Friday August 14 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 81F. Humidity 79%

- Erev Shabbos Candle lighting 7:36 pm -  shkia 7:54 pm

-16 New positive cases in Lakewood yesterday totals    2727/195

-Trump will be in NJ for the weekend at his golf club. Will stop in NYC to visit his brother in the hospital who is reportedly very sick

-Ocean county deputy fire marshal
apologizes  five months after Lakewood anti-Semitic posts on Facebook.
 -Cedarbridge avenue briefly closed by MLK after a motorist pointed a gun at another motorist.

-Baltimore: There has been a increased number of cases of COVID in our community. Many of these have occurred after travel to other states, including New York and New Jersey, and particularly after participation in weddings and other large gatherings.



-Last night at the Planning board approval of new shul with a mikva for Cong. Tiferet Tzvi Yehuda Bluzev in Oak and Vine neighborhood. A approval 16 unit multi-family complex off Joe Parker Road. Approval of 15 single family home subdivision off Lanes Mill Road near Barrymor Drive. This new development will open the cul-de-sac currently on Hidden Lane and extend that road. It also opens a new road off of Lanes Mill Road. (Reporter Moshe/LNN)
-Lunch box at TBY 9:30
-Guidelines: If one or two students or teachers is diagnosed with the coronavirus in a New Jersey classroom, everyone who came in contact at school could be asked to stay home for 14 days,
But if two people in different classrooms get sick, the entire school could be shut down.

-Murphy will announce later today November’s elections in New Jersey which includes the presidential election will be mostly mail-in as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the state.It will be similar to the July primary elections voters will be sent mail in ballots with some in person voting places open

- Five Bachurim Lost in Austrian Alps Found After Major Overnight Search

The boys related that when they realized that they were lost and lost phone contact, they decided to remain where they were, instead of going further up the 3,000 meter mountain. They stayed there overnight and at first light they began to make their way back to a place where they finally had phone contact and reached out to their families. The rescue teams found them and brought them back, baruch Hashem. (Hamodia)

-Yated Ne'eman issue  not printed this week due to Bein Hazmanim

-Lakewood BOE will hold a special meeting Aug. 20 to discuss buying a 20,000-square-foot multipurpose dome. This purchase would be funded, in part, with the proceeds from the sale of a 4.2-acre plot Bidding starts at $1,000,293.53 and it ends at 11 a.m. Aug. 20.

- Shul guidelines in EY According to the new guidelines in shuls,  a room that is smaller than 80 sq. meters (861 sq. ft.) only 10 people will be allowed to gather, while in larger places, 20 people will be allowed. For tefillos held outdoors, it will now be possible to daven in groups of up to 30 people.