Monday July 19 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High around 85F

- Chatzos 1:03 pm 

- 4 new covid cases in lakewood since Friday totals 13799/311 

-5:15 pm Power outage In Lakewood over  3500 without power  in Cross st Prospect st westgate central area due to transformer fire on Cross st JCP&L estimated restoration is 8:00 pm

Ritas on Rt 9 giving out free ices 

-  Food distribution: 

- 6:00pm Mekor Hatorah  180 Sims

- Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah 950 Massachusetts 5:00 pm

- Chai4ever breakfast/dinner food box distribution today 2313 County rt 547 Lakehurst, NJ 08733 in the parking lot next to Alba's Pub at 5:00 pm

- Canada to open its border to fully vaccinated Americans beginning August 9th.

 - 60% of people being admitted to hospital with #COVID19 in England have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the government's chief scientific adviser. (Sky News)

-Murphy critic Woke zombie: About 10% of all cases from Apr to June 28th in NJ were fully vaccinated. Claiming this is a  “pandemic among the unvaccinated” is patently false. 

-Murphy: These numbers speak for themselves. We only have a pandemic among the unvaccinated. Everyone ages 12 and up who is eligible should go and get vaccinated.

- Murphy: has been tracking “breakthrough” cases – positive coronavirus cases that occur in people who are fully vaccinated, which is defined as individuals who are 14 days past the date of their final vaccine dose.

- Tefillos for Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock shlita in need of rachmei shomayim neme is Yosef Yitzchok ben Gittel.

- Israeli finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Health minister from Meretz  raise concerns about traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashana because of the delta variant, while thousands of Israelis are flying out of the country for summer vacation. 

- NJ.com reports on July 15 with data from a month ago As of last week Of municipalities with populations of over 10,000, Lakewood and Phillipsburg tie for the lowest vaccination rate, with only 39% of the adult population fully vaccinated, according to June 13 data on the state’s COVID vaccination dashboard.(NJ.com)

-Updated: Delayed to August 6 (via comment) - Kent road at Lakewood /Howell border scheduled to reopen today after 8 months of construction

- Ben & Jerry's Ice cream announced it will  boycott sales in West Bank settlements, and Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem because of the occupation on Palestine.

-  Officials confirm A tornado touched down in Burlington County  on Motzei shabbos it was between 86 and 110 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. It lasted six minutes and was classified as a "weak storm," but it left much damage in its wake, where one tree was completely uprooted, according to officials. It touched down east of the intersection of Route 206 and Columbus-Jobstown Road just before 10:30 p.m. It lasted for 7.9 miles was 800 miles wide, and it dissipated before it reached the Ocean County line. (Patch)

- Food distribution update from Lakewood BOE: The Lakewood School District is currently providing meals under the Summer Food Service Programs until September 8, 2021. On September 9, 2021, the

Lakewood School District will switch to the Seamless Summer Option  as per the Department of Agriculture, and at no cost to the District. The Lakewood School District will continue to provide drive through service during the 2021- 2022 school year. Children 0-5 will also be eligible to receive food.