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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
THEFT FROM BUSINESS ON WHP
Volume 23 • Issue 43
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Thousands of dollars allegedly stolen by night manager
by Gabe Donio
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were contacted about the theft at 9:53 a.m.
on October 11, Friel said, when the owner
of the establishment contacted police about
a theft of currency from the store.
“The manager was concerned when he
went to the bank and found that the deposit
HAMMONTON—A criminal complaint
has been issued for a store manager on the
100 block of the White Horse Pike (Route
30) who allegedly stole approximately
$3,000 in cash from a business, Hammon-
ton Police Chief Kevin Friel said. Police
had not been made. The manager contacted
the night manager, who said she had forgot-
ten to deposit the funds and would bring
them back in the morning when she re-
ported for work. She did not show up for
work the next day,” Friel said.
The amount in total with the cash deposit
and the money missing from the safe was
more than $3,000, Friel said.
A criminal complaint was signed against
Donisha Harris, 39, of Egg Harbor City.
Planning bd. hears Trick-or-Treat fun downtown
several items
by Joseph F. Berenato
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HAMMONTON—The Ham-
monton Planning Board held their
meeting on October 16 at 7 p.m. in
town hall. First on the agenda was
See POLICE, Page 2
Application #2-19PB, submitted
by Charles LaPlaca, who was seek-
ing a waiver of curb and sidewalk
for his property at 801 Chew Road.
James Sassano, professional
land surveyor, professional planner
Dr. Brian Issacson
panelist about
suicide prevention
See PLANNING, Page 13
by Joseph F. Berenato
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HAMMONTON—Dr. Brian Isaacson of AtlantiCare was among the
panelists for the New Jersey Hospital Association’s September 24 panel
presentation about suicide prevention. Isaacson has an extensive back-
ground in children’s behavioral health, and presented many points at that
See ATLANTICARE, Page 14
Loofahs: A new
Hammonton crop
THG/Joseph F. Berenato. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Kendall and Makenna Warlow donned their best Hocus Pocus finery during the Downtown Trick-or-Treat on October 19.
More pictures on Page 25 .
by Joseph F. Berenato
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HAMMONTON—If Paul De-
Marco has anything to say about
it, Hammonton—the Blueberry
Capital of the World—will soon
be known for another crop:
loofahs.
DeMarco is no stranger to farm-
ing. He and his father had started
in the peach business in the 1970s,
and continued successfully for
decades until disaster struck.
“On May 5, 1994 at 3:30 p.m.,
we got wiped out by hail. It just
took my whole life away from
me,” DeMarco.
He subsequently sold the farm,
keeping only the 10 acres on
Permaculture Club
at Parks Comm.
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Courtesy Photo
The Hammonton High School Band took first place at the regional competition on October 20 at Delsea Regional High School.
The band won with a score of 93.6 against 11 bands in the pouring rain.
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HAMMONTON—Members of
the Greater Hammonton Perma-
culture Club addressed the Ham-
monton Parks and Recreation
Commission on October 15 in the
council chambers at town hall.
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Chairman of the Environmental
Commission Dan Bachalis intro-
duced the group to the commission
and gave a brief rundown of the
ongoing negotiations between Rut-
gers Water Resources Program,
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
(PPA) and Parks and Rec. about
installation of a rain garden at
See COMMISSION, Page 3
by Michael Rizzotte
See LOOFAH, Page 8