Stockton News

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.

One of America's most highly-acclaimed poets, former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove, will read from her works at the 12th annual Delaware Valley Poetry Festival, which will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Stockton's Cailen Ascher Poles, 23, an avid healthy living enthusiast and interior designer, said it was a natural progression to fuse her two passions.

Robert and Cheryl Gallo of Newfield, announce the engagement of their daughter Kristie Gallo to Sean Saunders, son of Mary Saunders of Gloucester City and the late David Saunders.

HAMMONTON -- Fifty students had signed up for the first set of classes The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey plans to offer in Hammonton, school officials said Monday.

The city's Municipal Utilities Authority is in line to receive nearly $7 million to refurbish the sewage treatment plant here.

Steve Townley and John Terzuolo with Expert Shearing Services shear a male Alpaca at WoodsEdge Wools Farm in Stockton.

Steve Townley and John Terzuolo with Expert Shearing Services shear a male Alpaca at WoodsEdge Wools Farm in Stockton.

HAMMONTON -- The federal government provided Hammonton with $250,000 to acquire and revitalize several blighted former industrial sites in the downtown area.