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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
$1.4M SETTLEMENT FOR REHAB?
Volume 18 • Issue 51
by Brittany Mauro
Gazette Staff Writer
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town council reorganization meeting Jan. 5 at 6 p.m.
litigation. treatment Solutions is a
company that proposed a drug
treatment facility to be located at
the Sail Lake complex on the
White Horse Pike (rt. 30) and
Hammonton Lake, according to
town solicitor Brian Howell.
the Hammonton zoning Board
of adjustment denied the application and treatment Solutions sued
the town stating that the town was
in violation of the americans With
Disabilities act and the fair Housing act, Howell said.
after interrogatories were completed and depositions were taken,
as is typical with a federal litigation, both sides attended mediation,
Howell said. there were at least
three mediations held by retired
judges which attempted to close a
gap of approximately $6 million
between what the demands of the
Laundromat Tree lighting brings crowd downtown
vandalized
HaMMONtON—at the December 15 council meeting, the
town voted to accept a plan for a
$1.4 million insurance-paid settlement for the treatment Solutions
by Gabe Donio
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—a laundromat at raspberry run on 12th
Street (route 54) was vandalized
last week, Hammonton Police
Captain Nick Salvatore said. the
vandalism was reported to police
at 10 a.m. on December 8.
See CLOSING, Page 10
“it happened between Sunday
and Monday. Someone damaged
the machines and electronics at
the laundromat,” Salvatore said.
the damage was estimated at
approximately $400, Salvatore
said.
the incident is being investigated by Officer David reustle,
Salvatore said.
Esposito, Bachalis
look back on service
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—Hammonton
first Councilmen Dan Bachalis
and Paul esposito fell short in their
pursuit of reelection to Hammonton town Council in the November 5 election. the councilmen,
who will relinquish their seats at
the end of 2014, spoke to The
Gazette in a recent interview. they
reflected back on what they enjoyed most about their time on
town council, their accomplishments, what they will miss about
the experience, what projects they
Parade lights up Bellevue Ave.
See BACHALIS, Page 3
THG/Paul J. Macrie IV. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
A large crowd came to the annual MainStreet Hammonton Christmas Tree Lighting on December 10. The event featured carolers, horse and carriage rides, a living Nativity, a visit by Santa Claus and more. For more pictures, see Page
16.
riage rides that started at the Hammonton family Success Center at
by Paul J. Macrie IV
310 Bellevue ave., a live nativity
Gazette Staff Writer
in front of St. Joseph High School
HaMMONtON—On Decem- on Vine Street organized by Vicber 10, MainStreet Hammonton tory Bible Church, a tremendous
held its annual Christmas tree music show production and carolLighting event.
ers. after Santa Claus lit the tree
Originally scheduled to take shortly before 7 p.m., families visplace on December 6, rain post- ited with him at Wells fargo Bank
poned the traditional ceremony by next to where all the action took
four days. it didn’t deter families place on the ronald reagan Drive
from coming out to enjoy the fes- section of Central avenue.
tivities on a blustery Wednesday
Carolynn thibault and amy
evening in downtown Hammon- Shannon watched their daughters,
ton.
See TREE, Page 4
People enjoyed horse and car-
Board accepts Lancetta’s
coaching resignation
by Zack Brown
Gazette Staff Writer
THG/Joseph Bruno. To purchase photos in The Gazette, call (609) 704-1940.
It was a chilly, yet clear night for the annual Hammonton Fire Dept. Christmas Parade held December 13. The parade
marched down Bellevue Avenue to the railroad tracks at Egg Harbor Road. For more pictures from the event, see Page 17.
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HaMMONtON—the Hammonton Board of education accepted the resignation of Pete
Lancetta [see related articles on
pages 24-28 and page 72, Gabe
Donio’s column, page 7] as head
football coach during its regular
monthly meeting on December 11
at Hammonton High School’s
Samuel a. Donio Memorial Library.
the meeting began with a presentation of the 2013-2014 audit by
ray Colavita of the firm
Nightlinger, Colavita and Volpe.
according to the findings, the district is in excellent financial stand-
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