Devils’ Advocate shares the news at HHS
Page 4 • Wednesday, December 30, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette
ADVOCATE, from Page 1
into a fully-functional student-inspired website.
The Devils’ Advocate is a one-period course that
functions much like a newsroom would. the course
is taught by Stacy Gerst, who also teaches english at
the high school. Gerst became involved with print
journalism when she was teaching at a high school in
Hillsborough, New Jersey, and was asked to be the
editor of a once-a-month newspaper. in 2008, she took
a two-week crash course at the University of Nevada,
reno, and learned from professionals about advising
a high school newspaper.
“i’m learning a lot as i go. One of the coolest things
is that i learn a lot from the kids during the class. i’m
not sitting here teaching them everything they know
how to do,” Gerst said.
Christmas tree disposal
TREES, from Page 1
ers. after the holiday season ends and people take
down their trees, they must be picked up from the curb
and disposed of by town workers. Curbside pickup
will be provided by the town during the week of January 11.
“in years past, we were able to move them through
the county. i believe that has stopped. it looks like
we’re going to bring them to the landfill. as we get
time, we’re going to chip them. for a few years there,
they were a reef in Lake Lenape for the fish. they’ve
stopped that and i don’t think there’s anywhere else to
go with them besides chipping them,” Councilman
Sam rodio said.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato spoke about the plan for
the collected trees.
the mayor said that some local farmers and landscapers will want the chips which
the town will give them.
“Some farmers and some of the
landscapers want some of it,” DiDonato said.
the town makes sure the chips
are free of trash before giving it to
the local farmers and landscapers.
Some use it to increase soil
strength, they put it around blueberry bushes, DiDonato said.
Hammonton Highway Department Head Scott rivera said that if
any local farmer or landscaper
wants the chips to please call the
Hammonton Highway Department
at 567-4336.
“the farmers put the chips
around the base of the blueberry
plants,” rivera said.
On a typical year, there are somewhere between 500 to 1000 trees
collected by the town, according to
Hammonton Public Works Manager / Business Manager Jerome
Barberio.
Gina Rullo contributed to this report.
2016 mtg. schedule
ZONING, from Page 2
22.
November 17 is an exception to
the usual fourth thursday meeting
date for the board.
in related news, the town issued a
public notice that said