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OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OUR TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FAITH FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CIVIC NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
HAMMONTON’S HISTORY . . . . . . 39
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . 47
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WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
MIND GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SCORECARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Austin S. “PeeWee” Perrone Jr.
Austin S. “PeeWee” Perrone Jr., 76, of Hammonton and formerly of
Mays Landing, died peacefully Sunday, September 10, 2017, at home
with his family.
Born and raised in Hammonton, he lived in Mays Landing from 1973
until he moved back to Hammonton in 2004. After graduating high
school, he joined the Hammonton Police Department and served as a
policeman for more than 5 1/2 years. During this time in his life, he
served in the Army National Guard. He went on to have a distinguished
career with t he State of New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife where
he served as the Southern Region Training Officer from 1968 until he
retired as a Lieutenant in 1991. He worked part time for Frank Bruno
Auto Parts and Lakeview Garage. Pee Wee and his late wife, Mary Jo, played Santa’s helper
on the magical tree lighting on Bellevue Avenue.
He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Jo (nee Gallo); parents, Austin and Linda Perrone
and brother, Dicky Perrone. He is survived by his children, Tony Perrone and his wife,
April of Mays Landing, Denise Massey and her husband, Michael of Egg Harbor Twp.,
and Kathy Pantalone and her husband, Louis of Hammonton; grandchildren, Anthony Hunt
(companion Jessica Wilson), Nina Lemelin (Scott), Samantha Pantalone, Elizabeth Pan-
talone (fiancé Kyle Rodenbaugh ), James Massey, Gaetan and Jonas Perrone; great-grand-
child, Ava Lemelin. He will be missed by his aunt, Lucy Caruso, and brother and
sisters-in-law, David Gallo and his wife, Michelle, and Nancy Gallo.
Family and friends attended Funeral Services on Friday, September 15, 2017, at the
Marinella Funeral Home, 102 N. Third St., Hammonton, NJ. Burial will be private at a
later date at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Historical Society of Hammonton, P.O. Box 876, Hammonton, NJ 08037, or MainStreet
Hammonton, P.O. Box 1147, Hammonton, NJ 08037.
Arrangements made by the Marinella Funeral Home.
Doris M. Brengelmann
Doris M. Brengelmann, 73, of Hammonton, died Monday, September 11, 2017, at the
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – Mainland Division.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she was a longtime resident of Hammonton. Doris was a
Hammonton High School graduate and graduate of Rutgers University. She worked as
a special education aide for 15 years at the Hammonton Elementary school, retiring in
2012. She previously owned Saturday’s Child antique store in Hammonton, worked as
a manager at Highland Tires in Hammonton and was active in the Camp Fire Girls as a
leader in Hammonton.
She is survived by her two sons, Curtis and Kyle Brengelmann, both of Hammonton.
Funeral Services will be private at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements made by the Landolfi Funeral Home.
Gus Schiavo
Gus Schiavo, 78, of Vineland, died on September 17, 2017, sur-
rounded by his family at home.
He was born to the late Gustave and Josephine (Maccri) Schiavo. Gus
graduated from Vineland High School in 1957, where he continued to
meet with his high school classmates once a month for breakfast until
his illness. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps receiving an hon-
orable discharge in 1962. He was married for 41 years to Judy (Zucca)
Schiavo. With drive and determination to succeed, he started working at
the young age of 7 shining shoes at “Pete the Greek’s” Shop, he set up
the pins at Boulevard Bowling Alley and was an usher at the Grand The-
ater. Gus graduated from the Vineland Beauty Academy and worked at
Sammy’s Salon in Wildwood, and he also worked as a salesman for
Kirby Vacuum Cleaners.
Gus continued his love of sales working for Prudential Insurance Company for 37 years.
His accomplishments were many; in his first year, he sold a million dollars of life insurance,
he was a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table for 33 years and he also earned
36 President Citations with Prudential Insurance Company. Gus was a past president of
Life Underwriters Association. Along with his wife, Judy, they opened up their own insur-
ance office in 1987, until his retirement in 2002. In 1999, he was one of the founding mem-
bers of the Italian American benevolent Association. He enjoyed crabbing, vacationing at
his summer home in Stone Harbor, owning racehorses, boxing and traveling. Gus loved to
sing and was a great impersonator of Johnny Ray and Frank Sinatra.
Gus was predeceased by his daughter, Lisa Schiavo; parents, Gustave and Josephine
Schiavo; sister, Gloria Noto; father-in-law, Dom Zucca; brother-in-law, Jacob Pigott and
his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and Donna McCormick. He is survived by his
wife, Judith (Zucca) Schiavo; sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Ginger Schiavo of
Vineland, David and Bridget Schiavo of Raleigh, NC, Jamie and Kathryn Schiavo of Cran-
ford, NJ, Jason Teel of Charlotte, NC, and Heather Teel of Fort Mill, SC; grandchildren,
Jenna and Jack Schiavo, Peyton, Laurel and Chase Teel and Preston, Emma and Andrew
Teel; sister, Berni Pigott; mother-in-law, Susie Zucca; sister-in-law and brother-in-law,
Robert and Jane Pustizzi; brother-in-law, Gerald Noto; aunts, Betty Healy and Lillian Barry;
uncle, Frank Tudesco and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral home visitation will be held on Thursday, September 21 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
and again on Friday, September 22 from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at Rone Funeral Service,
1110 East Chestnut Avenue, Vineland, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. from Saint
Padre Pio Parish - Church Of Our Lady Of Pompeii, 4680 Dante Avenue, Vineland. En-
tombment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Vineland.
