🌱 Patch AM: How Stockton’s new programs could reshape career options for Galloway students

Coffee in hand, Galloway? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Stockton's new programs could reshape career options for Galloway students
• Why jurors cleared a Galloway man in a deadly boat crash

Also on today's calendar: Nature Story & Craft Time and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with periods of sun, temps: high: 80, low: 68.
• Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stockton expands academic offerings this fall (breakingac.com) — Stockton University in Galloway is rolling out new certificates in entrepreneurship and hospitality business fundamentals this fall, plus a math–economics concentration and several transfer pathways. These additions aim to give local students more flexible, career-focused options, especially in regional industries like hospitality, aviation, esports, and culinary arts.
   

• Galloway man not guilty in drunken boating crash that killed girlfriend (breakingac.com) — A Galloway Township man has been acquitted in connection with a 2019 boating crash off the township's waterways that resulted in his girlfriend's death. Jurors found him not guilty of aggravated manslaughter after lengthy deliberations, though he is scheduled to return to court in September to plead guilty to boating under the influence.
   

📸 Around Galloway

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Galloway

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Galloway Green Market →
  Historic Smithville, 615 E Moss Mill Rd, Smithville
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 23
• Nature Story & Craft Time →
  800 Great Creek Rd, Galloway
  9:00 am
• Nature Story & Craft Time →
  Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, 800 Great Creek Rd, Galloway
  10:30 am
Tuesday August 25
• New Staff Meet & Greet Night
  Absecon Public Schools District Absecon, NJ 08201
  6:00 pm
• Township Committee Meeting
  Mullica Recreation Center Avenue D, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Celebrate 100 Years at the Library! →
  Brigantine Branch - Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St S, Brigantine
  9:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Galloway Green Market →
  Historic Smithville, 615 E Moss Mill Rd, Galloway
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Wokin' Wednesday →
  Fred and Ethel's Lantern Light Restaurant and Tavern, 1 N New York Rd, Galloway
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 22
• The Hollow Paracon and Film Fest →
  Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Dr, Galloway
  11:00 am
• Bee Gees Gold →
  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  3:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• New Staff Meet & Greet Night
  Absecon Public Schools District Absecon, NJ 08201
  6:00 pm
• Township Committee Meeting
  Mullica Recreation Center Avenue D, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a CERTIFIED, LICENSED, INSURED plumber to replace shower/tub fixtures, & cut & or cap an old hose bib.
  If you ARE NOT a certified, licensed, insured plumber, please do NOT respond to this post. Thanks (Nextdoor Lower East Side Galloway)

🗞 Nearby News

Absecon

• Diocese welcomes four new seminarians (catholicstarherald.org)

Pleasantville

• NJ Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet '13-Year-Old' In Bensalem: Prosecutors (dailyvoice.com)
• NJ School Board Not Liable for Boy's Shooting at Football Game With No Metal Detector (claimsjournal.com)

Brigantine

• Atlantic City Captures First South Jersey Lifeguard Title Since 1998 After Video Review Overturns Final Race (wmmr.com)
• These 25 N.J. school districts spend the most per student. Is your town on the list? (nj.com)

Ok Galloway! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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