Parks and Rec Comm.
reviews season
p. 16
Our town is stronger
because of its volunteers
p. 27-38
New documentary
on Patsy Cline
p. 45
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
$6000 IN GRANITE SMASHED
Volume 21 • Issue 39
by Gabe Donio
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Police are in-
vestigating the destruction of ap-
proximately $6,000 in granite slabs
that were outside on the property of
a business on the 300 block of N.
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Washington Street, Hammonton
Police Lt. Kevin Friel said. Police
were notified about the smashing of
the granite slabs at 1:47 p.m. on
September 20, Friel said.
“Approximately $6,000 in gran-
ite was pushed over and destroyed.
Between the hours of 6 p.m. on
September 19 and 8 a.m. on Sep-
tember 20, unknown actors entered
the exterior property of the business
and knocked over granite slabs,”
Friel said.
Anyone with information about
the property damage should contact
the Hammonton Police Department
at 561-4000. The investigating of-
ficer is Sgt. Sean Grasso, Friel said.
Police also investigated the fol-
lowing incidents or made the fol-
lowing arrests during the past week,
Friel said.
• On September 18 at 6:33 p.m.,
Office Kyle Ambrozaitis was on
patrol in the area of Bellevue Av-
enue when his automatic license
plate reader recognized that a li-
cense plate was suspended, Friel
said.
The driver was found to have
several warrants from Atlantic City
Wife: Husband has Together for 10th Green Day
West Nile Virus
by Gina Rullo
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—A Hammon-
ton man has been diagnosed with
West Nile Virus (WNV), according
to his wife, and the mosquito is be-
lieved to be from Hammonton.
According to a September 21
See POLICE, Page 2
Horton St. resident;
county spraying
statement from Atlantic County
Government, “a positive WNV
mosquito sample was recovered
from a surveillance area in Ham-
monton and Mosquito Control Of-
fice plans to conduct a ground
PWTC/WS: SJ Gas
working on gas mains
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—It was an-
nounced during the Public Works
& Transportation Committee and
Water & Sewer Committee
(PWTC/WSC)’s meeting on Sep-
See WNV, Page 14
tember 21 that South Jersey Gas
will need to perform service work
to a gas main at the intersection of
Line and Lincoln Streets before the
town repaves the area as part of the
2017 road program.
Hammonton Public Works Man-
ager/Business
Administrator
Jerome Barberio met with South
Promoting the Townwide Yard Sale Anti-opioid abuse
See PWTC, Page 3
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Karly Delucca, Victoria Falciani, Alexa Gardner, Marisa Passarella, Mandy Lin, Molly Duffy, Olivia Strigh, Danielle Mc-
Manus and Tia Donovan volunteered at Green Day on September 24. Article on Page 20, photos on Page 21.
day OK’d by town
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Town coun-
cil adopted a resolution (Resolu-
tion #112-2017) to designate
October 6 as Knock Out Opioid
Abuse Day in Hammonton during
its meeting on September 25.
The annual occasion will serve
as an initiative to educate families
of the addictive qualities of opioid
pain medications and their link to
heroin abuse rates in New Jersey,
and to communicate information
to physicians about prescribing
safer alternatives.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato re-
ferred to the establishment of
Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day as
Fun fall festivals,
events are coming
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Cassie Iacovelli, Bob Cappuccio, Jackie Cappuccio and Melissa Yearicks gave out maps for the MainStreet Hammon-
ton Townwide Yard Sale on September 23. Article on Page 20, photos on Page 21.
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HAMMONTON—Summer
may be over, but there will be no
shortage of outdoor fun this fall as
many community events are
planned for the coming months.
Local businesses and organiza-
tions will unite on Saturday, Sep-
See COUNCIL, Page 4
tember 30 as William Doberstein,
Chris Giardino, managers of The
Health Tree, will organize the
fourth annual Uptown Fall Festival
at Blueberry Crossing Plaza on the
White Horse Pike.
Between 40 and 60 vendors,
multiple food trucks, a live DJ and
more will fill the Blueberry Cross-
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