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MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
p. 15
p. 25-40
p. 40
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Volume 21 • Issue 23
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Nicholas
Mannery, 26, was killed at 9:50
p.m. on May 31 when struck by
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New Jersey transit: Nicholas Mannery fatally struck
New Jersey transit train 4641,
which was traveling between
francis Street and fairview av-
enue in Hammonton at the time of
the impact, according to New Jer-
sey transit and Hammonton Po-
lice Department sources. the train
was heading eastbound toward at-
lantic City and had departed
Philadelphia at 8:44 p.m., New
Jersey transit Senior Public infor-
mation Officer Lisa torbic said.
Hammonton Police responded
at 10:01 p.m., Hammonton Police
Lt. Kevin friel said,
115 bags of heroin Walking to honor & remember
seized at house
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—an early
morning execution of a search
warrant conducted at approxi-
mately 4 a.m. on May 31 by the
Hammonton Police Department
(HPD), assisted by the atlantic
See TRAIN, Page 2
County Prosecutor’s Office on the
400 block of S. egg Harbor road,
led to the seizure of 115 bags of
heroin and the arrest of Daniel Bo-
nanata, 23, of Hammonton, Ham-
monton Police Lt. Kevin friel said
in a press release.
according to friel’s release, the
Tiny house will
be built at HHS
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—the high
school recently received funding
for a big, yet tiny project that will
occur throughout the 2017-2018
school year in James ziegler’s Ma-
terials Processing class, the con-
See POLICE, Page 2
struction of a tiny house, which
will be funded by the Hammonton
education foundation (Hef).
as part of a social movement of
people aiming to downsize their
means of living and ecological
footprint, tiny houses between 100
and 400 square-feet have risen to
Family time at annual barbecue HCF’s cancer walk
draws hundreds
See TINY, Page 4
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
The Hammonton Cancer Foundation’s fifth annual “Walk For Our Neighbors” on June 3.Members of the Samanic and
McFerren families walked in honor of Michele Samanic, who lost her battle with cancer in 2015. See article below.
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Several local
cancer survivors and people whose
lives have been affected by the dis-
ease took a walk on June 3 to
honor those whose cancer battles
have been won, are still ongoing
and pay respects to those who
have succumbed to it during the
Hammonton Cancer foundation’s
(HCf) fifth annual Walk for Our
Neighbors.
More than 300 people filled the
track of Hammonton Middle
School’s (HMS) William t.
Capella field on a warm June
evening, many of them walking
with a team wearing matching t-
Town receives
$477K in grants
by Gina Rullo
G azette S taff W riter
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish held its annual Chicken Barbecue on June 4 at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Mario
(left) and Giorgio ScottoDiVetta (right) enjoy some clams and share a pitcher of beer. For more pictures from the event,
see Page 46.
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HaMMONtON—the town
was notified of two grants it re-
ceived in recent weeks.
On May 31, the Office of U.S.
Congressman frank a. LoBiondo
(NJ-02) announced $5,098,991 in
See CANCER, Page 3
federal funding from the federal
aviation administration (faa)
for projects and improvements at
three South Jersey airports, in-
cluding $255,820 for Hammonton
Municipal airport. LoBiondo,
who is currently traveling over-
seas in his capacity as Chairman
of the House Cia Subcommittee
Gazette • $20 FOR 52 WEEKS • CALL 609-704-1939
See GRANTS, Page 2