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ATLANTICARE TO EXPAND
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Volume 18 • Issue 11
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON— five years
after atlantiCare opened a satellite
emergency department in the former Kessler Memorial Hospital
emergency room, The Gazette has
learned atlantiCare is coming to
the planning board for a major ex-
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Has managed emergency care locally for five years
pansion of its nearly three-year-old
$20.6 million facility at 219 White
Horse Pike (route 30). according
to a letter sent to the Hammonton
Planning Board by attorney robert
Bucknam, who represents atlantiCare in the matter, the healthcare
company will be seeking amended
preliminary and final major site
plan approval for the phase 2 development of atlantiCare’s Health
Park in Hammonton.
according to the Hammonton
Planning Board, the atlantiCare
application, which is now considered phase 2a and 2B, has been
scheduled for april 2, 2014.
Bucknam’s letter, dated March
6, 2014, detailed atlantiCare’s
Hammonton Health Park expansion plans as follows.
“this application for amended
Preliminary Site Plan approval
and final Major Site Plan ap-
proval provides for the development of a 12,000 square foot, Medical Office Building, and a 9,200
square foot addition to the existing
imaging Building to be used as an
Urgent Care Center, together with
modifications to previously ap-
Woman killed in SJHS celebrates 75th anniversary
WHP accident
Man seriously injured
by Gabe Donio
Gazette Staff Writer
WiNSLOW tWP.—according
to a report from the Winslow twp.
Police Department, Carol Patterson, 79, of Hammonton, was driving eastbound through the elm
section of Winslow twp. on the
White Horse Pike (route 30),
See ATLANTICARE, Page 12
when for what police said was an
“unknown reason” her vehicle
crossed the center line and struck
Jason Mondrosch head on, who
was traveling westbound, the report released by the Winslow
twp. Police Department said.
according to the report, Patter-
‘Lines on the Pines’:
a Pine Barrens party
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—On March
9, Kerri Brook Caterers, located
on 750 White Horse Pike (route
30), hosted the Ninth annual
“Lines on the Pines” event. Hun-
See ACCIDENT, Page 3
dreds attended the festivities at
the local venue, which was free to
the public and featured Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans.
for five hours, people had the opportunity to meet more than 50
talented Pine Barrens enthusiasts,
who were on hand to sign books,
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Joe Umosella and John Umosella (center) are pictured with Saint Joseph High School Principal Lynn Domenico (left)
and school board of trustee member Dr. Martin Durney at the high school’s 75th anniversary celebration at the Tropicana Casino on March 8. The Umosellas’ father the late Joseph F. Umosella Jr. was honored along with Joseph and
Annabel Arena. For more photos, please see Page 13.
Hammontonians head to spring training each year
See PINES, Page 3
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—On february
19, a host of enthusiastic Philadelphia Phillies fans sat down with
The Gazette to discuss their experiences of heading to Clearwater,
florida to watch Phillies Spring
training action each year. it has
become a tradition for this group of
individuals who all live in Hammonton. One of the individuals has
been making the trip south each
March for more than 30 years,
while the others have been enjoying the fun in the sun since around
the team’s second World Series
title in 2008.
Peg and Mike DeLuca, Louis
“Skip” DeStefano, Mike Woelfel
and John Domenico have made the
Clearwater, Phillies Spring training trip an annual tradition. these
are the majority of the individuals
that will at some point gather each
March to enjoy florida, springtime
baseball, other enjoyable sporting
Plan. board discusses
affordable housing
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
Courtesy Photo
Peg and Mike DeLuca with the late Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas during a 2004 Spring Training trip to Clearwater,
Florida.
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HaMMONtON—On March 5,
the Hammonton Planning Board
met for the first time since its reorganization meeting, which took
place on January 29. there were
three items on the agenda the
board had to address, including a
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See BASEBALL, Page 10
recommendation request for a
waiver of curb and sidewalk, a
minor subdivision and a review of
the amended fair Share Plan for
affordable housing presented by
Shirley Bishop, housing and planning consultant.
Before the main agenda proceedings began, Chairman ed-
See PLANNING, Page 14