News from downtown
and the Chamber
p. 16-19
A look at the people who
helped shape Hammonton
p. 27-42
See An American in
Paris
in Philadelphia p. 49
BOARD OK’S CAPELLA LIGHTS
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Volume 20 • Issue 42
by Tania Rivera
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—the Hammonton Board of education held its
regular meeting on thursday, October 13.
the board approved a revised
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approves Hawks lease at Hammonton Middle School
Shared Services agreement between the town of Hammonton
and the Hammonton Board of education for the provision of lighting
fixtures at Capella field and a revised Lease agreement between
Hammonton Board of education
and the Hammonton Hawks inc.
for the William t. Capella field, as
stated in the agenda.
in other board business, the
board unanimously approved the
revised Doctrine of Necessity
which was adopted during the June
9, 2016, meeting.
the Doctrine of Necessity allows formal action to be taken by
the Board, any conflicts of interest
notwithstanding and allows the
Board as a whole to review and
take formal action as appropriate
on any change to the health insurance coverage offered to board’s
Local arrests made Chinese culture at Kramer Hall
throughout town
by Gabe Donio
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—Police made
several arrests last week, including the following, Hammonton
Det. Sgt. edward Slimm said.
• On October 12 at 7:28 p.m.,
See SCHOOL, Page 14
arturo Velasquez-Medin, 66, of
Hammonton, was arrested on
Chew road for disorderly conduct
and simple assault and was released on his own recognizance,
Slimm said. Cpl. John Panarello
was the arresting officer, Slimm
said.
Rotary Club is a
strong civic club
by Stephen Pistone
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—Whether it’s
giving scholarships to high school
seniors, helping out the St. Vincent
De Paul food pantry every month
or donating $4,000 to the local
Disabled american Veterans hall
so it could renovate to a fully
See POLICE, Page 12
functioning kitchen in order to host
events, the Hammonton rotary
Club has proudly lived up to its
motto of “putting service before
self” for the past 58 years.
the club’s objective states “the
Object of rotary is to encourage
and foster the ideal of service as a
basis of worthy enterprise.” a fourway test is used by rotarians
See ROTARY, Page 3
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Beijing opera performers perform during The Moon, the Flowers and Love: A Celebration of Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
at Stockton University’s Kramer Hall on October 11.
The Moon, the Flower and Love:
A Celebration of Mid-Autumn
by Stephen Pistone
Festival event at Kramer Hall on
Gazette Staff Writer
October 11.
the event consisted of approxiHaMMONtON—When thinkmately
two hours-worth of various
ing of famous Chinese festivals,
presentations
about the festival by
the Chinese New Year or Lantern
festival will first come to mind for students enrolled in Stockton Unimany, but the Mid-autumn Moon versity Professor Dr. amy Situfestival, held on the 15th day of Liu’s experiencing China course,
the eighth month of the Chinese as well as many performances by
Lunar Calendar, is a historic and members of the atlantic Chinese
symbolic occasion that spans more Community Choir, a group for
which Situ-Liu serves as director.
than 1,300 years.
the work students did in Situthis iconic festival was celebrated with traditional Chinese Liu’s class and then presented to
musical performances, dances and the public is an example of what
See KRAMER, Page 10
more during Stockton University’s
Changes at Tuckahoe
Turf Farms reviewed
by Stephen Pistone
Gazette Staff Writer
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Hammonton Rotary Club members James FitzPatrick, Anthony Pagano, President Joseph Brown, Donald DeFiccio,
William Donahue, Leo Petetti, Jerry Daunoras, Robert DeRose and Michael Brown gathered for their weekly meeting
on October 10 at Rocco's Town House in Hammonton.
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HaMMONtON ––– the Hammonton environmental Commission reviewed a list of land use
changes requested by tuckahoe
turf farms, the site of several
youth soccer tournaments throughout the year, during its meeting on
October 12.
the changes requested include:
to increase the number of vendors
allowed present during the tournaments from six to 10, to require the
individuals directing traffic during
the tournaments to have valid driver’s licenses, to increase the number of events held throughout the
year and to remove 192-hour limit
imposed during these tournaments.
the number of fields used during
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