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TORRISSI, FURGIONE, RODIO WIN
Claim election night victories; 374 mail-in ballots remain
Volume 18 • Issue 45
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—Former Republican Councilmen Michael
Torrissi Jr. and Steven Furgione
won two seats on council and incumbent Hammonton First Coun-
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cilman Sam Rodio was re-elected,
according to unofficial election
results on November 4. Hammonton Board of Education President Joseph Giralo, Sam Mento
III and Manny Bermudez, who
ran unopposed, were re-elected to
the three open seats on the school
board. The results do not include
HHS student airlifted
after accident at school
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—A 17-yearold male student at Hammonton
High School was flown to Cooper
Trauma Center as a precaution for
treatment of a head injury at 2:15
p.m. on October 28, Hammonton
Police Captain Nick Salvatore
said.
“A student hit his head on the
pavement when the vehicle he was
sitting on started to move, according to witnesses on the scene. The
vehicle was a late-model pickup
truck,” Salvatore said.
The driver of the vehicle was a
17-year-old male, Salvatore said.
According to Salvatore, the student was transported by helicopter
to Cooper Trauma Center for a
head injury.
“He has since been released and
is doing well,” Salvatore said.
374 mail-in ballots, or any provisional or emergency ballots that
remain uncounted as of press time
Tuesday evening, according to
Hammonton Town Clerk April
Maimone.
Turnout was 3,235 voters out of
a possible 8,824, or 36.7 percent
of the local electorate.
The results, not including the
mail-in, provisional and emergency ballots, were as follows:
Michael Torrissi Jr. (R), 1567;
Sam Rodio (HF), 1485; Steven
Furgione (R), 1474; Paul Esposito
(HF), 1318; Sal Mazza (R), 1243;
Dan Bachalis (HF), 1213; Rock
Colasurdo (D), 1203.
In the school board election, the
results, not including the mail-in,
provisional and emergency ballots, were as follows: Giralo,
1610; Mento III, 1568 and
Bermudez, 1509.
The Gazette spoke with the
three winners in the town council
Parade brings Halloween fun
See ELECTION, Page 14
Discussion on Lakeview
Ave. drainage project
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—Mayor
Stephen DiDonato and Adams,
Rehmann and Heggan (ARH) Engineer Robert Vettese discussed
the near-end result of the Lakeview Avenue drainage improvement and installation project,
which started in the latter part of
the summer. The location between
Lakeview Avenue and the entrance to or exit off Route 30 has
U.S. Health and Human Services visits SJFMC
See LAKEVIEW, Page 10
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
The downtown was packed for the Kiwanis Club Halloween Parade on October 29. For more pictures, see Page 20.
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell
announced earlier this fall that
more than $15.6 million in Affordable Care Act [ACA] funding
would be provided to 20 health
centers in New Jersey to expand
primary care services. The funding will allow local health centers
to increase access to comprehensive health care services by hiring
nearly 80 new employees, on a
full-time basis, staying open for
long hours, and expanding care to
include new services such as oral
and behavioral health.
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Office of the
Secretary Region II Director Jackie Cornell-Bechelli and New Jersey Primary Care Association’s
Incoming President Jillian Hud-
Local landscapers talk
about fall cleanup
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
THG/Paul J. Macrie IV. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services attended a press conference and toured Hammonton’s Southern Jersey Family Medical Center (SJFMC) on October 29. Pictured above, from left are: Councilman Dan
Bachalis, N.J. Primary Care Association Incoming President Jillian Hudspeth, CEO and President of SJFMC Linda Flake,
and Department of Health and Human Services Offices of the Secretary Region II Director Jackie Cornell-Bechelli and
SJFMC board members Kathryn Rigby and Carol Ramsey.
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HAMMONTON—As fall continues, leaves continue to pile up
on residents’ properties and
throughout the town in general. It
is a busy time for local landscapers who are hired by property
owners to do the standard fall
See VISIT, Page 12
cleanups. Local landscapers Ben
Castone and Brian Hughes spoke
to The Gazette about how they approach the maintenance period,
what is involved in today’s
cleanups, what kinds of equipment are used during the process
and whether they think homeowners prefer using a service or clean-
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See CLEANUP, Page 3