Stockton News

The Dog Days of Lambertville calendar is back for 2010. The calendar's originator, Adrien Gerson of Lambertville, took a year off, but the desire to make the dogs of Lambertville famous burned stronger than ever and she took up the cause once again.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Public health professionals will join writers and poets in an investigation into the art of caring at the 19th annual Bringing Caregivers Closer: Nurturing the Humanity and Art of Primary Healthcare from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec.

The Hunterdon Land Trust is leading an initiative to increase access to and enhance the public's enjoyment of public land located within Hunterdon County's Delaware River corridor.

County Planning Board Chairman Gregg Rackin won't return in that role in 2010. The former Stockton mayor has asked to be reappointed to the board, but he said he and County Planning Director G. Sue Dziamara agreed informally when he became took the helm in 2007 that no member should be chairman for longer than one three-year term.

Bed bug elimination program Bed Bug Central of Lawrenceville, N.J. is accepting applications from individuals or organizations in need of pest control services but are unable to afford them this holiday season.

Castorani recognized Father Francis J. Horn, headmaster of Saint Augustine Prep school in Richland, announced on Thursday, Nov.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP A local rock band Private Stock will perform Friday, Nov. 20 at the fabled Asbury Park club The Stone Pony.

When it was all ready one afternoon last week - the dry-brined turkey a rosy chestnut brown, the Sister Frances' Potatoes , the brothy, purposefully not creamy blue-pumpkin soup , Melissa Hamilton beamed at what she had wrought: "Ah," she announced, "Thanksgiving in November!" Was there an edge of defiance in her voice? Perhaps.

Scientists are developing new technologies in medicine, cars, computers - even energy sources.

The free, annual Donald Jones Memorial Hikes are set for Sunday, Nov. 15, starting at Prallsville Mills, Route 29 in Stockton.

HAMMONTON -- The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, which offered three courses at its satellite facility here during the fall semester, will offer five courses in the spring semester.

The fifth year of winter farmers markets are back, sponsored by Slow Food Central New Jersey.

Piscataway High School will host a Student Culinary Expo at 5 p.m. Nov. 18, featuring appetizers, main courses and desserts, and showcasing the students' skills in preparing Caribbean, soul food, summer cooking and Span-Asian cuisine.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced Friday that a a temporary scheduled outage of its E-ZPass Web site its toll-free E-ZPass customer phone line this weekend.

When it opened in 1834, the Delaware & Raritan Canal was expected to be a boon to the state's business, commerce and transportation opportunities.

WHAT: Koresh Dance Company WHEN: 7:30 p.m. tonight WHERE: Stockton Performing Arts Center, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP With the help of photovoltaic panels mounted on top of solar carports, New Jersey's greenest college has begun harnessing solar energy radiating downward from 93 million miles away, enabling the school to lower its carbon footprint and give students the luxury of parking in the shade.

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GALLOWAY -- With two weeks until the election, Chris Christie and incumbent Jon S. Corzine appear to be in a dead heat in the governor's race, according to a poll conducted by the Hughes Center of Public Policy.

Unexplained noises, movement of objects and muffled conversation were things that Gordon Thomas Ward said he witnessed in his home as a child.