• SPORT SHORTS

    Dr. Ira A. Shapiro, director of the Plaza Chiropractic Center in Old Bridge, recently attended to the chiropractic needs of thousands of international athletes at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia. The event is held every four years under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, and it serves as a competitive testing ground…

  • CBA opens with another loaded cross-country team

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer CHRISTIAN BROS. ACADEMY C hristian Brothers Academy (CBA) will unveil its latest cross-country powerhouse on Sept. 28, when the Colts travel to Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for the Bowdoin XC Classic. CBA is the defending champion on the course that also hosts the Nike Cross Nationals Northeast Regional on Nov. 30.…

  • Taking to the air

    Red Bank Catholic High School’s Max Parades (7) and Holmdel High School’s Gino D’Agostino are airborne as they try to win possession of the ball during the Sept. 21 match that was played in Holmdel. The host Hornets came away with a 3-2 victory. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • ‘Women Painting Women’

    IN THE ARTS “What If” by Nancy Depew Gallery U, formerly of Red Bank and Montclair, will celebrate its opening in Westfield with a show of the figurative work of 12 New Jersey artists as part of “Women Painting Women: (R)evolution.” Women Painting Women began in 2008 as a blog exploring how contemporary female painters…

  • One-woman play depicts post-9/11 Muslim life

    The one-woman play “Unveiled” will present the story of Muslims living in a post-9/11 world. Actor Rohina Malik will explore racism, love and Islamic culture as five Muslim women serve tea and uncover what lies beneath their veils. “We are all really the same” is Malik’s message. The character Inez projects how problems are not…

  • Sea Bright ponders consolidation post-Sandy

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers SEA BRIGHT — With a massive rebuilding effort ahead, the borough is looking at all options, including consolidating with a neighboring municipality. Members of the Borough Council approved a resolution at the Sept. 3 meeting appointing four members to a Citizen Advisory Committee to study the economic…

  • Sandy Hook bird walk scheduled for Oct. 5

    Autumn is officially here, and with it comes the annual migration of raptors and songbirds along the Atlantic flyway. Join the Monmouth County Audubon Society (MCAS) for an autumn bird walk to look for these migrants at 10 a.m. Oct. 5 at the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Highlands. Participants will…

  • The Rev. Al McNally

    The Rev. McNally, 83, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Freehold, died Sept. 12, 2013. He served in the Monmouth Chinese Christian Church, Middletown, in different capacities since 1999, and churches in Toronto, Canada; Peterborough, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Wild…

  • Deborah Ann Germond

    Ms. Germond, 67, of Wayne, died Aug. 29, 2013, at the Lakeview Subacute Care Facility, Wayne. She worked at Monmouth Medical Center’s Central Sterile Supply Department for many years, retiring in 2000. She is survived by two brothers, Henry S. Germond IV and his wife, Norma Jean, of Lake Oswego, Ore., and Peter B. Germond,…

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