Friday July 24 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms possible. High near 80F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%. Humidity 88%
-Candle lighting 7:59 pm
-Shkia/sunset 8:17 pm

-10 new positive cases in Lakewood totals 2666/295

Rapid Covid19 tests available at Freindly urgent care Todd Plaza Rt 9

-Murphy- Parents will have the option to choose all-remote learning for their kids
Districts will have flexibility to decide what's best for their schools

- NJ 488 new positive confirmed cases and  36 deaths, Of the deaths announced today, seven occurred within the last five days.


-1:09 pm The National Weather Service  has issued a Flood Advisory for   Northeastern Ocean County until 5:15 pm radar indicated heavy rain due to   thunderstorms. This will cause minor flooding in the advisory area. 1-2 inches of rain have fallen.  Some locations that could experience flooding include Lakewood, Howell, Toms River

-Live shiurim Bnei torah phone line 646-726-9977
-1:10 PM - Chumash Shiur by HaRav Gershon Ribner Shlita (Churban & Galus)
 -4:35 PM - Chumash Shiur by HaRav Boruch Hirchfeld Shlita
-5:05 PM - Reciting of Shir Hashirim & Tehilim by Tenokos Shel Beis Rabban

-DR Zelenko update: Update: According to reports, the surgeon was very happy with the results, it went extremely well. BH. Zev is in recovery and even though heavily sedated and with a breathing tube, he responded to his wife's presence with his eyes. The specimen is being sent to a special lab in California so the pathology report may take time. Meanwhile Zev is in ICU for 24 to 48 hours, and begins the long road to full recovery BH  please continue to pray for Zev Ben Leah (Donate HERE)

-Second round stimulus check: Pending a final agreement which did not take place. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that, “Our proposal is the exact same provision as last time.”  the current plan would result in all families and singles receiving the same stimulus payment that they received in the last round of funding. $1,200 for singles and $2,400 for couple plus $500 for each child. The payments would be full until an individual reaches $99,000 in income or $198,000 for a couple.

-Missionary material sent to Lakewood residents look out for a book in a purple envelope.
-Lakewood DMV has met it's capacity and will not be servicing any new customers.
-Lunch distribution: Pizza on Wheels chestnut and Route 9  11:00am
-Bais Tova 11:30 am shabbos box
- Do as I say, not as I do media criticizing after photo of Dr Fauci not wearing mask at nationals  stadium while sitting in the stands with 2 people beside him.

-NJ SNAP: P-EBT cards were sent out the week of July 13. Please allow a week to ten days for your card to arrive. There was an error in the telephone number on some P-EBT cards. If you received a card with the incorrect phone number, you will receive a new card with the correct number soon. You also can use your current card to access benefits by calling 1-800- 997-3333 to activate your card. inconvenience.



-The deadline to apply for HEAP for this heating season is July 31, 2020. You can download an application Here 

- Health officials in Monmouth County are trying to track down anyone who may have been exposed to the coronavirus at a house party that already has infected about 20 teenagers, but contact tracers are hitting a “brick wall” because of fears that kids could get in trouble for underage drinking, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday“ We don’t condone illegal behavior, so I’m not wild about 15 years (old), or whatever, drinking alcohol, on the one hand, okay, so please don’t break the law. Period. But on the other hand, this isn’t a witch hunt,” Murphy said at an unrelated news conference in Long Branch. “This is a public health pursuit that the contact tracing corps is after.” (NJ.com)