education
held its monthly meeting, in which they discussed the results of the 2017-
2018 school district audit and announced plans for a capital reserve with-
drawal of $87,000 to fund construction of turf fields and a fieldhouse at
Town learns about
sewer line method
See SCHOOL, Page 3
Cured-in-place method
outlined
presentation about the prospects
by Stephen Pistone
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HaMMONtON—town coun-
cil held a special meeting on
March 13, during which it heard a
of utilizing a cured-in-place pipe
(CiPP) method as a means to re-
habilitate the town’s sanitary
sewer and storm sewer systems
and improve the inflow and infil-
tration capabilities of those sys-
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Sounds of strings at school board Green Committee
See COUNCIL, Page 8
Construction has begun on the new Wawa with gas pumps at the intersection of Routes 30, 54 and 206. This view is
from the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Elvins Lane, showing the construction workers operating equipment and
actively working on the new Wawa on the morning of March 18.
hears from Yeager
by Stephen Pistone
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HaMMONtON—the Ham-
monton Green Committee met on
March 4 and was joined by guest
speaker David Yeager, a member
of the Sustainable township of
Hamilton Green team and princi-
pal partner of eL&M auto recy-
cling in Hammonton. Yeager
shared his experiences with a
master composter education pro-
gram provided last year by the at-
lantic County Utilities authority
(aCUa) in conjunction with rut-
gers University.
Since then, Yeager said he and
the Sustainable township of
Hamilton Green team were ap-
Env. Comm hears
about sustainability
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The violin students from the Hammonton Early Education Center performed at the March 14 school board meeting.
The Hammonton Home and School Association sponsored the program by providing funds to rent the instruments for
the program, according to Hammonton Home & School Association President Aimee Barts.
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HaMMONtON—During the
Hammonton
environmental
Commission’s meeting on March
13, Steve fiedler, secretary of Go
Green Galloway—a volunteer
group committed to educating
communities on living sustainable
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lifestyles—gave a presentation
about the friends along the
Mullica initiative, which is calling
on Hammonton and other
municipalities connected to the
Mullica river Watershed to join
together in projects pertaining to
flood mitigation, issues facing
local wetlands and the reduction
of illegal waste dumping.
See COMMISSION, Page 4
by Stephen Pistone
See GREEN, Page 4