Stockton News

Every year on the Fourth of July, Lower Ferry Road becomes "Delaware Downs" for a day.

Joe Clyde has owned and run the 300-year-old Sergeantsville Inn for ten years. PHOTO BY MAHALA GAYLORD/THE STAR_LEDGER If the madness of Shore traffic keeps you at home on these beautiful summer days, there is a road less traveled, filled with history, glorious country sights and, of course, great food.

Amid the sun and fun of picnics and fireworks this Fourth of July, we should also reflect on the struggles and courage of the men and women who stood for independence in the hot summer of 1776.

IT'S WRITTEN ON THEIR HEADS, three generations of the Friend family in Annandale are proud to be Americans and are letting everyone know it this Fourth of July with their red-white-and-blue Mohawk haircuts.

People can cheer on the racers at the 21st annual Great Crate Race on Saturday, July 4 on Lower Ferry Road, called Delaware Downs that day.

Twelve restaurants along the Delaware & Raritan Canal, from Stockton to South Bound Brook, are honoring the 175th anniversary of the canal by donating 15 percent of the cost of dinners ordered by special ID-bearing canal lovers on Thursday, June 25, Tuesday, July 7, and Thursday, July 23.

An "Introduction to Photoshop" workshop will be offered July 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m. The class explains how to navigate and use the program's basic tools to enhance, crop, re-size and add special effects to your photographs.

The first Stockton Day will be Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. to celebrate the historic village, which has a newly renovated central commercial area.

A Stockton resident who has been serving as an administrative law judge has been nominated by Gov.

A series of revival services will be held at Stockton Wesleyan Church, Sunday through Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Rev.

A third generation farm here will be showing off the alpaca lifestyle this weekend.

There's "no way we can accept" a 5% tax levy cut, South Hunterdon High School's Board of Education president Bob Campbell said yesterday after Tuesday night's closed-door meeting with elected officials from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell.

A regional mainstay of musical entertainment celebrates its 20th anniversary by revisiting its past.

Michael Newman says the Raritan River Music Festival is not about the spectacle of the stage.

Despite the tough economic climate, Somerset County residents overwhelming approved budgets in a majority of districts today.

Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

Irresistible and brilliant, the Luna Negra Danza Teatro creates and performs contemporary dance by Latino choreographers.

The best way to alleviate odor problems at the Lambertville Sewerage Authority is to replace old equipment, a $6.2 million upgrade that could get a boost from federal economic stimulus spending.

Spencer Levy exceeded his own expectations during his 2nd Annual Cookies for Kids event.

Easter Egg Hunt The Pleasantville Recreation Department's annual Easter Egg Hunt is 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at the Max Manning Complex on West Park Avenue.