Parks and recreation commission discusses field usage
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soccer. We always use the school fields. Unfortunately in the town we live in, it’s no
one’s fault, we do not have a facility to provide year-round service… The problem I
have this year, [the] soccer association decided in September that they were going to
have a rec Spring league on top of their
travel season… Again they should have
came here, don’t leave you in the dark, don’t
leave town council in the dark, don’t leave
the Little League in the dark… This year,
soccer went to the school board first secretive[ly],” Bianchini said.
“As far as communication, I went to the
school because I knew that the town had, I
met with [Hammonton Public Works Manager / Business Administrator] Jerry [Barberio]… He let me know what the schedule
was going to be for the irrigation and try to
figure out how to make it work. And unfortunately with what he needs to do with the
fields, there is no way that we could use
those fields… I went to the school on a
Thursday morning to meet with Dr. Dan
Blachford and Sam Mento and Frank
LaSasso to see what we could do for fields.
I sent Mark a personal email apologizing for
the confusion that we created, I could see
how he thought it was something secretive
because it was a meeting that was just for
soccer with the school board. The letter I
submitted, I did not ask for the band field, I
didn’t ask for the JV baseball … The school
said to me, this is the area we want to give
you … I never want to have tension with the
Little League … I have kids in the
program so for me to try to take
something away in baseball is crazy
because then I would be taking them
from my own kid… I mean it’s not
something we should be antagonistic about. It’s something where we
need to work together and hopefully
going forward we can do that,”
Massey said.
It was decided that all applications
will be approved by the Hammonton
Parks and Recreation Commission
for spring field use and a representative from the Hammonton School
Board be present for the meeting.
This will take place once a year at
the Hammonton Parks and Recreation Commission regular monthly
meeting.
The commission noted Hammon-
Warrant
arrests made
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON – Police made
several warrant arrests earlier this
month, including the following,
Hammonton Police Captain Nick
Salvatore said.
• On March 9 at 10:45 a.m., Carlos Garcia, 36, of Poughkeepsie,
New York had a $1,000 warrant
from Hammonton. Garcia paid his
bill and was released by Det. Sgt.
Edward Slimm, Salvatore said.
• On March 9 at 12:14 p.m., Justine Gold, 22, of Minotola had a violation of a court order from
Hammonton in the amount of
$1,000, Salvatore said. She was
lodged in the Atlantic County Jail
by Class II Officer Charles Sbarra
III, Salvatore said.
• Darren Anzisi Jr., 21, of Minotola had a violation of a court order
from Hammonton in the amount of
$1,000, Salvatore said. Anzisi was
lodged in the Atlantic County Jail
by Class II Officer Charles Sbarra
III, Salvatore said.
• On March 11 at 11:21 a.m.,
Mariano Perez, 25, of Hartsville,
Tenn. was arrested on a $1,500
warrant from Hammonton and
lodged in the Atlantic County Jail.
Class II Officer Kyle Ambrozaitis
was the arresting officer, Salvatore
said.
• On March 14 at 5:45 p.m., Jennifer Walk, 30, of Port Republic
was found to have a $1,000 warrant
from Hammonton and was placed
in the Atlantic County Jail by Officer Jonathan O’Neil.
ton Lake Park has begun its cleanup for the
upcoming season.
Bianchini informed council that the press
box renovations are still taking place. Since
the January meeting, it has received new dry
wall. The press box will be painted and have
countertops installed shortly. Volunteers will
be helping with the painting.
The leaf cleanup also took place using
dumpsters to hall away the debris.
“Jerry and Scott were very helpful with
the dumpsters and ripping out that press
box,” Bianchini said.
The commission has not received approval for the use of the tarps that would be
donated by Stockton University for the week
of the Little League State Championship.
The Pinelands Commission sent a letter to
the town regarding the Hammonton Dog
Park about the 1,500 feet that was disturbed
by the underbrush mowing.
It was reported that Green Acres has a new
grant program for recreational trails. The
grant would allow money for maintenance
and restoration for existing trails, purchasing
trail construction equipment, signage, shelters and water.
The trails would connect Moss Mill
Road to where the soil pile is. Barberio asked
the commission for their approval to submit
an application at the town council meeting
on March 23.
“It would be set up so that instead of threequarter mile trial that’s used quiet a bit, we
can expand that to 1.5 to two miles of trail,”
Barberio said.
The commission approved the following
facility requests:
• St. Joseph for Hammonton Lake Park for
field day, May 27 and May 29.
• Hammonton Tri-Vets at Veterans Park
for Memorial Day, May 25.
• A family reunion at Hammonton Lake
Park, May 16.
• Presbyterian Church at Veterans Park for
Easter sunrise service on April 5.
• Hammonton Bulldog Basketball
monthly meeting at the Canoe Club, March
23.
Also, the commission said the American
Cancer Society will be returning to Hammonton on June 12 until June 15 for the
Philadelphia Bike-a-thon. More than