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Wednesday , November 16 , 2022

Volume 26 • Issue 46

Rudnesky HMS principal

by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON — At the November 3 meeting of the Hammonton Board of Education , Curriculum Committee chair Linda Byrnes announced that Hammonton

Longtime administrator appointed by board

High School Assistant Principal Dr . Kimberly Rudnesky will be replacing Dr . Michael Nolan — who is resigning as of December 31 to become the superintendent for Waterford Twp .— as the principal of Hammonton Middle

See SCHOOL , Page 14

Amendolia speaks at ceremony www . hammontongazette . com

S . RODIO , FURGIONE , RENEE RODIO WIN

Elected to town council ; Berenato , Lyons , Byrnes lead school board race

comer , Renee Rodio ( 2,022 total votes ), to by Gabe Donio the Hammonton Town Council . The remaining votes went to Hammonton First incumbent Councilman William Olivo ( 1,961

GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON — On November 8 , total votes ) and Republican challengers Joshua Trepiccione ( 1,908 total votes ) and voters re-elected two incumbent Hammonton First council members — Sam Rodio Adam Re ( 1,780 total votes ). Vote tallies ( 2,150 total votes ) and Steven Furgione are unofficial and had not been certified as ( 2,090 total votes )— and a Republican new-

See ELECTION , Page 2

Board committees

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Hammonton Police Officer John Amendolia III , who served in Iraq in 2010 , was the guest speaker at the Veterans Ceremony on November 11 at Hammonton Middle School .

by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

Ceremony held

dedicated to honor all veterans by Joseph F . Berenato who served our great country , and

GAZETTE STAFF WRITER especially those who gave their See VETERANS , Page 4

HAMMONTON — On November 11 , the Hammonton Tri- Vets — which is made up of the American Legion F . A . Funston Post-186 , the Scaltrito-Castone Disabled American Veterans ( DAV ) Chapter 66 and Veterans of Foreign Wars ( VFW ) Passalaqua Post 1026 — held their annual Veterans Day ceremony at 7 p . m . in the Hammonton Middle School auditorium .

VFW Commander John Griffee acted as the master of ceremonies .

“ We want to welcome you to our Veterans Day program ,” Griffee said .

John DeLucca , VFW chaplain , was the first to address the crowd . “ Today ’ s solemn ceremony is

HAMMONTON — During the November 9 meeting of the Hammonton Environmental Commission , Chairperson Dan Bachalis said that there has been no pro-

Veterans Day

gress on the draft of the green building and environmental sustainability element of the town ’ s master plan , which is being funded through a $ 20,000 grant the town received from Sustainable Jersey on May 14 , 2020 .

“ I did take the liberty of looking

Green Committee met Nov . 7

by Mohammed Fuad GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

HAMMONTON — The Hammonton Green Committee held their monthly meeting on November 7 at town hall . Just a few days removed from the Green Day Festival , Hammonton Green

See GREEN , Page 10 at it and reformatting it , and sharing it with a couple of people for comment before I submit it back to ARH [ Adams , Rehmann and Heggan Associates ]. I ’ m not sure why there ’ s been no contact about the whole thing ; very mysterious ,” Bachalis said . discussed at meeting

Member Luke Coia spoke about the committee process for the board , noting that by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER committees are created by the board president .

HAMMONTON — During committee reports at the November 3 Hammonton sausage is made , as our president told us

“ Committees are basically where the

Board of Education meeting , Board

See COIA , Page 12

‘ Very mysterious ’: Lack of progress for green initiatives

Bachalis said that he would provide draft copies to commission members for review and comment in an attempt to streamline the process further .

“ It ’ s been going on for too long ,” Bachalis said .

While presenting the town

SUBSCRIBE TO The Gazette • SUBSCRIBE NOW ! • CALL 609-704-1939 council report for Councilman Jonathan Oliva , who was absent , Bachalis said that the town received a letter from Atlantic City Electric regarding the company ’ s 2023 tree-trimming and vegetation management plan .

See BACHALIS , Page 3