The Borough of Stockton
Borough Hall, 2 South Main Street
PO Box M
Stockton, NJ 08559
PHONE: 609-397-0070 FAX: 609-397-4067
EMAIL: stocktonclerk@aol.com WEB: www.stocktonboronj.us
MUNICIPAL OFFICE OPEN:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Wednesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Friday: Closed
POPULATION: 538 (2010 census) AREA: 0.6 square miles
Stockton Elementary School, Built in 1872
Stockton, New Jersey – 300 Years of HistoryStockton, located along the Delaware River north of Lambertville, was first known as Reading Ferry and subsequently Howell’s Ferry. With the arrival of the railroad, the name was changed to Centre Bridge Station which corresponded to the post office and hamlet on the Pennsylvania side of the river. With the establishment of its own post office in 1851, the village was renamed Stockton. The Borough was incorporated in 1898, having been separated from Delaware Township.
The tiny town remains today as it was in the eighteenth century. for all its small size and charm, the town is presided over by an old inn. The Stockton Inn (formally known as Colligan’s Stockton Inn), established in 1710, is the inn that was immortalized by Richard Rodgers in the song “There’s a small hotel with a wishing well”, sung in the Broadway play “On Your Toes”. The inn was first built as a private residence and it is believed to have been converted in 1832.
The Delaware River Mill Society was formed to preserve and promote the buildings and site known as the Prallsville Mills. John Prall, Jr., became the owner of the site in 1794 and with his settlement the area became known as Prallsville.
Also in Stockton you will find the oldest, established in 1872, three room school house in New Jersey that is still in operation today. The school has been educating students in Stockton in grades kindergarten through the sixth grade for the past 165 plus years. Stockton School is well known for its small classes that give individual attention to each student and is compared frequently with local private schools.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
MAYOR Timothy Nemeth … 609-397-0070
BOROUGH COUNCIL
– Kate Steffanelli … 609-397-0700
– Anthony Grecco … 609-397-0070
– Nic Messina … 609-397-0070
– Donald Vandegrift … 609-397-0070
– Adam Juncosa … 609-397-0070
– Aaron Lipsen … 609-397-0070
CLERK Michele Hovan … 609-397-0070
DEPUTY CLERK Donna Griffiths … 609-397-0070
ATTORNEY Michael Butler, Esq, 50 West State St, NJ, Trenton … 609-397-0070
AUDITOR Suplee, Clooney & Co., 308 E. Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090-2122 … 908 789-9300
BUILDING SUBCODE OFFICIAL Phil Izzo … 609-397-3240
CFO Diane McDaniel … 609-397-0070
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL Phil Izzo … 609-397-3240
DOG WARDEN Timothy Davis, PO Box 132, Rosemont, NJ 08556 … 609-397-8938
ELECTRICAL SUBCODE OFFICIAL Pete Buchanan … 609-397-3240
ENGINEER Dennis O’Neal, Ferriero Engineering, PO Box 577, Hopewell, NJ 08525 … 609-466-0002
FIRE OFFIICAL New Jersey Division of Fire Safety, PO Box 809, Trenton, NJ 08625 … 609-633-6132
FIRE SUBCODE OFFICIAL Phil Izzo … 609-397-3240
MUNICPAL COURT JUDGE Edward Martin, PO Box 44, Ringoes, NJ 08551 … 908 782-6855
MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR Cindy Hooven, PO Box 44, Ringoes, NJ 08551 … 908 782-6855
PLUMBING SUBCODE OFFICIAL Robert Trivett … 609-397-3240
RECYLCING COORDINATOR Donna Griffiths … 609-397-0070
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS Michele Hovan … 609-397-0070
TAX ASSESSOR Michelle Trivigno … 609 397-0070
TAX COLLECTOR Donna Griffiths … 609-397-0070
WELFARE DIRECTOR Hunterdon County, Division of Social Services, 6 Gauntt Place, Flemington, 08822 … 908 788-1300
ZONING OFFICER Robert Miller … 609-397-0070PUBLIC SAFETY:
FIRE DEPARTMENT Stockton Fire Department, PO Box 47, Mill Street … 609-397-2144
– FIRE CHIEF Rick Hendricks … 609-397-2144
POLICE DEPARTMENT New Jersey State Police, Kingwood Barracks, Flemington, NJ 08822 … 908 996-2864
RESCUE SQUAD LAMBERTVILLE-NEW HOPE RESCUE 70 Alexander Ave. Lambertville – Non emergency … 609-397-0945
RESCUE SQUAD CAPTAIN Jason Strauss … 609 397-0945BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
BOARD OF HEALTH
– SECRETARY Donna Griffiths … 609-397-0070
PLANNING BOARD
– CHAIRMAN Thomas Manning … 609-397-0070
– SECRETARY Maria Andrews … 609-397-0070
– ATTORNEY Trishka Cecil, Mason Griffin & Pierson … 609-921-6543MEETINGS:
BOROUGH COUNCIL
2nd Monday of Each Month at 7:00 pm, Borough Hall
PLANNING BOARD
1st Tuesday of Each Month at 7:30 pm, Borough HallSCHOOLS:
K-6 Stockton Borough Elementary School … 908-397-2012
7-12 South Hunterdon Regional High School … 609-397-2060PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Electric Supply Jersey Central Power & Light (a First Energy Co.) … 800-662-3115
Natural Gas NUI – Elizabethtown Gas … 800-242-5830
Local Phone Service Verizon … 800-640-9911
Cable Comcast … 609-397-2600
Garbage Service Raritan Valley Disposal … 908-534-4004
Recycling Service Raritan Valley Disposal … 908-534-4004
Water Supply Municipal … 609-397-0070
Sewerage Municipal … 609-397-0070
