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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Volume 18 • Issue 48
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SOLAR ARRAY FOR BELLEVUE
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—On November 20, the Hammonton Zoning
Board of Adjustment had its regular
meeting to address one item on the
agenda. There was an application
from David S. Liberto and Bertino
Realty Company to seek a use variance to permit a ground-mounted
solar array in the GW-1 Zone and
the realignment of lot lines for
Block 3401, Lots 26 and 27, Zone
GW-1 at 646 Bellevue Ave. The
proposed plan called for a minor
subdivision, use variance and
waiver of site plan.
David Scheidegg, engineer at
Schaeffer Nassar Scheidegg Consulting Engineers, LLC in Mays
Landing represented the applicant,
and offered testimony.
“Basically, this is a two-part application, a minor subdivision
where we are going to propose to
realign the lot lines. The second
part of the application is a use variance for a free-standing solar array.
The property in question is 646
Bellevue Ave. and 656 Bellevue
Ave. Lot 26 is the Liberto residence, and Lot 27 is Bertino real estate that is a rental property.
Sometime, approximately 25 years
ago, an in-ground pool was installed on the property and that pool
goes over the property line between
Lots 26 and 27. So, we would like
to subdivide that now, possibly for
purposes that [include] the inground pool associated with Lot 26
and part of the Bertino family resi-
See ZONING Page 14
Warrant, drug arrest A night for revelry downtown
made by police dept.
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—Police made
a drug arrest at the intersection of
Columbia Road and Myrtle Street
at 11:36 a.m. on November 23,
Hammonton Police Lt. Kevin Friel
said.
Michael Spellman, age 27, of
Hammonton was observed riding
his bicycle traveling west on Co-
lumbia Road and was known to
have active warrants, Friel said.
Spellman was found to have a
hypodermic needle and other controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia on his person, Friel said.
He was also picked up for an active warrant from Mullica Twp. in
the amount of $560, and a warrant
from Vineland in the amount of
$550, Friel said.
Spellman was unable to post bail
and was lodged in the Atlantic
County Justice Facility, Friel said.
School board honors
perfect NJASK students
by Zack Brown
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—The Hammonton Board of Education acknowledged Warren E. Sooy
Elementary School students who
achieved perfect scores on the
NJASK assessment at its regular
monthly meeting on November 20
at the Hammonton High School’s
Samuel A. Donio Memorial Library.
The board meeting began with
a moment of silence to honor the
passing of former Hammonton
High School teacher Lawrence
Delaney. He began his career in
See SCHOOL, Page 3
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New Jersey Renaissance Faire members Taru Hunter, Thomas Swift, Honey Flowers and Lady Erin pose for a picture
before strolling down Bellevue Avenue during Third Thursday’s Renaissance night on November 20.
Hammonton’s Ideal changing from clothing to antiques
by Paul J. Macrie IV
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—On November 22, customers took advantage
of a sales event at Ideal Fashions,
Inc. on the White Horse Pike
(Route 30) in Hammonton, right
across from Hammonton High
School. For one of the final times,
customers were able to go to the
store to try on and purchase a vari-
ety of wedding dresses that were
on sale, plus had an opportunity to
meet one of the new owners of
what will now be an antique business at the location.
Dennis Stanford is one of the
owners of Aged to Perfection Antique Warehouse in the Elwood
section of Mullica Twp. The Mullica Twp. resident, along with partner, Bruce Dooley, has owned the
See IDEAL, Page 4
Special town council
meeting December 1
Vote on $500K
for Boyer Ave.
by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
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Left: Christina Keenan, employee at Ideal Fashions Glassboro location (left), and owner Caitlin Fazzio. Right: Dennis Stanford, owner of the new store called Ideal Blend Antiques and Collectables at the Ideal sales event on November 22.
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HAMMONTON—A special
meeting of town council will be
held at 6 p.m. on December 1.
During that meeting, the council
is expected to have the second
reading of a bond ordinance for
$500,000 in bonded debt for the
Boyer Avenue Drip Irrigation
Project, which would be a modification to the adopted capital
budget of the town, according to
the November 17 agenda. The
funding measure passed first
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