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OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OUR TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FAITH FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CIVIC NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HAMMONTON’S HISTORY . . . . . . 25
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . 61
WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
MIND GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SCORECARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Manfred Knopf
Manfred Knopf, 84, of Collings Lakes died on Thursday, December
12, 2019 at his residence.
Born in Berlin, Germany, and moved to Canada in 1965 for two years,
he has resided in South Jersey ever since. He became a U.S. citizen in
1981. He worked as a mason most of his life and last worked for 20 years
at Folsom Elementary School as a maintenance supervisor prior to retire-
ment.
He is survived by his wife, Rosemarie (nee Ertl); a son, Peter Knopf
of Newfield, N.J.; daughter, Diana (Tom) Italiano of Buena Vista Twp.;
brother, Wolfgang (Ranete) Knopf; sister, Marianne (Mohamed) Jamil
(all of Berlin, Germany); grandchildren, Jasmine, Brittany, Emilie,
Michael, Joey, Chad and great- grandchildren, Cooper, Henry and Jo Jo.
The funeral will be private at the convenience of the family. Contributions may be made
to Berlin Airlift Historical Fund, P.O. Box 782, Farmingdale, NJ 07727.
Arrangements made by Landolfi Funeral Home.
Local arrests by HPD
POLICE, from Page 1
Vazquez, 21, of Hammonton was
arrested at Walmart, 55 S. White
Horse Pike (Route 30) and was
charged with shoplifting 36 items
with a combined value greater
than $200, Slimm said. She was
charged with shoplifting on a sum-
mons and released pending court
and the arresting officer was Offi-
cer Anthony Paulsgraf, Slimm
said.
• On December 14 at 11:38
p.m., Jiquay Livingston, 21, of
Chesilhurst was arrested at Ham-
monton Lake Park, Slimm said.
He was charged with possession
of marijuana under 50 grams on a
summons and released pending
court and the arresting officer was
Officer Casey Hendrickson,
Slimm said.
• On December 10 at 12:22
p.m., Antonio Pratts. 70, of Ham-
monton was arrested at police
headquarters and was found to
have an outstanding warrant from
Atlantic County, Slimm said. He
was processed and transported to
the Atlantic County Justice Facil-
ity and the arresting officer was
Det. David Reustle, Slimm said.
• On December 10 at 6 p.m.,
Joseph Iacono, 29, of Somers
Point was arrested at the Ham-
monton Train Station and was
charged with possession of cds
(heroin), possession of a hypoder-
mic needle, and possession of drug
paraphernalia on a summons,
Slimm said. He was processed and
later released pending court and
the arresting officer was Det.
David Reustle, Slimm said.
• On December 14 at 2:46 p.m.
Jena Baldi, 24, of Egg Harbor
Twp. was arrested on Broadway
after being stopped for a motor ve-
hicle violation and was operating
a 1995 Ford pickup truck at the
time of the stop, Slimm said. She
was found to have a warrant for
her arrest and was processed and
transported to the Atlantic County
Justice Facility, Slimm said. The
arresting officer was Sgt. Jason
Rigby, Slimm said.
THG/Joseph F. Berenato. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
The Hammonton Gazette ’s 15th Annual Cookie Bake-Off judges right before the tasting at the newspaper’s of-
fices on Tilton Street. Thursday, December 12, 7:10 p.m.
Ben Castone Landscaping donates
Courtesy Photos
Left: Ben Castone
Landscaping do-
nated time to deco-
rate St. Joseph
Regional Elementary
School and St.
Joseph High School
for the Christmas
holiday.
Below: Ben Castone
and his workers from
Ben Castone Land-
scaping donated
time cleaning up and
planting
Winter
Pansy plants at the
Disabled American
Veterans building on
South Egg Harbor Rd.
last week.
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