NJM publishes town’s
commemorative book
150 years of history as seen
by Donio, Wilson & McMahon
p. 29-48
Fun options for long
holiday weekend
RED, WHITE, BLUE & YOU
p. 14
p. 61
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Volume 20 • Issue 26
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all day Fourth of July celebration 30th Blueberry Festival is huge
by Anne Sparaco
Gazette CONtriButiNG Writer
holiday celebrations and other community.
the committee is determined to continue the
150th anniversary of the town and its history
through future plans.
the next event is an all-day July 4 celebration that will include an interfaith service
at Hammonton Lake Park, a parade down-
Police car struck
by drunk driver
HaMMONtON—the
Hammonton
Sesquicentennial Planning Committee gathered together on June 15 at the Canoe Club
to discuss upcoming events for the summer’s
by Gabe Donio
Gazette StaFF Writer
HaMMONtON—a
man
whose car struck a police cruiser
was charged with driving while
See FOURTH, Page 3
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette StaFF Writer
HaMMONtON—People from all over
southern New Jersey gathered at Hammonton High School for the 30th annual red,
White and Blueberry Festival. Greater Ham-
monton Chamber of Commerce executive
Director John runfolo said that more than 2
million blueberries are sold each year at the
festival and that he often has guests buy as
many as five or six flats to take home.
all of the blueberries sold on June 26
came from farms located in Hammonton.
See BERRY, Page 4
under the influence (DWi), according to a release from Hammonton
Det. Sgt. edward Slimm.
the accident occurred on June
23 at 10:33 p.m., when Sean Wilson, 38, of Winslow twp., was ar-
Council approves
3rd-party analysis
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette StaFF Writer
HaMMONtON—Council met
on June 27 for their regular meeting. an update was given on the
South Jersey Gas (SJG) Lincoln
Street remediation project by
See ACCIDENT, Page 2
For S.J. Gas project
at town water works
Councilman Steven Furgione. the
remediation contractor has been
on-site completing preliminary
work and providing weekly up-
Receiving N.J. Seal of Biliteracy
See TOWN, Page 10
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
S.J. Gas updates
town on Lincoln St.
The pie-eating contest was delicious and messy at the Red, White and Blueberry Festival on June 26. For more pictures from the 30th Annual event, see Pages 18-24.
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette StaFF Writer
HaMMONtON—the Hammonton Public Works transportation and Water and Sewer
Committee met on June 23 to discuss the ongoing South Jersey Gas
project taking place on Lincoln
Street. On hand to give an update
about the project was South Jersey
industries Project Manager Ken
Sheppard.
“We are in sequence where we
believe we would be once we
started to get the project rolling as
far as the pilot testing and data
evaluation. after we mobilize and
get all the equipment out there, we
have the general contractor, who’s
Park Comm. talks
softball, dog park
by Kevin Troilo
Gazette StaFF Writer
THG/Kevin Troilo. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Seven Hammonton High School students were honored with the New Jersey Seal of Biliteracy. Above (left to right):
Karina Ramirez, Joanna Garcia, Mitchell McDaniels, Bryan Grimaldo, Nieves Hernandez and Dante Galletta. Not
pictured: Cristian Aguina. See related article on Page 4.
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HaMMONtON—Members of
the Hammonton Park and recreation Commission gathered on
tuesday, June 21 at town hall for
their monthly meeting. the meeting was headed by Chairman
Louis Cappuccio, who opened by
See PROJECT, Page 3
approving the minutes from their
May meeting.
ryan Fiske came before the
commission to request the use of
the 11th Street softball fields on
the following dates: July 2, July
30, august 20 and September 24.
Fiske will be heading softball
tournaments that will include
teams from the Hammonton men’s
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