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  • South Brunswick eyeing Sunoco

    South Brunswick to review application for a Sunoco gas station and convenience store at the corner of Cranbury-South River Road and Route 522. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The South Brunswick Township Zoning Board of Adjustment was expected to review an application to build a Sunoco gas station and convenience store near the town’s border with Monroe…

  • Snow shovelers needed in borough

    Jamesburg is looking for able-bodied residents to help elderly shovel sidewalks. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The borough is looking for able-bodied residents to help their older or disabled neighbors deal with snow.    Zoning Officer Bernie Long said a municipal ordinance requires residents to clear snow from their sidewalks after a storm.    "It’s important to…

  • Kathleen Kane

       Kathleen M. Kane, 94, of Monroe, died Sunday, Dec. 14, at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater.    Born in Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Jan. 10, 1909, she immigrated to Elizabeth and graduated from St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing in 1929 as a registered nurse. She was a volunteer with the Summit Board of Elections, and…

  • Time is right for two deals to get done

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 19 By: Packet Editorial    ‘Tis the season, we hope, for a couple of blockbuster deals.    No, we’re not talking baseball here, though we have to admit the off-season flurry of activity — the Yankees signing Gary Sheffield and Kevin Brown, the Red Sox picking up Curt Schilling and the on-again, off-again A-Rod-for-Manny…

  • Feeding the needy a holiday tradition

    First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury prepared about 40 holiday food baskets for people in need. By: Matthew Kirdahy    It’s the season of giving.    In keeping with that religious and secular tradition, the food ministry at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury gives the gift of food to those residents who need it.    Fran Stewart of…

  • Princeton Taste of the Nation aids fight on hunger

    Four anti-hunger groups to receive $50,000.    Four anti-hunger groups are benefiting from a recent donation of $50,000 from Princeton "Taste of the Nation." The funds were raised at April’s annual Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation gourmet gala, attended by over 600 people and 25 participating central New Jersey restaurants.    The beneficiaries, which include…

  • Poll worker honored for decades of service

    Laura Wooten has signed in Princeton voters for more than 60 years. By: David Campbell    Laura Wooten, who celebrates her 83rd birthday today, has been a regular in local politics for more than 60 years — at the polls.    Ms. Wooten moved to Princeton from Goldsboro, N.C., when she was 4 years old and has…

  • Robert J. Silverman

       Robert J. Silverman O.D., 51, of Cranbury, died Saturday, Dec. 13, at Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold.    Born in Boston, he grew up in Holbrook, Mass. After college, he moved to New Jersey, living in Manalapan and Freehold before moving to Cranbury three years ago. He graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and received his…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Dec. 19 issue. Union workers without contract for four years To the editor:     Election day in East Windsor is over and the ballots are counted. Mayor Mironov and her council members are back in office. For me this causes a merry-go-round of feelings.    As a resident, I am glad because my taxes…