Ken Swartz, who died Nov. 28 at age 84, is credited with bringing pickleball to Monroe after discovering the sport in Arizona ...

Kinsey Childress, a membership assistant at Monroe Family YMCA, has been named a national YMCA Anti-Hunger All Star.

MONROE – The new $11 million YMCA center is set to open on Sept. 1 with a much-needed swimming pool. “Many people are looking forward to it,” City Councilman Tony Balk said Tuesday. The construction ...

MONROE — The Monroe YMCA will continue to receive money from the city next year. The City Council voted Tuesday to pay the YMCA about $132,000 through 2009 after supporters told the council the YMCA ...

Monroe Family YMCA member Bill Slicker uses the Y’s bike repair station. The public may use the station for free. Get your bicycle ready for warm weather at the Monroe Family YMCA. The Y offers a bike ...

MONROE — In an effort to showcase the people, places and events that make this city, this county, this community so wonderful and unique, we're creating a Friday edition feature — Monroe in Pictures.

Monroe County girls are getting a new sports opportunity. The Monroe Family YMCA will debut a girls' flag football program this fall, with practices beginning Aug. 25. "After many requests, it's ...

People in candy-cane-striped tights, furry onesie pajamas, and Santa costumes ran full-speed into the Chesapeake Bay Saturday morning at Fort Monroe. Family members and friends cheered as they watched ...

Closure of the local YMCA's Monroe Avenue and Victor branches, announced Friday, will not be enough to address the organization's financial shortfalls. "Not even close," said George Romell, president ...