Canoe Club water main break discussed

Hammonton Town Hall

HAMMONTON—Hammonton Parks and Recreation held their monthly meeting on October 15 to discuss important updates heading into the colder months.

The meeting began with Recreation Director Adam Monacelli’s updates on upcoming events and, more urgently, the Canoe Club after a water main break issue happened on October 14.

“We didn’t get any use of facility requests. The only thing I got was back in September. The Bulldogs used the Canoe Club for a meeting,” Monacelli said. “We had a couple of events, nightly events, scheduled to the Canoe Club for this month. They’ve been canceled due to a water main issue that occurred, so it will be closed until further notice.”

For those who might be concerned about voting there on Election Day, Monacelli reassures that there will be a temporary flooring put in so people can come in and vote.

Other notable events that will take place are “Paint a Pumpkin!” at the Hammonton Arts Center on Wednesday, October 23. Hammonton High School Student Council will host a Trick or Treat event on Friday, October 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the high school’s

hallways.

The meeting continued with discussions about Hammonton Lake. While the committee focused on lake lowering last year, Councilman Steven Furgione talked about this happening every other year.

Hammonton Lake was also stocked with trout, and other discussions were had about security measures around the lake.

The committee discussed Old Forks Road construction next, signaling updates for the coming months about this road and a taxiway to the airport.

“We’ve got Old Forks Road [and] the county lines back from high school construction,” Councilman Sam Rodio said.

The taxiway project is slightly delayed because of the hurricanes that hit Florida, but they will nevertheless get back on track.

“They’re supposed to do the taxiway at the airport. That’s been put on hold because the electrician crew that goes in first for the lighting on the taxiway is in there,” Rodio said. “They were in Florida, helping out down there. This crew gets back to their part first, and then the taxiway is going to get repaired.”

Furthermore, the solar program for the community is complete. The $34 million project will have long-term benefits to the community paying less for electricity, which comes on the tail-end of a string of complaints over Atlantic City Electric in South Jersey over the summer.

The Parks and Recreation committee will meet again Tuesday, November 19 at 7 p.m. at town hall.

This article was produced in collaboration with New Jersey Civic Information Consortium and Rowan University.