Easter week services
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Help for planning your
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The Belmonts are coming
to Kathedral
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
MAKE WAY FOR WAWA
Volume 22 • Issue 12
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—excavators
completely demolished an abandoned
gas station and were working on com-
pletely demolishing the former Mid-
way Professional Center, which was
originally built as the Midway Diner,
on March 19. Both buildings were lo-
cated near the intersection of the White
Horse Pike (route 30) and a portion of
Bellevue avenue (route 54).
the location is slated to be the site
of a Wawa convenience store with
gasoline pumps, commonly called a
“Super Wawa.” the preliminary and
final major site plan permits for the
new facility were granted to Bellevue
Property associates LLC at the July 5,
Fire, police heart
checks available
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Many fire-
fighters, officers and other emer-
gency first responders face
inherent risks every day when they
go to work. Life-threatening car-
diovascular and pulmonary condi-
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2017 meeting of the Hammonton
Planning Board. a sign welcoming
people to Hammonton is scheduled to
be incorporated into the new building,
See WAWA, Page 2
THG/Gabe Donio
Demolition work has begun at the former
Midway Professional Center to make way
for a Wawa convenience store and gas
station.
Cleaning the Hammonton Lake Park
tions usually aren’t near the top of
their list of concerns, but cardiac-
related incidents are among the
greatest occupational hazards for
these professions, especially fire-
fighters.
Hammonton resident Dr. Denise
zingrone is an attending cardiolo-
Plastic bags may
be banned in town
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—During its
meeting on March 14, the Ham-
monton environmental Commis-
sion discussed the possibility of
developing an ordinance that
would enact a nominal fee charged
See ZINGRONE, Page 12
Single-use bag
fee considered
to consumers who intend to use
single-use plastic bags at large-
scale retail establishments in Ham-
monton.
Lucca reads Gazette in Mexico Chuck Chiarello:
See BAGS, Page 10
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Greg and Jacob Capaccio helped clean up along the shore of the lake during the 10th Annual Hammonton Lake
Cleanup. See related photos on Page 14 and article on Page 18.
Mayor of BVT
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
BUeNa ViSta tWP.—Mayor
Chuck
Chiarello (D) recently entered the final year of his
ninth consecutive term as a Buena Vista twp.
committee member. He has served as mayor for
21 of those 27 years, leading the community in
which he has resided since 1979.
Chiarello was originally born in New York City,
but moved to absecon as a three-year-old in 1958
Family Success Ctr.
helps town, area
See BUENA, Page 4
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
Courtesy Photo
PJ Lucca, a Gazette subscriber, is pictured reading the newspaper in Mexico last week. His mother Cathie submitted
the photo.
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HaMMONtON—Since 1993,
the Hammonton family Success
Center (HfSC), located at 310
Bellevue ave., has served as a hub
Chuck Chiarello
for local families to gather and
bond through various co operative
activities and receive any neces-
sary aid.
the community-based, family-
centered neighborhood gathering
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