As per usual, there’s lots of political coverage in the papers(including a letter to the Hammonton News’ editors from yours truly). Here’s today’s big headlines:

-Kessler Hospital filing bankruptcy plan with court

-Election signs taken from lawns

-Wing unveiled at Middle School

-Letter from Democrat Council Candidate Ammirato

-Patty Palmeiri says voting for Hammonton First will keep progress moving

-Letter form Council Candidate Anthony Falcone

-Mary Lucca retorts Jacobus letter from previous week

-Yours Truly outlines Republican Councilmen’s accomplishments and differences from HF majority

-Raymond Effinger, Jr. supports the Democrats

Lots of stories in the local weeklies:

-Hammonton wins $15K Recycling Grant

-Mayor’s Brother says Town Hall Construction Making Strides

-Lots of letters from every political party and interest group in town.

-Neighbor of Turf Farm calls out Town for inaction.

-Mayor thanks Fiscal Oversight Committee

It’s the dog days of August, which means politically nothing is going on. So go ahead and discuss this week’s local papers. Here’s the headlines from the Hammonton News and The Gazette:

-Schools get $1 milion more in State Aid (as reported by The Vine before anyone else!)
-Officials deciding on Lake opening
-Campione fund to benefit town skateboard park
-Lowe’s project at Planning Board tonight
-Raspberry Run center nearing capacity
-Menendez sponsors bill to help N.J. farms
-Statewide impaired driving crackdown starts Aug. 17th

On tap in the local media:

-tragic loss of Gabrielle Campione
-lake coliform levels on the low end
-HMS work on track
-Drainage woes to be tackled at Blueberry Ridge
-Rocky Jazzin’ it up at the Republican Jazz Fest
-Chat w/ Mayor coming up
-new code committee forms
-drug bust building could be seized

Plenty of politics in the newspapers this week:
-No tax raise from City Council
-Fireworks to be on July 1st
-Sam Rodio asks to let Hammonton First finish what it has started.
-Rich Jacobus cites Mayor DiDonato and Councilman Colasurdo as precedent for Robin Ripa’s eligibility to run.

Thoughts?

Discuss the latest headlines in our local papers.

Go ahead and chat it up about today’s local papers and their published stories.

Here’s your opportunity to dicuss this week’s local news, as published in the print media.

The Gazette came out Tuesday, but Wednesday is our official day for local newspaper commentary.  We’ll post the headlines as soon as we get ‘em.

We’re getting this thread started early, before the papers, since some of us sleep in late!  Discuss the News, Press and Gazette’s stories…  We’ll fill in the headlines when we get them.