Students artists
exhibit their works
p. 19
That’s a good
bingo in Elm
Chamber recognizes
Crowley, Stockton & more
p. 25-40
p. 47
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
B&B PRODUCE COPPER STOLEN
Volume 22 • Issue 21
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—the Ham-
monton Police Department (HPD)
is investigating the theft of copper
pipe from the air conditioners of B
& B Produce, located on 11th
Street in Hammonton, according
www.hammontongazette.com
Plus, local and area residents arrested on warrants
to a press release issued by Ham-
monton Police Detective Sgt. ed-
ward Slimm. the HPD was
notified of the theft by a represen-
tative of B & B Produce on May
19, the release from Slimm said.
“On May 19 at 6:15 p.m., a rep-
resentative of B & B Produce lo-
cated on 11th Street, reported sev-
eral strands of copper pipe were
removed from their air condition-
ers. the copper was discovered
missing at approximately 5:45
p.m., a total value of the loss was
not available,” according to
Slimm’s release.
according to the release from
Slimm, Officer Kyle ambrozaitis
handled the initial call.
in other police news, Lawrence
Price of the 200 block of tilton
Street reported tools stolen from
his work vehicle at 5:40 p.m. on
May 20, in an incident that was
believed to have occurred
overnight, the release from Slimm
said.
Tomasello returns Thousands come for Cruisin’
as local firefighter
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—town coun-
cil unanimously approved a recom-
mendation for the reinstatement of
suspended Hammonton Volunteer
fire Company No. 2 member
William tomasello during its meet-
See POLICE, Page 3
ing on May 15.
according to conflict solicitor
Brian Howell, who filled in for
town solicitor Michael Malinsky
during the meeting, hearings re-
garding tomasello’s suspension
were held on January 13, January
20, March 17 and March 25. Out of
a group of members suspended by
Closing of time
capsule ends 150th
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—throughout
the year 2016 and beyond it, the
birthday party for the town’s
sesquicentennial was celebrated
grandly and frequently with sev-
eral festive events and functions.
See TOWN, Page 10
Looking forward to the next 50
years, the Hammonton Lions Club
and Hammonton Sesquicentennial
Planning Committee unveiled a
time capsule filled with mementos
and artifacts of the town’s 150-
year history.
Members of the Hammonton
See TIME, Page 4
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Scott Page stands next to his 1964 Chevrolet Corvette on North Egg Harbor Road during the 24th annual Cruisin’
MainStreet on May 19.
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—the nostal-
gia of the 1950s was palpable
throughout downtown Hammon-
ton on May 19 as Cruisin’ Main-
Street rode into town for its 24th
year. the sound of ‘50s rock-and-
roll music filled the hot and humid
evening air as hundreds of people
flooded the sidewalks of Bellevue
avenue and the surrounding areas
to marvel at an eclectic range of
classic automobiles.
aside from being one of Main-
Street’s most popular annual
events, Cruisin’ MainStreet event
committee chair angela Donio
said it is also a callback to the way
friday nights were in Hammonton
during the 1950s, a time where
everybody in town would flock
downtown to show off their
beloved cars and socialize.
“it’s my era, when i was young
and i remember the town on fri-
day nights when it was full of peo-
ple and cars ... the whole title of
this was really ‘Cruisin’ Main
Street ... remember friday
Nights.’ We’ve kind of lost that
‘Day in the Park’
at HSH Museum
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 Lions Club Sesquicentennial Planning Committee business chair Robert Schenk, Mayor
Stephen DiDonato, Hammonton Sesquicentennial Planning Committee chairman Harold Stafford, and Hammonton
Lions Sesquicentennial Committee members Lisa DeKlerk and Barbara Neary Bachalis were among the attendees
at the sesquicentennial time capsule dedication ceremony on May 20 at town hall. The event served as the closing
ceremony of Hammonton’s Sesquicentennial celebration.
SUBSCRIBE TO The
HaMMONtON—the Histori-
cal Society of Hammonton (HSH)
operates with a motto of remem-
bering the past while embracing
the future, and local veterans are
an integral part of the past they try
to preserve. On May 21, the HSH
See CRUISIN’, Page 12
honored more than 150 years-
worth of veterans during “a Day
in the Park,” a veterans tribute
event at Veterans Memorial Park.
the HSH’s museum, located at
333 Vine St., sits on the edge of
Veterans Memorial Park and was
the site of the unveiling of a vet-
erans photo display titled “Salut-
ing the Military—those Who
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See PARK, Page 2