• Bears’ boys and girls win conference soccer titles

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School’s Anik Ray (14) and Monroe Township High School’s Brandon Cherney both try to win the ball in the air during the Oct. 31 Greater Middlesex Conference Boys Soccer Tournament played at Woodbridge High School. The top-seed Bears advanced to the finals with a 2-0 win. East Brunswick…

  • Lydia E. Villanueva Rodriguez

    Mrs. Rodriguez, 70, of Monroe, died Nov. 1, 2013. She was predeceased by her husband, Marcos Rodriguez Sr.; two brothers, Jesus Villanueva Jr., and Jose Villanueva; and a brother-in-law, Mariano Fonseca. Surviving are five children, Judy Rodriguez, Anna Salvadore and her husband, Richard, Marcos Rodriguez Jr. and his wife, Charlotte, and Stephanie Rodriguez, all of…

  • Barbara Rusinko Christiansen

    Mrs. Christiansen, 81, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 1, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1992, she was an executive secretary with Ingersoll Rand in East Brunswick for 10 years. Surviving are her husband, Rene; a son, Joseph of Kendall Park; a daughter, Sue and her husband,…

  • George H. Zahalan

    Mr. Zahalan, 72, died Oct. 28, 2013. He and his wife, Marie, owned Headquarters restaurant in North Brunswick. He was predeceased by his sister, Janet. Surviving are his wife, Marie (Haddad) Zahalan; his daughters, Samar and her husband, David, Willis of Corona, Ca., and Rima and Zeina Zahalan, both of Somerset; his brother, Elias, of…

  • Herbert Cottrell

    Mr. Cottrell, 95, of Matawan, died Oct. 21, 2013, in Old Bridge. He worked as an apple farmer his entire adult life, with the exception of the years he spent in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was director of the Matawan Bank for many years. He was predeceased by his first wife,…

  • Joanne Cunningham

    Mrs. Cunningham, 63, of Jackson, formerly of Jersey City, died Oct. 26, 2013, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was employed as a receptionist at Bella Terra, Jackson. Mrs. Cunningham was predeceased by a daughter, Kelly Ptaszynski. Surviving are a son, Joseph Ptaszynski, of Jackson; three daughters, Heather Ptaszynski of Jackson, and Jennifer Ptaszynski and…

  • Genevieve M. nee Kierman Huber

    Mrs. Huber, 89, of Manchester, formerly of Freehold, died Oct. 27, 2013, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She was employed as a machine operator for C.F. Muller Co., Jersey City. Mrs. Huber was predeceased by a daughter, Maryann Edelman. Surviving are two sons, Michael Kurzeja of Milltown, and Robert Kurzeja of Connecticut; a daughter,…

  • Doris Entmacher

    Mrs. Entmacher, 93, of the Clearbrook adult community in Monroe, formerly of Westbury, N.Y., and New York City, died Oct. 24, 2013. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack Entmacher. She served on the Monroe Township zoning board and medical advisory committees for the township and Clearbrook. Surviving are two daughters, Rita Entmacher Cohen and…

  • Monmouth University alumnus sculpts history

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Shaquille O’Neal’s likeness stands 18 feet tall outside an arena at Louisiana State University. Brian Hanlon always enjoyed the arts, but it wasn’t until his first sculpture class at Monmouth University in the 1980s that the full weight of his passion was realized. “When I went to school, so many…

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