The Hammonton Gazette 12/21/22 Edition | Page 2

Fenway ’ s picks of the week

Noticias en español

p . 24

Chamber ’ s holiday mixer

p . 53

An illustrated holiday story

p . 39-50
Local Christmas festivities
inside
Wednesday , December 21 , 2022
Volume 26 • Issue 51

White is HHS asst . principal

by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — High school teacher and band director Tim White was named as Dr . Kimberly Rudnesky ’ s replacement as the assistant principal at
by Mohammed Fuad GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — The American Legion Department of New Jersey hosted the Atlantic County Legion Commanders Dinner at Tomasello Winery on
by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — At the December 8 Hammonton Board of Education meeting , the board heard several presentations during the meeting .
The first was by landscape architect Scott Taylor of Taylor Design Group — which currently serves as the landscape architect for the town of Hammonton .
During discussion , board member Kelly Donio explained the rationale behind Taylor ’ s presentation , noting that the idea came from the Community Cohesion committee .
“ We had a lot of discussion trying to look at our physical campus of the school , knowing our limited resources , and realizing that the

Replaces Rudnesky effective Jan . 1 , 2023

Hammonton High School , effective January 1 , 2023 , at the December 8 meeting of the Hammonton Board of Education .
December 9 . With many people in attendance , including New Jersey State Commander Steven Fisher , Atlantic County Commander Don Frederico and many more , everyone in attendance shared a few laughs , touched on topics brought forth by the commanders
best districts — in my opinion , the most successful — are ones who do planning , and do that well ,” Donio
See TAYLOR , Page 3

Packard Street devel .

by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — The Hammonton Environmental Commission entertained the presentation of a development plan for 36-38 N . Packard St . at their monthly meeting on December 14 . See ENVIRONMENT , Page 10
White spoke during the second public comment portion of the meeting . “ Over the past 17 years ,
See SCHOOL , Page 22

Santa Claus lands at Apron Cafe

THG / Mohammed Fuad . To purchase photos in The Gazette , call ( 609 ) 704-1940 .
Santa Claus and his helpers during his landing at Apron Cafe on December 17 . Santa came to the cafe via helicopter and he met with children to talk about Christmas . For more holiday pictures , please see the Our Town section .
HAMMONTON — Anthony Guerere of Hammonton , a longtime educator and administrator at the Hammonton School District who served as the band director of Hammonton High School
and enjoyed a nice dinner .
“ Every year the dinner is held at the post where the county commander is from . This year it is Post 186 , Hammonton . We are all honored to have the dinner this year to honor our State Commander Steven Fisher . We
by Joseph F . Berenato GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — During the December 15 meeting of the Public Works and Transportation Committee , Town Engineer Mark
( HHS ) from 1959 to 1987 , including the highly successful HHS “ Blue Devil ” Marching Unit , died on December 17 at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in
wish you a successful year and anything we can do , don ’ t hesitate to call ,” Frederico said in a statement .
The dinner began with welcome remarks by Sergeant-at-Arms Frank M . Calletta as well as the pledge of allegiance by vice

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Philadelphia ,. Pa . Guerere was 85 .
Guerere ’ s daughter Lynne Lucca called her father ’ s musical talent a “ gift .”
See GUERERE , Page 14
Herrmann discussed the upcoming project regarding lead and galvanized water service laterals in the town of Hammonton .
“ Everything was signed and submitted to the state from the inventory ,” Herrmann
See PWTC , Page 12

American Legion Commanders Dinner held locally

Landscape arch .& grant firm visit BOE

HHS BAND ’ S GUERERE DIES

by Gabe Donio
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

Longtime band director had a ‘ gift ’ for music

PWTC hears about lead laterals project

commander Kevin Sedlak . The singing of the national anthem by Robin Sedlak soon followed and welcome remarks concluded with a group invocation prayer by chaplain Dan Philippi .
Many topics were discussed
See AMERICAN , Page 4
THG / Mohammed Fuad . To purchase photos in The Gazette , call ( 609 ) 704-1940 .
Atlantic County Commander Donald Frederico ( left ) with Chaplain F . A . Funston Post # 186 Diane Eby ( middle ) and State Commander Steven Fisher ( right ).
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