Fun summer days at the
Hammonton Swim Club
p. 23
Some of acclaimed Chef
Wolfgang Puck’s Recipes
p. 27-38
Check out the
Egg Harbor City Festhaus
p. 51
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
SUSPECTS JUMP INTO TRUCK
Volume 22 • Issue 33
by Gabe Donio
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
FOLSOM—On July 4, Ham-
monton Police Detectives David
Reustle and Peter Hagerty were
investigating the theft of credit
www.hammontongazette.com
cards. The stolen cards had been
used at the Williamstown Walmart
and the accused subjects may
have been in a white Dodge Cara-
van, Hammonton Police Detective
Edward Slimm said in a release.
The subjects who were the focus
of the investigation were Misti
Taylor, 27, of Hammonton, and
Edison Euceda, 23, of Hammon-
ton, Slimm said in the release.
According to the release, the
Dodge Caravan was located at the
Pine Crest Motel in Folsom and
was later discovered to have been
reported stolen from Hammonton
on July 1, 2018.
Members of the Hammonton
Police Department and New Jer-
sey State Police responded back to
the motel later that day. After
knocking for several moments,
noise could be heard from inside
the room. Police were told by a
witness that the subjects had
jumped from the second floor
window into the bed of a pickup
Public opinion on Annual family reunion in Rosedale
Frog Rock deal
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Residents
packed the council chambers dur-
ing a special meeting held by town
council on August 6 to ask ques-
tions and voice concerns regard-
ing council’s plan to bond
See POLICE, Page 2
$1,450,000 in order to purchase a
portion of Frog Rock Golf and
Country Club (Block 4303, Lots
13, 14, 15, 16 and 20 on the town
tax map), where the town will at-
tempt to discharge the treated ef-
fluent from its wastewater
treatment plant if it receives a per-
mit from the New Jersey
Local turf in major
parks, stadiums
See GOLF, Page 8
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—What do the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Red
Bulls, Washington Nationals, Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and dozens of
other professional, minor league and collegiate sports teams all have in
common? The turf they compete on is grown in Hammonton.
Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Each year at Tuckahoe Turf Farms, located at 401 N. Myrtle Ave., Joann (Rodio) Daunoras with her siblings Paul, Anthony THG/Stephen
and John at the 40th Annual Rodio/Daunoras Barbecue held
See TURF, Page 4 at Daunoras’ home in Rosedale. See related article on Page 12.
National Night Out brings people together
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—First respon-
ders, their families and hundreds of
community members gathered on
the grounds of Hammonton High
School on August 10 for a summer
evening replete with cheerful activ-
ities and camaraderie during Ham-
monton’s Sixth Annual National
Night Out.
Since Hammonton began host-
ing the event in 2013, National
Night Out has grown in terms of
scale and turnout, and has become
an increasingly anticipated occa-
sion that allows the community to
connect with local police officers,
firefighters and other first respon-
ders under positive circumstances,
which helps foster a mutually ben-
eficial rapport between the depart-
ments—and
with
the
Env. Comm. and
energy aggregation
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Members of the Hammonton Police Department are congratulated by the Phillie Phanatic and cheerleaders from the
Philadelphia Eagles after defeating the Hammonton Independent Volunteer Fire Department in the annual "Shoots
and Ladders" tug-of-war competition at National Night Out.
SUBSCRIBE TO The
HAMMONTON—Food and
Water Watch South Jersey Organ-
izer Jocelyn Sawyer attended the
Hammonton Environmental Com-
mission’s meeting on August 8 to
request that the commission draft a
resolution in support of state legis-
Gazette • SUBSCRIBE NOW! • CALL 609-704-1939
lation that would establish a com-
prehensive plan to transition from
fossil fuels to 100 percent clean, re-
newable energy by 2035.
The 17-year window is a feasible
amount of time to convert all of the
state’s energy sources due to the
advances in renewable energy
source technologies like wind and
solar power over the past decade,
See COMMISSION, Page 10
by Stephen Pistone
See NIGHT OUT, Page 3