Wednesday May 26 News Update Lakewood

Weather: Cloudy this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High 91F. 

NWS: Severe Thunderstorm Warning  until WED 7:00 PM EDT

- 7 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13688/309

Food Distribution Times and locations may change check for updates

- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, Tonight 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross

 - Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st

- Bnos Esther Malka  488 Whitsville rd 6:30 pm

- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 5:15 pm  due to weather 

- TRJCC has arranged USDA Meals boxes for all Toms River residents from 5:30 pm.  at The Hatzolah Garage in Toms River 2139 Lakewood Rd (Rt 9.) Toms River, NJ. First come first serve basis

- Yeshiva Ohr Avrohom Chaim at 1839 New Central distribution  at 1:30 pm

 -Gelbsteins at public school locations 3:30 pm High school, Middle school 

- Murphy rescinds mask mandate in NJ on vaccinated employees in indoor worksites that are closed to the public

-Since a month ago April 26 there have been 106 covid cases on Lakewood

-BDE: Petira of R' Gedalya "Uncle Joe" Mendelsohn Z"L Levaya tonight 10:15 pm at the Lakewood Bais Olam 

- Tomchei Tzedaka of lakewood  says that a sign in their name that was posted in some shuls and yeshivos about an unauthorized tzedaka campaign for the Miron victims using their name  was not authorized by them 

-  Joe Biden met with Ukrainian, Russian and Kazakhstani business associates of his son’s at a dinner in Washington, DC, while he was VP, records on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop show.

- NJDEP announces $20.7 million in clean communities grants; Lakewood Township was awarded $119,795. (LNN)

- Svera Fresh convenience store opens at the old chase bank on E. Kennedy  behind the Shell gas station there is a kosher section. 

- Planning Board approves shul and residence for Rabbi Yitzchok Unsdorfer on Broadway Avenue Oak and Vine area.  Due to opposition from the neighbors, the applicant removed the kiddush hall from the plans. (LNN)

- Podcast video The Lakewood Real Estate Market Here 

-- An appeals court upheld the state's denial of $30 million in school aid funding to Lakewood that had sparked a brief shutdown of classes in 2019, claiming a loan the district received that year fulfilled the need.(APP)

 - The Biden administration ended an inquiry into a possible connection between the origins of the coronavirus and a lab in Wuhan China, because of “concerns about the quality of its work,”   a CNN report published Tuesday claims. The State Department launched the inquiry last fall under President Donald Trump”

 -Report: Anti-Semitic Acts in U.S. Soared 80% in a Month Here