2021-05-22 - The Berkeley Times

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The BERKELEY Times Vol. 26 - No. 49

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Anthony and Avery Gennello of Marlton were getting ready for a flight. By Chris Lundy about 700 feet by 30 Burgers and hot dogs BERKELEY – From feet that had been paid were being g r illed. the highway, you could for by the Pine Barren People sat out under see the cars parked be- Modelers RC Club. A tents, giving it a feeling hind the abandoned few planes were on like a local fairground. Beachwood Shopping deck, waiting their turn There was even a venCenter. From the near- to take off. The remote dor selling planes and by neighborhoods, you controlled planes would equipment. could hear the buzzing come to life, speed Richard Bombediof engines. But it wasn’t down the runway and er, the president of the until you went down an lift into the air. group, said the field is old road into Johnson’s This was the club’s insured and each of the pit that you saw the open house. There were fliers is insured. They spectacle. probably 200 or so peo- all have Federal AviBack there, just off ple who came out to ation Administration the parking lot behind the event (and some certification in small Spirit’s, was a runway brought their dogs). unmanned aerial sys-

─Photo by Chris Lundy tems. Those who have a certification to fly are welcome to do so. If they don’t, they were offered a trainer plane to try it out. An experienced pilot would share the controls through something called a buddy box. That way the experienced pilot could save it if something went wrong. When someone’s plane went up, you could hear (Planes - See Page 4)

No Remote Schooling In September

By Chris Lundy TRENTON – Gov. Phil Mu r phy announced several l a r g e r ol l b a c k s i n COV I D -19 r e st r ic tions, the largest of wh ich is that there will be no remote schooling option for any school district in New Jersey for the 2021-22 school year.

One of the first huge changes to life during COVID was that districts needed to provide remote education if they were not able to have social distanci ng or ot her safet y prot ocols i n pla ce. Parents would opt out of in-person education, and the children would lea r n w it h

live instr uction being broadcast. These lessons would be supported with work sessions at home. Come September, parents will not be allowed to opt out of in-person education, Murphy said during a press conference on May 17. With at least 70% of

adults in New Jersey getting at least one shot of a vaccine already, and children as young as 12 being able to get vaccinated, he said it would be safe for children to return to school. However, if there is a local outbreak, it would be handled locally.

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No Travel Advisory The travel advisory will also be lif ted, Murphy announced. If someone is coming from out of state or if you travel out of state and come back to New Jersey, there no longer has to be a period of quarantine.

(COVID - See Page 7)

By Chris Lundy BEACHWOOD – The fireworks over the Toms River, organized by Beachwood, will make its triumphant return this year, Mayor Ronald Roma said. As coronavirus restrictions are slowly being lessened, towns are starting to plan their big events. More outside events are being put on the calendar – partially because of the weather and partially because it’s safer to do so. Between people being vaccinated and the fact that COVID-19 spreads less easily outside, events like the Beachwood fireworks are going to finally happen this year. Last year, they had to postpone it to Labor Day weekend, hoping that conditions would be better by then. During last summer, the Ocean County Health Department said that the average age of people testing positive (Fireworks - See Page 8)

Superintendent Wants Masks Dropped In Schools

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Central Regional Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides wrote a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy asking that he lift Executive Order 175 and remove the mask mandate from schools. “Although children can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, can get sick from COVID-19, and can spread the virus to others, less than 10% of COVID-19 cases in the United States have been among children and adolescents aged 5 - 17 years (COVID Data Tracker),” he wrote. “Children and adolescents who have COVID-19 are more commonly asymptomatic (never develop symptoms) or have mild, non-specific symptoms. All teachers that wanted to be vaccinated have been vaccinated so teachers are now safe in the classroom. I (Mask - See Page 6)

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