Donation in memory of Gus may be made to: Saint Padre Pio Parish, 4680 Dante Av-
enue, Vineland, NJ 08361-6810, or Cumberland County SPCA, 1244 N. Delsea Drive,
Vineland, NJ 08360.
Arrangements made by Rone Funeral Service.
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Env. Comm.: More bike racks installed
by Michael Rizzotte
G AZETTE C ONTRIBUTING W RITER
HAMMONTON—The Ham-
monton Environmental Commis-
sion held a brief meeting on
September 14 at town hall. The
firs t order of business was an ap-
proval of the August minutes, fol-
lowed by a review of one piece of
correspondence regarding a webi-
nar on electric vehicles. The we-
binar is presented by the
Association of New Jersey Envi-
ronmental Commissions and was
scheduled for September 19.
Next, the commission discussed
the August Parks and Recreation
Commission meeting. At the
Parks and Rec. meeting, The
Hammonton Boy Scouts Troop 58
submitted an application to adopt
a pathway behind the pavilion at
the Hammonton Lake Park.
“A logo was presented for shirts
that town employees can wear
while cleaning up the path,” Com-
missioner Dan Bachalis said.
A discussion about the upcom-
ing Green Day events taking place
at the lake park on September 24
was held.
“We have a long list of great
sponsors and vendors. The
Mother’s Club will be holding a
Halloween costume contest, there
will be a free Yoga class at 2 p.m.,
nature walks and much, much
more,” Commissioner Amy Men-
zel, also of the Green Committee,
said.
Bachalis then gave an update on
a third round of bike rack installa-
tions.
“There was about six or seven
more installed, they are starting to
extend a little further down 12th
street, as well as up and down
Third Street in front of the post of-
fice and town hall,” Bachalis said.
Hammonton resident Michael
Gazzara, of Third street, was pres-
ent with his wife Doreen to dis-
cuss an application to have a
shade tree removed at his resi-
dence. A concession was made by
Gazzara to plant new trees at a
different residence on Cherry
Street. There was a unanimous de-
cision to approve the removal of
Gazzara’s tree as well as another
dead tree on 13th Street.
Bachalis also spoke about a
project being worked on by John
Keenan of the Lake Water Quality
Advisory Committee, Rutgers
Agricultural Experiment Station
and the county library system,
pertaining to the potential instal-
lation of rain gardens at the Ham-
monton Branch of the Atlantic
County Library on Egg Harbor
Road.
“I don’t know if they’re going
to implement the original, full
project which included some im-
provements to the parking lot…
they are still working on a memo-
randum of understanding between
the county, town and Rutgers on
the details of the project,”
Bachalis said.
There was no new report on the
CFMP (Community Forestry
Management Plan) as well as no
new business to discuss about e-
presence, more specifically the
town website.
Finally, there was a discussion
about an ongoing tree project on
Third Street.
“There are 11 trees to be re-
moved, including Mr. Gazzara’s,
Inferrera’s
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and 10 to be saved,” Bachalis
said.
The Hammonton Environmen-
tal Commission will meet again
on October 11 at 7 p.m. at town
hall.
Two men
charged
POLICE, from Page 1
p.m. on September 13, Friel said.
Angel Quintero, 31, of Ham-
monton, who police said assisted
Bonanata with removing the back-
pack blower was also arrested at
the same date and time as Bo-
nanata, Friel said.
At 9:01 a.m. on September 13,
on the 100 block of N. White
Horse Pike, men were landscaping
and cleaning, and while they were
doing so, David Bonanata Jr., and
Angel Quintero allegedly took a
Redmax leaf blower off a land-
scaping pickup truck and put it
into their own vehicle, a 2015
Ford Escape, Friel said.
An investigation revealed that
the two subjects were Bonanata
and Quintero, who were brought
to the police station and confessed
to the crime, Friel said.
Quintero also had drug para-
phernalia on his person and an
outstanding NCIC warrant from
the Atlantic County Superior
Court, Friel said. He was charged
with possession of drug parapher-
nalia and was transported to the
Atlantic County Jail for the war-
rant, Friel said.
Bonanata had a controlled dan-
gerous substance believed to be
heroin on his person and was
charged with the theft and the
heroin possession, Friel said. He
was released on his own recogni-
zance pending a court date, Friel
said.
Friel said Officer Charles Sbarra
III and Class II Officer Gordon
Ellis III were the arresting officers.
In other police news, police
were contacted at 4:25 p.m. on
September 11 about the theft of a
copper pot, which occurred on the
300 block of Boyer Avenue, Friel
said.
See CHARGED, Page 14