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  • Placing armed officers in America’s schools will not solve problems

    Placing armed police officers or security guards in schools is foolhardy and leaves a board of education and town open to huge lawsuits if a shooting does occur. Also, police officers give students and parents a false sense of security. No one could have prevented or stopped the Newtown, Conn., incident, except for Nancy Lanza,…

  • Do not be so quick to discard the Second Amendment

    Whenever an unfortunate and tragic clustering of deaths caused by people using guns occurs, there is always the predictable, semi-rational, kneejerk, do-something response calling for a ban of guns, as criminal-coddler Dennis Levinson did in his Dec. 26 guest column, “Time to Ban All Guns.” I wonder how Mr. Levinson’s attitude would change if he…

  • Anna M. Palush Berardi

    Mrs. Berardi, 72, of Freehold Township, formerly of Metuchen, died Dec. 9, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. In her early career, she was a clerk for Western Union in Perth Amboy. Later on, she was employed as a crossing guard for 11 years with the Metuchen Police Department, retiring in 1995. Mrs. Berardi…

  • Ida Z. “Eda” Urbelis

    Mrs. Urbelis, 90, of Freehold, died Dec. 20, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y., and resided in Freehold for nearly 80 years. Prior to retiring at the age of 86, she was employed as a hair stylist at Macy’s hair salon in Eatontown. She was…

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    The Elf on the Shelf psychology experiment One late November day, my sons — Jack, 9, and Casey, 5 — came home from school asking for an Elf on the Shelf. Apparently, the elf (which is purchased as part of a kit with a hardcover book explaining the do’s and don’ts of elf ownership) comes…

  • Jonathon Robert Volpe

    Mr. Volpe, 39, of Marlboro, died Dec. 2, 2012. He was born in Brooklyn. N.Y., and resided in Marlboro for the past 38 years. He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Mary and Robert Volpe; and his maternal grandfather, Nathan Mirsky. His mother, Francine Volpe, died eight days after him, on Dec. 10, 2012. Surviving…

  • Francine Volpe

    Mrs. Volpe, 61, of Marlboro, died Dec. 10, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Jersey City and has resided in Marlboro for the past 38 years. She was predeceased by her son, Jonathon, on Dec. 2, 2012. Surviving are her husband of 42 years, Richard; a daughter, Nicole of…

  • Ruth “Chickie” Soden

    Mrs. Soden, 89, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 5, 2012, at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township. She graduated from Allentown High School, Allentown, Pa., in 1941, and the Allentown School of Nursing in 1945. She was a senior cadet nurse at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va., from 1944-45. She later served as a volunteer…

  • Geoffrey Blake Yalden

    Mr. Yalden, 57, of Jackson, died Dec. 12, 2012, at home. He was a former mayor of Jackson Township and was a recognized public servant throughout his adult life. He graduated from Jackson Memorial High School in 1973 and received an associate’s degree from Ocean County College in 1975 and a bachelor’s degree in English…