The Hammonton Gazette 07/22/15 Edition | страница 2

Third Thursday was
a hit downtown

p. 20

Photo essay:
“A Week at the Feast”

p. 21-45

Love babies? Head to the
parade in Wildwood
p. 49

TWO COPS ESCAPE INJURY
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Volume 19 • Issue 29

by Gabe Donio

GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON—Two police
officers escaped serious injury at
10:41 p.m. on July 15 on N. Egg
Harbor Road after an alleged
drunken driver struck their 2002
John Deere Gator with his 1997
Chevrolet Camaro, Hammonton

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Also, child hit by car on Grape St. on July 16
Police Captain Nick Salvatore said.
According to Salvatore, the
driver of the Camaro, Pablo
Suarez-Zavala, 25, of Hammonton,
never stopped before hitting the
Gator. Lt. Kevin Friel and Det. Sgt.
Edward Slimm, who were working

late to place “No Parking” signs for
the Grand Procession of Saints on
the 16th of July, the Feast Day of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, jumped
clear before their vehicle was
struck and destroyed on impact.
“It was bent in half,” Salvatore

said.
Suarez-Zavala fled the scene,
and was later apprehended on the
600 block of North Street, Salvatore said.
He was charged with driving
while under the influence (DWI),

leaving the scene of an accident
and reckless driving by Officer
David Reustle, Salvatore said.
Det. Sgt. Edward Slimm and Lt.
Kevin Friel were on the Gator at
the time of the accident. Both es-

Tractor Supply Co. 140th Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
application postponed
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON—On July 15,
the Hammonton Planning Board
held its regular meeting to address
two applications. There was a
minor subdivision, waiver of curb

See INJURY, Page 4

and sidewalk needing approval,
plus a continuation of a change of
use, waiver of site plan application from July 1.
According to Chairman Edward
Marinelli, the major site plan application to permit a 19,100square-foot Tractor Supply Store

Feast Day of Mt. Carmel:
Big crowds, nice weather
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON—The Feast
Day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
was a perfect summer day. Normally, mid-July weather in Hammonton features hot and humid
weather, but this July 16, which is
the traditional celebratory day for
the Catholic church, St. Mary of

See BOARD, Page 4

Mt. Carmel Parish, the Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel Society, other faith
organizations and the town, was
simply delightful with temperatures near 80 degrees with low humidity.
On July 16, the Most Rev. Dennis Sullivan, Bishop of the Diocese
of Camden, was once again in
Hammonton during the Feast Day.

Bishop Sullivan walks procession Father Joe Capella
See CARMEL, Page 10

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As the procession made its way down Bellevue Avenue on July 16, the faithful greeted the statues of the saints, especially the one of the Blessed Mother (pictured above).

celebrates 25 years
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON—Hammonton
native Rev. Joseph Capella is celebrating 25 years as priest in
2015. Born and raised in town,
Capella graduated from Hammonton High School in 1979. After an

11-year journey, post high school,
he was ordained as a priest on
June 2, 1990 at St. Joseph Church.
Attending college at St.
Joseph’s University, Capella graduated from its business school
with a degree in corporate management marketing in 1983. After

Book on N.J. women
in WWII written by
Patricia Chappine
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

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Bishop Dennis Sullivan walked the procession on July 16 with Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society President Louis Pantalone (right) and Vice President Frank Italiano (left). Sullivan said Mass earlier in the day.

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HAMMONTON—Hammonton
resident Patricia Chappine is now
an author of a book called New
Jersey Women in World War II. On

See CAPELLA, Page 14

June 8, the publication was officially released and she stated she
has always been intrigued by the
history of World War II, and the
many subject matters that have
been discussed about it.
Chappine is currently an adjunct

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