BALLOT INSIDE
p. 42
Are you ready to move
or sell your home?
p. 31-42
Go see the Bay Atlantic
Symphony this summer
p. 57
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
MIKE RYAN RETURNING TO HHS
Volume 23 • Issue 24
by Gina Rullo
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—On June 6,
Hammonton Board of education
re-hired Michael ryan to the po-
sition of Supervisor of Student
Personnel Services [known as Su-
www.hammontongazette.com
Will be Supervisor of Student Personnel Services
pervisor of Guidance] effective
June 10, 2019 at a salary of
$123,448 (pro-rated) for the 2018-
2019 school year and $127,634
for the 2019-2020 school year.
ryan was previously employed by
the district.
“i am looking forward to it. it
has taken a long time. Coming
back will certainly be a good ex-
perience. it’s something that my
entire family is looking forward
to,” ryan told The Gazette on
June 7.
“i was very pleased to hear the
news. i had been working toward
getting back. i did know it was
headed in that direction. i was
very excited to get that news. it is
part of moving forward and begin-
ning closure on that nightmare,”
ryan said.
ryan started working in the
State gives town SJHS Class of ‘19 graduates
$502,000 grant
by Gina Rullo
G azette S taFF W riter
treNtON—New Jersey De-
partment
of
transportation
(NJDOt) in partnership with the
South Jersey transportation Plan-
See SCHOOL, Page 4
For sidewalk
work near schools
ning Organization (SJtPO) an-
nounced the awarding of $502,000
to Hammonton in a grant pool of
nearly $2.5 million in six federal
80th class at
St. Joseph High
School celebrated
See ROADS, Page 12
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—the 2019 graduating class of St. Joseph High
School (SJHS) was officially introduced on June 7 during the school’s
80th annual Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement exercises held at
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish—St. Joseph Church.
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Food the focus of Fifth Annual Food Truck Festival
See SJHS, Page 10
St. Joseph High School graduated on June 7 at St. Joseph’s Church. Above (l-r): Brad Lomax, Hailey Power, Piper
Byrne, Hannah Stojanov, Bobby Hyndman, Isabella Bispo, Gianna Dinnini, Adam Monacelli.
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taFF W riter
HaMMONtON—MainStreet
Hammonton’s Fifth annual Food
truck Festival returned on June 8
with a record high 31 food trucks
assembled downtown, offering a
diverse range of menu items.
Since its inception, the Ham-
monton Food truck Festival has
become a popular annual tradition
that continually draws a large
crowd from all over the region.
Philadelphia resident Donia
Chavis attended the festival for the
first time after reading about it.
Having previously visited food
truck festivals in Philadelphia,
Chavis said it was a unique expe-
rience to attend one in a more
compact, suburban setting.
“this downtown area has such a
warm and welcoming vibe that
makes it the perfect spot to put
something like this together. i love
Noyes holds annual
Plein-Air art event
G azette S taFF W riter
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Stefanie Camacho (left) and Becca Pyontek enjoyed some cab macaroni and cheese from Kimmie Mae’s Mac and
Cheese during the Fifth Annual MainStreet Hammonton’s Food Truck Festival
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HaMMONtON—area artists
took a break from the studio and
instead set their easels up outside
during the Noyes Museum of art
of Stockton University’s 11th an-
nual Plein-air event and Compe-
tition.
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the event attracted 18 regional
artists who each chose one or
more outdoor scenes/landscapes
in Hammonton to quickly paint,
using only the effects of natural
light.
the competition was followed
by a reception at Stockton Univer-
sity Kramer Hall, during which
professional judges reviewed the
See PLEIN AIR, Page 8
by Stephen Pistone
See FOOD, Page 3