Chiropractor recounts trip
to Romania for hockey
Raise a glass to our local
wineries and breweries
Lots of movies to see
this spring and summer
SHOPLIFTER ARRESTED
p. 27
p. 16-21
p. 39
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Volume 22 • Issue 18
by Gabe Donio
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Police made
several arrests last week, includ-
ing the following, Hammonton
Police Chief Robert Jones said.
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Police arrest other individuals for various offenses
• On April 28 at 7:43 a.m., at the
Wawa on 12th Street, police ar-
rested Christopher Moats, 25, of
Galloway, Jones said.
Moats was an employee of
SJ Gas: Cleanup
almost complete
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—South Jer-
sey Gas project manager for envi-
ronmental
affairs
Kenneth
Sheppard, along with several rep-
resentatives from South Jersey
Gas met with the Public Works &
Wawa who was allegedly shoplift-
ing gift cards from the store where
he was employed, Jones said.
“They caught him shoplifting a
$50 gift card and contacted po-
lice,” Jones said.
Moats was charged with
shoplifting and released pending
court, Jones said.
Officer William Kurz was the
arresting officer, Jones said.
In other police news:
• On April 28 at 5:21 p.m.,
Nicholas Mannery, 26, Atlantic
Chamber Beer & Wine Expo held
See POLICE, Page 10
Transportation Committee and
Water & Sewer Committee
(PWTC/WSC) during a special
meeting on April 27 to discuss
various roadway projects and the
ongoing manufactured gas plant
remediation project at the Ham-
monton Water Works and Wawa
properties at the corner of 12th
Board approves
another solar array
by Stephen Pistone
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HAMMONTON—The zoning
board of adjustment approved a
use variance to permit a ground
mount solar array for Block 4902,
Lot 22, Zone R-3 at 290 Pleasant
Mills Rd. during its meeting on
See PWTC, Page 10
April 27.
The property’s owner, Michael
Massaro appeared before the
board with ACOS Energy coordi-
nator Todd Nehmad to request
that the panels be permitted for in-
stallation on the ground due to
frequent wind damage to Mas-
See ZONING, Page 4
Art teachers at
Noyes Museum
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
(Left to right): Hammonton Municipal Court Judge Frank Raso, past Chamber President Kelly Raso with Donna and
Robert Sutts at the entrance to the annual Greater Hammonton Chamber of Commerce Wine and Beer Expo on April
27 at Tomasello Winery. For more photos from the event, see Page 32.
First time at
Stockton’s
Kramer Hall
by Stephen Pistone
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HAMMONTON—Art teachers
from throughout southern New
Jersey gathered at Stockton Uni-
versity’s Kramer Hall on April 26
as the Noyes Museum of Art
hosted its first teachers’ workshop
since the museum’s Oceanville lo-
cation closed in January 2016.
Volunteers aid in
town-wide cleanup
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
(Left to right): Hammonton art teachers Danielle Bruce, of Hammonton Middle School; Rebecca McCann, of the
Early Childhood Education Center; and Meagan Rieder, of Warren E. Sooy Jr. Elementary, participated in a teachers’
workshop about the therapeutic power of clay art at Kramer Hall on April 26.
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HAMMONTON—MainStreet
Hammonton, the Green Commit-
tee, Atlantic County Utilities Au-
thority (ACUA) and several other
volunteers teamed up for some
spring cleaning on April 29 during
a town-wide community cleanup
See NOYES, Page 3
and downtown planting.
A large crowd arrived at the His-
toric Hammonton Train Station on
South Egg Harbor Road to register
for either downtown cleanup,
downtown planting (in the
grass/flowerbeds adjacent to the
train station and along Bellevue
Avenue) or neighborhood cleanups
in areas of their choosing.
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