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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY SUV
Volume 21 • Issue 42
by Gabe Donio
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Alisia
Ramirez sustained head and back
injuries when she was walking
across Bellevue Avenue near the
corner of Bellevue Avenue and
Second Street at 5:10 p.m. on Oc-
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Bellevue hit-and-run injures woman
tober 12 and was the victim of a
hit-and-run, Hammonton Det. Sgt.
Edward Slimm said.
Slimm said a blue 1995
Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Euge-
nio Santiago of Mays Landing
struck Ramirez, 54, of Egg Harbor
Lighting change
order OK’d by bd.
by Tania Rivera
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—On October
12, the Hammonton Board of Ed-
ucation held its regular meeting.
The board approved to ratify
DEC Electric Change Order No. E-
1 for lighting in Gym A and Gym
Twp., in the face with his driver’s
side mirror, Slimm.
“She fell to the ground and hit
her head, and he left the scene,”
Slimm said.
Detective Peter Hagerty later
found Santiago at his residence in
Mays Landing, Slimm said. San-
tiago was taken into custody,
transported to police headquarters
and issued a summons complaint
for assault by a motor vehicle with
a pending court date, Slimm said.
K-9 Officer Robert Zbikowski
was the investigating officer,
Slimm said.
In other police news, several ar-
rests were made last week, includ-
ing the following, according to
Slimm.
• On October 9 at 4:30 p.m., Fe-
lipe Delgado, 44, of Minotola,
Kiwanis Club holds chicken barbecue
See POLICE, Page 4
B at the high school as follows:
Original DEC Electric Contract
$420,800; Change Order No. E-1
$34,647.20; Amend DEC Electric
Contract $455,447.20. Board
member John Lyons voted no.
“We also use this gym [Gym B]
for tournaments and other events
not just for our school but for out-
Brick-and-mortar
stores see success
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—Although
online shopping has seemingly
taken over the consumer land-
scape, it is the physical, brick-and-
mortar businesses that stimulate
See SCHOOL, Page 14
local economies, especially in
Hammonton, where there is no
shortage of shops and businesses,
both big-box chain retailers and
“mom-and-pop’s” that have had
prosperous experiences within the
community for many years.
When shopping for something
as personal as jewelry, many seek
Falciani analyzing space results Env. Comm. eyes
See SHOP, Page 3
THG/Stephen Pistone. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Hammonton Kiwanis Club members Richard Gibson, Joyce Wallis and Sam Pignatelli were selling 50/50 and food
tickets during the Hammonton Kiwanis Club’s third annual Chicken Barbecue at Hammonton Lake Park on October
15. For more pictures, see Page 16.
‘green’ locations
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—It was an-
nounced during the Environmental
Commission’s meeting on October
11 that the Pinelands Preservation
Alliance (PPA) had received an
undisclosed amount of grant
money for the installation of green
infrastructure projects that de-
crease storm water runoff. Now,
the PPA wants to discuss potential
locations in Hammonton for instal-
lation of green infrastructure.
The PPA has invited the Envi-
ronmental Commission to discuss
the installation of these projects,
which are referred to as “rain gar-
dens,” throughout town. Commis-
Stockton Univ. space
project at next phase
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
Photo Courtesy of Susan Allen/ Stockton University
Valkyrie Falciani, a marine biology graduate currently in the teacher education program, analyzes the Mission 11 ex-
periment after its return to Earth.
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TWP.—After
spending about a month aboard the
International Space Station (ISS),
an experiment conducted by
Stockton University students
Valkyrie Falciani, of Hammonton,
and Danielle Ertz, of Woodlynne,
See COMMISSION, Page 4
has returned to Earth for further
analysis.
For several months during the
fall 2016 semester, Falciani and
Ertz studied the fungus’ role as a
force of improving agriculture in
space with the help and mentorship
of Stockton University Associate
Professor of Biology, Dr. Tara
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