Saint Joe holds annual
May Crowning
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Artist Josef Kote to
make NJ debut
Local businesses support
Cruisin’ MainStreet
p. 41
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LEAD FOUND IN HMS WATER
by Gina Rullo
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—On May 11,
the Hammonton School District
notified The Gazette that lead was
found in the water in four spots in
Hammonton Middle School
Levels exceed ‘lead action level’ in four locations
LEAD IN WATER RESULTS AT HAMMONTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
(HMS).
In a letter dated May 11 and sent
to parents, guardians and staff of
Hammonton Middle School, Ham-
monton Superintendent of Schools
Craft brewery St. Joe Prom is all glamour
for 12th St. OK’d
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—The Zoning
Board of Adjustment unanimously
approved a waiver of site plan and
multiple use variances to permit a
portion of a property located at
300 12th St. to be used as the site
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HMS, ROOM A3
J.LG/1 [PPB]
Lead Action Level established by
the US Environmental Protection
Agency for lead in drinking water
HMS LIBRARY OFFICE
FIRST DRAW RESULTS: 19.5 FIRST DRAW RESULTS:151
HMS CAFETERIA – FOUNTAIN HMS LIBRARY OFFICE
FIRST DRAW RESULTS: 70.8 FIRST DRAW RESULTS: : 188
See LEAD, Page 12
Source: Hammonton School District, Dr. C. Dan Blachford.
of a future craft brewery during a
special meeting on May 11.
Representatives of Vinyl Brew-
ing LLC, Susan Puentes, Thomas
Puentes and James Sacco, ap-
peared before the board along
with attorney Brian Howell and
project planner and engineer Jay
Sciullo. Testimony was given that
Gas main work
on Lakeshore Dr.
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—The Public
Works & Transportation Commit-
tee and Water & Sewer Commit-
tee (PWTC/WSC) discussed
preparatory measures for an up-
coming gas main replacement
See ZONING, Page 10
project that will take place on
Lakeshore Drive and several of its
intersecting streets during its
meeting on May 11.
The project is scheduled by
South Jersey Gas and will occur
from May 22 through June 20.
J.F. Kiely Construction Co. will
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
St. Joseph High School held its promenade on May 12 inside the gym. Above: Taylor Westfall escorted by Diego Mar-
tinez and Shannon Brady escorted by Dino Petrongolo walk in front of parents, relatives and friends before heading
to the prom at the Seaview. For more pictures, see Pages 27 and 30.
Fire destroys Pine Rd. warehouse 201 bags of heroin
See PWTC, Page 4
seized by police
by Gabe Donio
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—According
to Hammonton Police Chief
Robert Jones, 201 bags of heroin
were seized at approximately 4
a.m. on May 12 following the ex-
ecution of an early morning
search warrant by the Hammonton
Police Department and the At-
lantic County S.W.A.T. The
search warrant occurred on the
600 block of Third Street, Jones
said.
Jones said police arrested Hec-
tor Rosario, 23, of Hammonton,
and Jacquline Kane, 21, of Ham-
Env. Comm. seeks
tree bank nursery
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
Photo by Ken Badger
On the evening of May 11, a devastating fire destroyed a farm warehouse building at 205 Pine Road. Fire com-
panies from across southern New Jersey assisted the Hammonton Fire Department in battling the three-alarm
fire. See related story, Page 3.
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HAMMONTON—The Envi-
ronmental Commission discussed
the possibility of including a pro-
posal for a professionally-devel-
oped, pot-in- pot tree bank nursery
in a Community Stewardship In-
centive Program (CSIP) grant ap-
See HEROIN, Page 2
plication during its meeting on
May 10.
The CSIP funding is supplied by
the New Jersey Shade Tree and
Community Forest Preservation
License Plate Fund, the No Net
Loss Compensatory Reforestation
program and Green Acres, and is
intended to help local governments
implement their State Forest Serv-
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