• Scannapieco is pleased with Brookdale’s start

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I f coach Bo Scannapieco is happy, his Brookdale Community College softball players must be doing something right. “I’m very happy,” Scannapieco said of his Jersey Blues and their 14-2 start to the 2012 season. “We have played extremely well. We have talent and they are playing well together. There…

  • Warming up

    Red Bank Catholic High School first baseman Sarah Dnistrian (middle) scoops up a ground ball and looks to put a tag on Allentown’s Kristina Kinsey (r) during their March 24 scrimmage. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Red Bank Catholic High School left fielder Morgan Shayes lunges to catch a fly ball during the Caseys’ March…

  • VNA to celebrate 100 years of community care

    REDBANK— Nearly 100 years ago, six women, led by social reformer and philanthropist Geraldine L. Thompson, chartered a public health nursing organization to meet the needs of the broader Middletown community. Today that organization, known over the years as MCOSS, the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNAHG), has…

  • George F. Marsh

    Mr. Marsh, 64, of Long Branch, formerly of Aberdeen, died March 15, 2012, at home. He was a lifelong resident of Monmouth County. Mr. Marsh was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving 1967-69, and earned two Purple Heart medals, the Bronze Star, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign…

  • Barbara Elaine Tunny

    Mrs. Tunny, 72, of Fair Haven, did March 22, 2012. Shewas a decorating consultant for House of Paints, Ocean, a devoted mother and grandmother, avid gardener, lover of the ocean and all creatures great and small. A memorial gathering was held March 25 at the Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. Memorial donations may be made…

  • Katherine M. Force

    Mrs. Force, 93, a lifelong resident of Holmdel and Red Bank, died March 23, 2012, in Shrewsbury. She worked as an assembler of computer components at the Concurrent Computer Co., Long Branch, until her retirement in 1990. Mrs. Force was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Allocco, and brother, Theodore Soberanski. Surviving are a…

  • Laura Henry

    Mrs. Henry, 63, of Jackson, formerly of New York City and Staten Island, N.Y., died Feb. 29, 2012, at Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, due to complications of scleroderma. Prior to retiring, she was employed for 23 years as an administrative assistant at Staten Island University Hospital. Surviving are her husband of 44 years, Edward Henry;…

  • Frances M. Patti

    Mrs. Patti, 90, of Middletown, died March 20, 2012. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Red Bank. Mrs. Patti was a cafeteria worker at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was recently predeceased by her husband, Joseph. Surviving are a daughter, Elaine and her husband, Vincent Soviero, of Red Bank; a sister,…

  • A place to pin patriotism and hearts following 9/11

    Covered with mementos, vest now on display at Tribute WTC Center BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Terry Truelove admires her Costco vest, decorated with pins she received from customers in the months after Sept. 11, 2001. PHOTOS BY MIKE DAVIS There are a few hundred stories pinned onto Terry Truelove’s bright-red Costco vest. There’s the Navy…

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