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REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FIGHT
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Volume 18 • Issue 14
www.hammontongazette.com
by Gabe Donio
GazeTTe STaff WriTer
HaMMONTON—The republican slate of
three candidates for the November election will
be decided by a primary this year, according to official election documents filed with the office of
Hammonton Town Clerk april Maimone and
leaders of the Hammonton regular republican
Club and the Hammonton United republican
Top 3 of 5 candidates in Jun. 3 primary will run in Nov.
Club, the two factions seeking control of the Hammonton republican Party.
according to the document released to The
Gazette on March 31, there are three candidates
for town council for the Hammonton United republican Club: former councilman Steven furgione, former councilman Michael Torrissi and
atlantic Cape Community College Vice President
3 new businesses Rodio honored by A.C. Chamber
choose downtown
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GazeTTe STaff WriTer
HaMMONTON—according to
MainStreet Hammonton executive
Director Cassie iacovelli, there isn’t
any indication that the former Bank
of america and Sears buildings located in the downtown area will be
filled in the near future. iacovelli
See REPUBLICAN, Page 14
S. Furgione
O. Hernandez
S. Mazza
M. Torrissi
J. Vitalo
stays in contact with the owners of
these vacated spaces. She said there
is increased interest in downtown
space, and she leads potential tenants to the owners of the vacant
properties.
There are a few vacancies in the
downtown that will be filled within
the next month. On Central av-
Downtown Market
opening Sat., May 3
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GazeTTe STaff WriTer
HaMMONTON—Last year,
the Downtown Market took place
each Saturday morning during the
summer in the Vine Street parking
lot area across from the eagle The-
See VACANCY, Page 4
atre. Though individuals such as
MainStreet Hammonton executive
Director Cassie iacovelli were
pleased with how the Saturday
morning festivities went, there
have been some tweaks to the market experience this year.
“We were very happy with last
Bids opened for HMS project
See MARKET, Page 14
Photo Courtesy of PJ Rebovich, Greater Atlantic City Chamber
The Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce held its Installation and Awards Banquet on March 27. Among the
honorees was Hammontonian Tony Rodio, CEO of Tropicana Resorts. Rodio was named Business Leader of the Year
at the event, held at Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club. Rodio is pictured with his daughters Helen and Jessica.
Residential electric
provider could change
by Lauren Bucci
GazeTTe STaff WriTer
HaMMONTON—representatives from Jersey energy Group
spoke before town council on
March 24 to propose an aggregated energy plan for the town,
which would call for a switch
from obtaining electricity from a
utility company to purchasing it
for a fixed price from a third party.
“aggregation means simply
making the switch together as a
community for the residents…
This is a fixed price and simply
pools everyone together automatically…creating millions of kilowatt hours to go out to bid with
third party suppliers,” Stephen
Thayer, a Principal with Jersey
energy Group said.
Yearly lake cleanup
draws 80 volunteers
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GazeTTe STaff WriTer
THG/MarySusan Hoffman. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
The Hammonton School District opened the bids for the Hammonton Middle School window replacement project
on March 26. Architect Wayne Neville was present along with the bidders. Panoramic Window and Door Systems
Inc. had the low bid. Their base bid was $424,500.
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HaMMONTON—On March
29, the Sixth annual Hammonton
Lake Cleanup took place as volunteers participated to help continue
the process of beautifying the lake
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See COUNCIL, Page 10
area. Hosted by aCUa, Hammonton environmental Commission,
Hammonton Green Committee
and Hammonton Lake Water Quality advisory Committee, the event
went on despite rainy conditions.
The dreary weather didn’t deter
See LAKE, Page 12