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Town water Well No. 4
still pumping sand
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2017 Hammonton
Tax Sale list
Cookie Bake-Off
Results and Recipes
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p. 31
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
GUN, THEFT CHARGES FOR MAN
Volume 21 • Issue 49
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—according
to Hammonton Police Lt. Kevin
friel, the Hammonton Police De-
partment (HPD) was called for as-
sistance on a call and investigation
by the Mullica twp. Police Depart-
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Police: Caught with shotgun, handgun in vehicle
ment, which led to the arrest of a
local man on weapons and theft
charges, friel said.
Joseph Bondiskey, 44, of Ham-
monton, was arrested at 2:24 p.m.
on December 7 at the intersection
of Broadway and S. White Horse
Mayor previews
third term goals
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Last No-
vember, Mayor Stephen DiDonato
sat down for an interview with The
Gazette as he entered the final year
of his second term. He laid out
Pike and charged with possession
of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen
property, unlawful possession of a
shotgun and unlawful possession
of a handgun, friel said.
Bondiskey was taken to the
HPD for processing, was charged
on those offenses on a warrant and
transported to the atlantic County
Jail, friel said.
“Mullica twp. was investigating
a theft of a rascal dump trailer,
which they located behind
Bondiskey’s residence. Mullica
twp. advised that he was leaving
the area in a vehicle,” friel said.
Officer Kyle ambrozaitis of the
HPD stopped the vehicle and dis-
covered a shotgun, loaded in the
vehicle, and an air-propelled hand-
Firemen’s parade celebrates season
See POLiCE, Page 10
goals and plans for the year, which,
at the time, he said would be his
last in office. However, DiDonato
left open the possibility of running
again in 2017, which he success-
fully did a year later.
Now entering his third term as
mayor, DiDonato said he felt there
Council honors
Pullia, Maimone
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Council hon-
ored republican Councilman
Michael Pullia and longtime Mu-
nicipal Clerk april Maimone dur-
ing its meeting on December 11,
which was the final council meet-
See DiDONATO, Page 3
HPD officers
recognized
ing of Pullia’s eight-year tenure on
council and the final council meet-
ing until Maimone’s retirement
goes into effect after 32 years on
Woman helps women organize lives
See COUNCiL, Page 14
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—res-
ident allison Gallagher
wants to help all women
feel inspired, efficient and
organized in their business
ventures and hopes to do
so with the creation of La-
dypreneur Life Organizer
and Day Director, a plan-
ner designed by women
for women that aims to
maximize professional and
See PLANNER, Page 3
Courtesy Photo
SUBSCRIBE TO The
Town clerk April
Maimone retiring
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call [phone].
Hammonton Fire Co. No. 2’s cheerful Santa Claus decorated a truck made the crowd smile as it made its way down
Bellevue Avenue during the Hammonton Fire Dept. Christmas Parade on December 10. More pictures, Page 8.
Allison Gallagher, of Ham-
monton, is pictured with
Ainsley Earhardt, co-host of
Fox News “Fox and Friends.”
Gallagher appeared on the
show December 5 to dis-
cuss photographing chil-
dren at the holidays. While
in studio, Gallagher pre-
sented Earhardt with a copy
of her planner Ladypreneur
Life Organizer and Day Di-
rector.
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—this January
a face familiar for decades at town
hall and on televised council meet-
ings will no longer be seen. Ham-
monton town Clerk april
Maimone, 50, will begin her retire-
ment on January 1, 2018. She has
been a fixture of local government
for more than 30 years, beginning
as a new employee in 1985, she
told The Gazette in a recent inter-
view at the newspaper’s offices.
Maimone said she started work-
ing part-time in town hall as part of
Hammonton High School’s Co-op-
State: Juv. Detention
Center for Ancora
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
WiNSLOW tWP.—according
to the proposed meeting agenda of
the December 7, 2017, meeting of
the State House Commission, a
project that would include “the
construction of a future Juvenile
Justice Commission facility in the
See MAiMONE, Page 13
Southern New Jersey region”
would be built on “6.5 (+-) acres
of surplus property located on the
grounds of ancora Hospital.”
ancora Hospital is located in
Winslow twp.
the entire project listing, as it
appears on the agenda, is:
“Project: rPr: 18-07, ancora
Hospital, Block 6801, Part of Lot:
Gazette • $20 FOR 52 WEEKS • CALL 609-704-1939
See JUVENiLE, Page 4