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WATER BLDG. DEMOLISHED
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Volume 20 • Issue 18

by Gabe Donio

GAzette StAFF Writer

HAMMONtON—As the work
by South Jersey Gas (SJG) to
clean up contamination from a
spill from a former manufactured
gas plant (MGP) located beneath

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the ground at the Hammonton
Water Department and Wawa on
12th Street continues, a garage
building at the water department
was completely demolished last
week to make way for the remediation effort by the utility. A large

Council awards
$2.5M project bid
by Tania Rivera

GAzette StAFF Writer

See WATER, Page 12

South Jersey Gas’
‘Big Dig’ cleanup
project continues

For Valley Ave.;
to begin in July

HAMMONtON—Mathis Construction was awarded a bid contract for the Valley Avenue Project
during the special meeting of town
council on May 2. the 150-day

project is slated to start early- to
mid-July.
“the Valley Avenue Project is
water, sewer, roadway, curb to be
considered from Bellevue through

by Kevin Troilo

Stockton’s campus
opened in 2013

Kramer Hall’s
impact on town
GAzette StAFF Writer

HAMMONtON—Stockton
University’s Kramer Hall officially
opened in downtown Hammonton
during January of 2013.
Prior to opening Kramer Hall,

See COUNCIL, Page 12

Stockton utilized classroom space
within St. Joseph High School.
Having such a prestigious and recognizable name house one of its

All smiles at the St. Joe Prom Electronic sign
See STOCKTON, Page 14

THG/Gabe Donio. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call [phone].

There is now a large crane set up in the Wawa parking lot adjacent to the Hammonton Water Department. It is part
of the South Jersey Gas remediation project. A water department building was demolished last week.

OK’d by board
by Kevin Troilo

GAzette StAFF Writer

HAMMONtON—the Hammonton zoning Board of Adjustment met on April 28 at town hall
to listen to two separate requests
for use variance. the meeting was

led by board chairman Michael
Messina.
the first request was made by
Marzilli Construction LLC, who
was seeking a use variance to
change existing signage to an
electronic LeD message board for
Block 4402, Lot 43.01, zone HB
at 575 North White Horse Pike.

Blue Mass honoring
police, fire and EMS
by Kevin Troilo

GAzette StAFF Writer

THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call [phone].

Jack Gibison and Lucia Gardiner pose for a picture at the St. Joseph High School promenade before heading to their
prom at The Palace in Blackwood. For more pictures, see Page 27 and 30.

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HAMMONtON—On Sunday,
May 15 at 2 p.m., St. Joseph
Church will host its first ever Blue
Mass. the service will honor all
local law enforcement officers,
firefighters and members of emergency response teams for their

See ZONING, Page 4

continued service. the idea to
host the Blue Mass came from St.
Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish Director of religious education Lori
ScottoDiVetta.
“Hammonton has never had a
Blue Mass before. the only time
we … i know that St. Nicholas in
Atlantic City has one every year.
My son used to go to one when he

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See MASS, Page 10