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  • Shirley Kane-Orr

    By: Staff    EAST WINDSOR – Shirley Kane-Orr died Nov.13 at home. She was 70.    Ms. Kane-Orr retired in 1995 from Educational Testing Service where she was chair of the Board of Review.    An artist, she exhibited her work in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area since 1965.    A past president and member of the board…

  • Betty Redfield

    By:    ?Betty Redfield? ?Betty Ann Kerwin Redfield, 68, died Tuesday at her home in Rossmoor.    Born in New Brunswick, she lived in Belle Mead for 22 years before moving to Monroe in 1998.    She was employed for the past eight years as an executive secretary with Covance Corp., Princeton. She recently received the Covance Away…

  • Louise O’Donnell

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Louise M. O’Donnell, 81, died Nov. 10 at Applegarth Nursing Home.    Born in Lackawanna, N.Y., she was a former resident of Abinton, Pa.    Daughter of the late Anthony and Agnes Szywala and wife of the late Edward, she is survived by a sister, Frances Guili of Tonawanda, N.Y.; a brother, the…

  • ROBERT M. DODSON, former Hopewell police chief

    Service on Monday    Robert M. Dodson, former chief of police of Hopewell Borough, died Nov. 16 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Hopewell Township, he was a life-long area resident.    He retired in 1982 as chief of the Hopewell Borough Police Department, at which time Hopewell Township took over law enforcement responsibilities in…

  • Borough ratifies settlement of Elm Court suit

    Sixty-eight senior-citizen affordable units to be built By: Jennifer Potash    Plans for a major expansion of affordable housing for senior citizens at the Elm Court complex may soon get under way.    The Princeton Borough Council approved a settlement Nov. 9 with the residents of the Mountain View Homeowners Association, who opposed the Princeton Community Housing…

  • Edna Soden

    By:    Edna C. Emmons Soden, 92, of Jamesburg died Sunday at the Elms of Cranbury.    Born in Englishtown, she lived in Jamesburg for the past 76 years.    She was one of the first telephone operators in the area. She worked with her husband for many years at the Oliver L.E. Soden Agency, Jamesburg, which he…

  • PERSONAL HISTORY: Elections bring to mind 1948 presidential race

    By:Al Wicklund PERSONAL HISTORIES    The Cranbury Press series, “Personal Histories,” offers our readers a chance to recount their memories of news events from the recent past, ranging from a year to 60 years ago, some of which they many have witnessed, others that have been stamped in their memories.    Do you remember where you were…

  • Road closure needs state OK

    Council could vote on Possum Hollow Road in December or January By: Al Wicklund    MONROE – After the Monroe Township Council adopts a resolution to close Possum Hollow Road, it will still need approval from the state Department of Transportation, a member of the department said Thursday.    Township Engineer Ernie Feist said last week it’s…

  • Music provides spiritual link in Jewish services

    By:Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Music is such a vital part of Jewish worship and devotional tradition that it can convey a powerful religious message even without words.    For example, Spanish Jews used the humming of the "Kol Nidre," the traditional Yom Kippur chant, to observe the holiday at a time of extreme repression,…