Weather: Partly cloudy skies. Morning high of 39F with temps falling to near freezing.
-59 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 8054/225
-Jonathan Pollard landed early Wednesday morning in Eretz Yisrael with his wife Esther as the U.S. authorities finally removed all restraints from his dream to relocate there. As the plane approached its landing, Mr. Pollard was escorted to the cockpit of the plane and listened as the air traffic controller welcomed him, Israel Hayom reported. Hamodia
- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that payments of $600 stimulus “may begin to arrive in some accounts by direct deposit as early as tonight.” and the paper checks will be mailed out tomorrow.
Food distribution: OTL at Tashbar 6:45
-Update on Stabbing: Lakewood Police Captain Gregory Staffordsmith says the suspect has been identified as 38 year old Erika Cruz and that the motive for the attack is unclear. Police do not believe she is affiliated with any organized hate or terrorist group. Cruz, who is homeless, was charged with Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Weapon and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and is being held in Ocean County Jail. (Reporter S. Schorr on twitter)
- Murphy wants tickets with fines for underage marijuana use before he will sign N.J. legal weed bill. Fines of $250 for those under 21 caught with one ounce of marijuana and $500 for possession of more than one ounce, but less than six. The legal marijuana legislation permits possession of up to six ounces. There will be no jail and fines will be like a parking ticket.(NJ)
-New Jersey on Tuesday reported 3,675 new cases of the coronavirus and another 127 additional deaths,
-Trump: Unless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000 payments ASAP. $600 IS NOT ENOUGH! Also, get rid of Section 230 - Don’t let Big Tech steal our Country, and don’t let the Democrats steal the Presidential Election. Get tough!
-Trump: “A group of Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania say 200,000 more votes were counted in the 2020 Election than voters (100% went to Biden).
Hamodia: Update: The suspect is known to police said to be a deranged women. it happened near the shopping center at Ashley and MLK off Cedarbridge. A man was stabbed in Lakewood on Tuesday morning, The Lakewood Scoop reported. He was walking in public around 9 a.m. when a woman stabbed him from behind. The victim grabbed the weapon away from her and managed to hold her down until police arrived. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and the assailant was taken into custody.
-BDE: Petira of R' Shlomo Yosef Fischer 79 The levaya at the Lakewood chapel 10:00 am this morning watch on Zoom. Many people remember Reb Shlomo and Mrs. Fischer from their many years at Camp Agudah, where Reb Shlomo was a beloved figure. Always with a smile and a good vort, Reb Shlomo brought simcha and joy to every encounter. Mrs. Fischer passed away about 13 years ago following illness. After residing in Flatbush for many years, about a decade ago Reb Shlomo moved to Lakewood, settling in the New Central/Central Avenue neighborhood. Read more at Matzav.com
-BDE: Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Avrohom Kanarek zt”l. He was 99 years old. Talmid of Rav Baruch Ber he moved to Eretz Yisroel close to fifty years ago, becoming rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in Yerushalayim. son is Reb Shlomo Chaim kanarek of Lakewood read more at Matzav.com
-Chemed received 400 doses of the covid vaccine it is kept locked up in a room and monitored with surveillance cameras stored in a freezer at minus 20 degrees. About 150 people have been vaccinated with their first shot, and will get the second dose in a few weeks. APP reports. The second phase of people to get the vaccine calls for workers in the education sector, food and agriculture, utilities, police, firefighters, corrections officers and transportation. Countless undocumented workers are among these workers and people will receive them regardless of immigration status. APP
- Bun Burger Kitchen, is out of quarantine and open for business as of today! Baruch Hashem, everyone is healthy, the place is sanitized and the burgers are still stacked. (GKRF)
-The Lakewood Zoning Board is scheduled to hear an application Here on Jan 4th for a 99 unit residential apartment building plus office space on Route 88 at Monmouth Avenue. LNN reports the plan is to construct a 4 story building with 37 one-bedroom apartments and 62 two-bedroom apartment on the top 3 stories and a parking garage on the first floor.The application also proposed a 4,500 sq feet management office.The applicant proposed a total of 252 spaces, most of which will be in the parking garage and some will be outside around the building. Public comments can be sent to zoningboardcomments@lakewoodnj.gov, either a minimum of two days prior to the meeting, or during the meeting. You must include your name and address in your submission.
WHY CANT OUR CHILDREN BE AS PROTECCTED AS CORONA VACCINE?
ReplyDeleteCall DYFUS quick!
DeleteSomeone is asking why his children aren't 400 in a room, locked up with surveillance cameras.
He's asking why are ABUSERS roaming freely!!
DeleteThe ridiculous application for the 99-unit apartment building scheduled to be heard on January 4th is Appeal # 4115 by Hampton Development. The applicant wants this 4 story high building directly on top of Route 88. The code requires a 25 foot setback off of the roadway, but this wants a variance to come within only NINE (9) FEET of the state highway.
