Gazette welcomes new
columnist Dane Wuillermin
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Small Business
Appreciation!
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Sounds like Sinatra in
Glenside, Pa.
p. 43
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
ANOTHER THREAT AT SCHOOLS
Volume 22 • Issue 15
www.hammontongazette.com
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—the
Hammonton
School District contacted the Hammonton
Police Department and the atlantic County
Prosecutor’s Office regarding a student for
an alleged statement the student made on
april 6, according to a letter from Ham-
Police deal with second situation since February
monton Superintendent of Schools robin
Chieco published on the Hammonton
School District’s website. Hammonton Po-
lice Chief robert Jones said the student is
no longer attending Hammonton High
School.
“there was a charge against a juvenile,
whose name will not be released, for creat-
ing a false public alarm. the juvenile has
been removed from the school and they
have a protocol in place before the student
will return,” Jones said.
the april 6 letter from Chieco read as
follows: “today, april 6, 2018 our High
School administrators addressed a situation
at the end of the school day where a student
made a disturbing statement regarding
school safety. We involved local police of-
ficers along with the county prosecutor’s
office and are taking steps specifically de-
See POLICE, Page 2
Multiple drug Taste of the Town packs gym
charges for man
by Gina Rullo
G azette S taFF W riter
MaYS LaNDiNG—a Ham-
monton man is charged with mul-
tiple drug charges, following the
execution of a search warrant at his
residence, atlantic County Prose-
cutor Damon G. tyner announced
in a press release on april 4.
On March 29, 2018, the atlantic
County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs,
Guns and Narcotics Unit, the FBi
Safe Streets task Force and the
Taste of the Town:
15 successful yrs.
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—the
Hammonton High School (HHS)
gymnasium was filled with
families and food vendors from 27
local
eateries
during
the
Hammonton
education
See REYES, Page 14
Foundation’s (HeF) 15th annual
taste of the town fundraiser event
on april 8.
More than 400 people attended
this year’s taste of the town to
sample a vast selection of local
culinary offerings, ranging from
italian cuisine, such as Joe
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Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill of Hammonton General Manager Erik McCormick (second from right) and em-
ployees (l-r) Anthony Collazo, Sarah Guerrier and Maddie Cheney provided samples of Applebee’s Spinach and Arti-
choke Dip appetizer during the Hammonton Ed. Found.’s Taste of the Town on April 8 at Hammonton High School.
Learning about town’s history Downtown ready
See TASTE, Page 10
for busy spring
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—With
the
long winter months finally out of
the way, many will look to spend
their leisure time outdoors as often
as possible throughout the spring.
Downtown Hammonton will serve
as an ideal place to do just that as
multiple spring events that will
provide fun for residents of all ages
are coming soon.
On Friday, april 27, hundreds of
the area’s most artistic students will
flock to downtown Hammonton
during the atlantic County Office
of Cultural and Heritage affairs’
49th annual atlantic County teen
arts Festival.
the event has been hosted in
Hammonton for the past five years,
Stafford speaks
on town’s history
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taFF W riter
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Historical Society of Hammonton (HSH) member Harry Stafford was the guest speaker during the HSH’s monthly com-
munity program at the Hammonton Canoe Club on April 5. During his lecture, Stafford chronicled the migration pat-
terns that have shaped Hammonton’s history.
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HaMMONtON— During the
Historical Society of Hammon-
ton’s (HSH) monthly community
program at the Hammonton
See DOWNTOWN, Page 4
Canoe Club on april 5, Harry
Stafford, past chairman of the
Hammonton Sesquicentennial and
HSH member, chronicled the mi-
gration patterns that have shaped
Hammonton’s history.
regardless of geographic loca-
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