🌱 Patch AM: How Stockton’s planned layoffs could affect students on the Galloway campus

Hi Galloway! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Stockton's planned layoffs could affect students on the Galloway campus
• When the LPGA's top golfers will tee off again in Galloway

Also on today's calendar: Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds at the Historic Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Comfortable with sunshine, with a high of 76 and low of 48 degrees.
• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 71, low: 58.
• Sunday: Some rain, with a high of 67 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Union To Rally After Stockton Announces Faculty Layoffs (patch.com) — Stockton University employees are planning a show of solidarity and rally on Oct. 8 at the Galloway campus to protest planned layoffs of 14 faculty and seven professional staff. Union leaders argue the cuts will hurt students and the wider South Jersey community, while the university cites a structural deficit and says specific impacts are still being worked out.
   

• LPGA Tour reveals 2027 Schedule; record-breaking prize fund surpassing $147 million; CPKC Women's Open Aug. 16-22 at Royal Ottawa in Gatineau, QC (wordpress.com) — Professional women's golf is slated to return to Galloway when the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern comes to Seaview's Bay Course June 7–13, 2027, with a $2 million purse. The newly released LPGA schedule highlights a record-breaking overall prize fund and a globe-trotting slate of events, but this stop puts Galloway squarely on the international golf map.
   

📸 Around Galloway

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Galloway

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 12
• Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds at the Historic Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park →
  3800 Federal St, Camden
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Talon Trot 5K & Fun Run →
  Galloway NJ
• Irish Festival →
  Historic Smithville, 615 E Moss Mill Rd, Galloway
  10:00 am
• Anthony Reese Caine: Solo Acoustic - Fred and Ethal's Lantern Light →
  Fred and Ethel's Lantern Light Restaurant and Tavern, 1 N New York Rd, Galloway
  7:00 pm
• Anthony Reese Caine: Solo Acoustic - Fred and... →
  Fred and Ethel's Lantern Light Restaurant and Tavern, 1 N New York Rd, Galloway
  7:00 pm
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show with LIVE Shadow Cast →
  Stockton Performing Arts Center, 101 Vera King Farris Dr, Galloway
  8:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Chocolate-Making Workshop →
  Brigantine Branch - Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St S, Brigantine
  5:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Quilt Show: Every Quilt Tells a Story →
  Upper Township Community Center, 1790 NJ-50, Woodbine
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Pancake Breakfast →
  527 Philadelphia Ave, Egg Harbor City
  8:00 am
• Costume Pet Parade →
  Historic Smithville, 615 E Moss Mill Rd, Galloway
  1:00 pm
• Brad Upton: The Comedy Zone →
  Stockton Performing Arts Center, 101 Vera King Farris Dr, Galloway
  7:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Corvette Show →
  Historic Smithville, 615 E Moss Mill Rd, Galloway
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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Brigantine

• Van Drew leads federal assessment of nor'easter damage along South Jersey coast (shorelocalnews.com)
• Endevers Fence Announces Publication of Comprehensive Guide on Coastal Perimeter Security and Boundary Solutions (wboc.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: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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