ReplyDeleteThe traffic & safety situation in that heavily used corridor is already crazy. This guy wants to add another 252 cars to that chaos?!
Concerning that apartment building on top of route 88 - Why does the developer need a 4,500 square foot office. That’s almost as big as a wedding hall! What else is being planned in that space? We need the whole story. It seems like someone is trying to pull a fast one on us..
ReplyDeleteAnother 300 cars at rt 88 and Main street the traffic by npgs from Monmouth is a 10 minute back up daily.
ReplyDeleteMake that a 30 minute backup if this applicant gets to stuff up the already crowded downtown area even more. All u need is one little fender bender after a tenant tries making a left turn out of the proposed building onto Rt 88, and the entire infrastructure gets shut down. You may as well bring a gemara w/ a shtender because you’ll be sitting there for almost the entire first or second seder.
DeleteLakewood is ruined .
ReplyDeleteThe traffic is Hell
u have no idea what hell is like?
DeleteWho is Hampton Development? What is the name of the owner?
ReplyDeleteWhy should people be permitted to stay anonymous?
How can this applicant try getting away with being only 9 feet away from one of the busiest roadways in Lakewood? This means that the many pedestrians and baby strollers will have to walk almost literally alongside all the cars & trucks.
DeleteWe demand that the Board not give in, on even one inch on the required 25 foot setback. Safety should come before profit!! He can have a smaller building that’s built in accordance with the zoning ordinance and keep the neighborhood safe and less trafficked.
Not much use in protesting this building. With all the back room deals, by the time this reaches the zoning board meeting, it'a practically a done deal. The problem with the development in Lakewood is not only that they're building. It's that there's no preplanning. This has happened so many times before and is still happening. If you're putting up a large structure in a congested area, did you widen the road first or try to alleviate the traffic situation in other ways before you approve it? Are they being procative instead of reactive to a mess of a situation?
ReplyDeleteOf course there’s benefit to objecting this proposal. The board members cannot keep ignoring the protesting public. I don’t care what kind of side benefits they might get.
DeleteYes they can keep ignoring the protesting public. They’ve been doing it for 15 years.
DeleteExcept if you hire the correct lawyer to fight it. Ask the Westgate crowd for his name. He’s amazing! He even gets shuls stopped.
DeleteThen they'll go crying to the (broke) state to widen Rt 88...
ReplyDeleteThis is standard shtick to ask for a ridiculous application and getting approved for something smaller which is what they initialy planned on getting. The cost to the tax payers is not considered
ReplyDeleteI just found out that the huge apartment building on Main Street is on the lot which has the current Dinaso Lumber on it. It turns out that the developer bought the entire lot from bankruptcy for relatively cheap. This means that even if he constructs a much smaller building that actually makes sense, he will still turn a hefty profit. There’s absolutely no reason to supply him with all kinds of crazy variances, so he can make even more money at the public’s expense!!
ReplyDeletePersonal greed should not be allowed to cause more hardship to the residents.
@askan, maybe personal greed should not be allowed to cause more hardship to the residents, but that's exactly what has been happening in Lakewood for the at least 20 years. The building wasn't done with any planning for the good of Lakewood, only for greed. That's why a beautiful town has turned into an ugly, congested city. It's difficult to stop a long standing minhag.
DeletePersonal jealousy is also not to be tolerated.
DeleteWhat do you care if a Jew makes a few extra bucks????
u call lakewood an " ugly congested city" ? what a daas baal habayis , it is one of the most beautiful mekomos outside e"y kein yirbu . yes theres traffic but most of us do things in the car... u have everything bruchnius ubegashmius unheard of a few decades ago ... traffic... traffic...
DeleteWhen I called Lakewood ugly, I was of course referring to the gashmiyus. I came to Lakewood probably before you were born precisely because of the ruchnius. That doesn't mean that the gashmius has not deteriorated. And I don't only mean traffic. I mean congestion in the neighborhoods, the stores, etc. I understand growth. B"H for growth in klal yisroel! But growth and development have to be done with the proper planning. The lack of planning and the issuing of variances for years is due to greed. I am not jealous in the least. B'H I don't have to be jealous. But I do care if anyone makes money on the backs of others, which has ocurred and is still ocurring in Lakewood.
DeleteAny more updates on this?
DeleteHampton Development application is come up for the 4th time it was carried last on September 9 2019 to work out the issues with the neighbors.
ReplyDeleteWell.. He didn’t work anything out. And besides, this application affects everyone associated with the downtown area. It’s not enough to try convincing just a few people across the street.
DeleteLitvaks dont celebrate birthdays whybis it nogea Reb chaims age
ReplyDeleteAny food boxes today
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteLakewood needs apartments theres a shortage
ReplyDeleteNo people need to find more places to live . The traffic is unbearable. It’s just not responsible any more.
DeleteLet me guess- they will also ask for a tax abatement for this property
The are us a blight it could use a fix up but why cant they put duplexes back to back with midtown circle
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