2021-05-01 - The Berkeley Times

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The BERKELEY Times Vol. 26 - No. 46

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Inside The Law Page 27

─Photo by Chris Lundy Rich Bombedier and other members of the Pine Barren Modelers RC Club show off one of their aircraft. By Chris Lundy Each one is just a few feet flying. BERKELEY – Hidden long and remarkably light Act ually, the weather from the bustle of Route 9 is weight. The club has been doesn’t even have to be that an open field where there’s making use of an asphalt good. Even on a windy day, no sound for miles around. runway on Johnson’s pit, the they’ll take a chance. They Until the engines fire up. property behind the Beachjust love to fly. That’s the sound some of wood Mall on Route 9. They Richard Bombedier, the the airplanes make that are also use other locations nearappropriately-named leader being f lown by the Pine by. of the group, said the field is Barren Modelers RC Club. The club has been around for insured and each of the fliers As one member, Brandon at least 50 years and has about is insured. They all have Heeren, said: some of them 90 members right now, and Federal Aviation Adminissound like a swarm of hor- they’d like to have even more. tration certification in small nets and some of them sound Any day with good weather, unmanned aerial systems. like full-sized aircraft. you’ll see at least one person (Airplane - See Page 8)

BlueClaws Celebrates 20 Years Of Family Fun

By Chris Christopher LAKEWOOD - Millions of fans can’t be wrong. In 19 regular seasons, the Lakewood BlueClaws attracted 7,711,681 fans to regular-season home games at FirstEnergy Park. Now in their fi rst year as the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, the team is a major reason Lakewood is New Jersey’s unofficial capital

of professional baseball as they are the third club to play The Grand Old Game in the town. A major backer of the birth of the BlueClaws was Robert Singer, R-30th, state senator and a member of the Lakewood Township Committee. The fi rst talk began early in 1998 when Singer was contacted by the local owners of a New

York-Penn League team based in Watertown, N.Y. The Getzler family - Stan, Phyllis and Joseph - hoped to bring the team from upstate New York to Monmouth County where the family had a home. The team wound up on Staten Island, N.Y., where it was a New York Yankees affiliate for many years. A g roup of investors

known as the American Baseball Company teamed with Singer and other Lakewood officials to place a team in Lakewood. Once upon a time, the large parcel of land at New H a m p sh i r e a nd C e d a r Bridge avenues consisted primarily of sand, scrub oak and scrub pine. In less than one year, the land (BlueClaws - See Page 20)

May 1, 2021

Senior Communities Want Protection From COVID Lawsuits

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – While the governor has slowly opened up parts of the state to gatherings, senior clubhouses remain closed, much to the ire of people living there. There’s a safety factor, sure. The communities need staff to make sure that all the facilities are clean. And who is going to police the use of masks? But there’s a different legal aspect as well, that of civil lawsuits. Insurance companies don’t protect senior communities from issues stemming from the spread of disease, said Councilman Michael Signorile, who is also the president of the Senior Coalition of Berkeley Township. The staff and management can do everything right and if someone gets sick they can still sue, he said. Not only can they sue the homeowners association, but they can sue the individual officers. Senior officers want to make sure that they are protected from lawsuits while they are acting in good faith. At the most recent Township Council meeting, they voted unanimously in support of a new bill that would provide immunity to senior development associations (Senior - See Page 6)

Three EMTs Take The Plunge For A Good Cause

By Bob Vosseller BAYVILLE – Spring may be in the air but there is still enough chill for an act of charity by three close friends who are also emergency medical technicians. The trio have been friends for over two decades and they are raising money for Special Olympics New Jersey by participating in the Polar Bear Plunge. T he event held earlier this month was conducted virtually at the Bayville Fire Company, instead of Seaside Heights, due to the pandemic. Brian P. Smith of Folcroft, Pennsylvania, Brian Gunnigle of Bayville and Ron Parry of Toms River are ready to take the plunge again. To celebrate their 20 years of friendship and service in EMS, “The Ice Slayers” as they call themselves, will be doing the Polar Bear Plunge in their EMS uniforms. In lieu of the ocean this year, the Bayville (EMT - See Page 6)

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