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Sunshine ’ s ‘ super ’ date for moms & sons
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The Hammonton Wishing Well Chapter of The Sunshine Foundation hosted a Mother & Son Superhero Date on Feb . 4 at the Hammonton Middle School . Pictured above are Wesley , Joey and Bryce Hiltwine with their mom , Jamie ; Clayton Reichert with his mom , Christine ; Chase and Cole Leach with their mom , Krista . For more photos from this event , see Page 22 .
Celebrate Valentine ’ s Day locally
by Kristin Guglietti GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — There are several ways to spend Valentine ’ s Day with your sweetheart or friends in Hammonton .
Tomasello Winery will be having a Valentine ’ s Day Dinner Dance on Feb . 10 at 7 p . m . Sean Tomasello said there are plenty of tickets available on their website . Tickets are $ 62.95 per person plus 20 percent gratuity and N . J . sales tax .
“ It is a four-course menu , which is on our website and you can purchase tickets on our website . There ’ s also a cash bar available , and there will be a DJ for dancing ,” Tomasello said .
Perhaps is having a Galentine ’ s event on Feb . 13 at 4 p . m . During the event , Ana Yanoschak , the owner , said customers will receive 10 percent off their entire purchase at Perhaps .
“ We have Valentine ’ s Day merch and some earrings , jewelry , accessories and we ’ re going to be doing the Galentine ’ s Day event so that will include rapid spray
See VALENTINE , Page 8
Master plan topic of Planning Board special mtg .
by Mohammed Fuad GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — A lengthy discussion of the town ’ s master plan was the main topic at a special meeting of the Hammonton Planning Board held on Jan . 31 .
At the meeting , the board reviewed the master plan and discussed policy statements and supporting strategies .
Board members Michael Pullia and Jonathan Baske did not attend the meeting where councilman Jonathan Oliva led the discussion for 41 pages of the master plan created by town planner Stuart Wiser . Within the 41 pages were prior policy statements , the 2023 recommendations based on policy statements and supporting strategy , as well as new policy statements or supporting strategies , according to Oliva .
After Oliva spoke , each board member expressed thoughts on the master plan .
Oliva related three bucket items relating to the reports , providing members topics to discuss . First was reading it through and feeling strongly about the plan ; second was reading and having an issue with it , possibly agreeing or disagreeing ; and the third was reading it to determine if something is missing in the plan that would be important to include .
Board member Ralph Cappacio spoke first and said he had no opposition to the plan . Michael Messina followed , agreeing the plan was appropriate and that the changes made were more beneficial than those before it .
Board member Edward Wuillermin spoke of his observations , the first being the policy statement regarding cluster housing , multi-family development in appropriate locations in order to increase opportunities for affordable and other housing .
Wuillermin asked Wiser which housing types and appropriate zones the board wished to encourage or discourage regarding cluster housing . Wiser responded that the plan was a reaction to prior recommendations , which include expanding cluster housing .
See PLANNING , Page 3
Pasterino : Trainer of the Stars
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Perhaps owner Ana Yanoschak holds up a “ love ” sweater . Perhaps will have a Galentine ’ s Day event on Feb . 13 at 4 p . m .
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Celebrity trainer Stephen Pasterino works out with Dutch model and former Victoria Secret Angel Romee Strijd in February 2018 .
by Kristin Guglietti GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON — Celebrity trainer Stephen Pasterino , 37 , lives in two different worlds one in New York City and the other in his hometown in Hammonton .
Ten years ago , in his mid-20s he moved to New York City with little money working as a waiter .
Pasterino , who graduated Hammonton High School in 2005 , had never worked in fitness until a roommate suggested he
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work at Equinox in SoHo located in the heart of Manhattan .
While Pasterino was at Equinox , he had to get CPR verification and as he was entering the elevator to take the CPR class , he met celebrity trainer Justin Gelband .
During the hour-long class , the two ended up hitting it off and Gelband asked Pasterino to come work for him .
“ I ended up training underneath him and he opened a studio called modelFIT and that was in downtown Manhattan ,
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