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UNITED REPUBLICANS LEAD
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Volume 18 • Issue 23
by Gabe Donio
GazEttE Staff WRitER
HaMMONtON—the Republican Primary on June 3 was too
close to call as of press time tuesday evening, but results that did not
include a total of 76 Republican
and Democratic mail-in ballots (according to sources within both Republican Clubs, approximately 44
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Primary too close to call, county committee votes split
of those ballots are Republican
votes) had former Councilman
Michael torrissi, former Councilman Steven furgione and first-time
candidate Otto Hernandez of the
upstart Hammonton United Republican Club (RU) in the lead
against Hammonton Regular Republican Club (RR) candidates Sal
Town-wide reval
OK’d by council
by Lauren Bucci
GazEttE Staff WRitER
HaMMONtON—at the June
2 special meeting of town council,
steps moving the town-wide property revaluation forward were
taken along with the approval of
items related to the Boyer avenue
Mazza and former Councilman
Jerry Vitalo. Mail-in ballots, emergency ballots (if any) and provisional ballots (if any) still remain
to be counted.
according to vote totals provided by Hammonton town Clerk
april Maimone, the preliminary results of the Republican Primary
were as follows: torrissi (RU),
294; furgione (RU), 292; Hernandez (RU), 261; Mazza (RR), 257
and Vitalo (RR), 252.
former Councilman Rock Colasurdo received eight write-in votes
in the June 3 primary. as of press
time tuesday evening, Maimone
could not specifically determine
which political party received the
write-in votes for Colasurdo. following the primary on June 3 Maimone said she would be contacting
the county regarding the write-in
votes.
the atlantic County Republican
Committee vote from Hammonton
Remembering the original Memorial Day
See PRIMARY, Page 2
drip irrigation project and municipal water projects.
Council passed an ordinance authorizing the emergency appropriation of $364,103 for the funding
of a complete property revaluation
program. this sum will be paid
during a five-year period and while
funding the revlauation will not
Hammonton First
incumbents running
by Lauren Bucci
GazEttE Staff WRitER
HaMMONtON—at a meeting held on June 1 at the alley Bar
and Grill at DiDonato family fun
Center, Hammonton first announced that its three incumbent
town council members whose
terms expire this year would be
See COUNCIL, Page 14
Bachalis, Esposito
and Rodio on the
ballot for Nov.
running for re-election. Current
council members Paul Esposito,
Sam Rodio and Dan Bachalis will
comprise the Hammonton first
THG/Lauren Crescenzo. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Fred Mossbrucker, Alex Arnold, Shawn Kenny, Frank Tomasello and John Makas at the GAR ceremony on May 30 at
Greenmount Ceremony. Each year, members of the Colonel Louis R. Francine Camp No. 7, Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War hold an event at the cemetery on the traditional date of Memorial Day.
A beautiful day for a barbecue Summer jobs part of
See INCUMBENTS, Page 10
the local landscape
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GazEttE Staff WRitER
HaMMONtON—Summer is
approaching and for local students
that means it is time to start looking for summer jobs. Whether it is
in a retail or restaurant-type setting, college students have the opportunity to get a head start on
searching for summer jobs be-
cause most colleges or universities
in the area conclude the spring semester in early-to-mid May. High
school students will not complete
their academic year until midJune, and in the case of Hammonton High School its school year
won’t be completed until June 20.
Whether it is a college student
completing their academic year at
some point in May or a high
Turf farm soccer
games continuing
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GazEttE Staff WRitER
THG/Paul J. Macrie IV. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Judy Merrill with David and Bill Friedley enjoyed the chicken barbecue dinner at the St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish Annual
Chicken Barbecue held on the grounds of St. Anthony of Padua Church on Rt. 206. For more photos, see Page 20.
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HaMMONtON—During Memorial Day Weekend, tuckahoe
turf farms, located on Myrtle avenue, was home to additional
showcase-style soccer tournaments, drawing players and their
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families from around the mid-atlantic, Northeast region. as discussions continue between the farm
and the New Jersey Pinelands
Commission about whether the use
of the site should be permitted
long-term, the tournaments were
held as scheduled. the traffic sit-
See SOCCER, Page 4