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HHS VEHICLE DAMAGED
p. 9
p. 23-38
p. 43
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Volume 20 • Issue 35
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
www.hammontongazette.com
August 29, police received a report
of damage to a Hammonton High
School vehicle at 12:21 p.m. on
August 25.
Frank LaSasso, of the Hammonton High School, called in reference to a school-owned vehicle
previously used by the grounds
crew that had been entered and
tampered with by an unknown individual. Nothing was reported
missing, but the ignition was damaged rendering the vehicle inoperable, the release from Slimm said.
According to the release, Class
II Officer Nicholas Rojs was the
responding officer.
In other police news, according
to a press release issued to The
Gazette by Slimm on August 29,
Robert Capoferri of Asphalt
Paving Systems, located on North
Egg Harbor Road Hammonton, reported an overturned tanker inside
his company’s yard to police at
5:10 p.m. on August 25.
The release said the tanker
ARH moves offices Showing Puerto Rican pride
to Bellevue Avenue
HAMMONTON—According to
a release issued to The Gazette by
Detective Sgt. Edward Slimm on
by Kevin Troilo
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
H A M M O N TO N — A d a m s ,
Rehmann and Heggan’s (ARH)
roots in Hammonton trace all the
way back to the 1930s. The large
design firm proudly provides customers with engineering, surveying, planning and geographic
See POLICE, Page 4
Engineering firm
in former bank
information
services
(GIS)
throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
The firm has served as the official
town engineer here in Hammonton
for approximately seven decades.
Back-to-school time
for Hammonton
by Franki Rudnesky
GAZETTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
HAMMONTON—With September looming just over the horizon and kids finally reaching for
their summer reading, it’s clear
See ARH, Page 14
that summer 2016 is drawing to a
close and a new school year is approaching.
A new school year brings a fresh
start for the students and faculty of
local schools. While students have
the opportunity to relax and
Fun times at Touch A Truck
See SCHOOL, Page 10
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
The Puerto Rican Civic Association held its annual flag-raising ceremony at town hall on August 28. For more pictures,
see Page 39.
association, the Puerto Rican community along with other Hispanic
by Tania Rivera
groups and three Jeep Clubs paGAZETTE STAFF WRITER
raded from the church to town hall,
HAMMONTON—On August where DJs Adrian Ferrer, Musical
28, the Puerto Rican Civic Associ- Director of Group Hipnosis, and
ation (PRCA) of Hammonton Vicente Arce were playing salsa
kicked off their annual Puerto music.
It was a big celebration as parade
Rican Week with a 1 p.m. cereparticipants,
a float and Jeeps made
mony at town hall where they
their
way
down
Central Avenue
raised the American and Puerto
and into the town hall parking lot.
Rican flags.
The event started with a Spanish Many participants, in regular and
Mass at 11:45 a.m. at the St. Mary folkloric clothing, danced their way
of Mount Carmel Parish – St. onto the parking lot while others
Joseph’s Church, located on Third proudly carried the Puerto Rican
Street. After Mass, members of the flag. The Jeep Clubs of “Los FugiSee PRCA, Page 2
95th school year for
St. Joe Elementary
by Franki Rudnesky
GAZETTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
THG/Kevin Troilo. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
MainStreet Hammonton held Touch A Truck on August 28. Hundreds of children and their parents enjoyed the tactile
event held in the parking lots off of Vine Street, behind Casciano Coffee Bar. For more pictures, see Page 40.
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HAMMONTON—St. Joseph
Regional Elementary School prepares to welcome students for a
milestone year, according to principal Sister Betty Jean Takacs,
M.P.F.
“The 2016-2017 school year
will be the 95th year that St.
Joseph Elementary School in
Hammonton has provided a faithbased education to children from
Hammonton and outlying areas.
The school was established in
1922 and has continued until
today under the leadership of the
Religious Teachers Filippini,”
Takacs said.
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See St. JOE, Page 4