Thursday July 1 News Updates Lakewood

 Severe Thunderstorm watch for Lakewood until 8:00 pm

Weather: Scattered thunderstorms this morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. Potential for severe thunderstorms. High 88F. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall possibly over one inch.

- Food distributions: Bnos Yaakov at pine park 2:00 pm

- Boxes at 420 Cross st 7:00 pm

- Meor Hatorah 720 Massachusets 8:00 pm

Please say Tehillim for Shloime Ben Zlata Miriam a chabad shliach who was stabbed in the shoulder  outside of Boston He is in stable condition Here

- OCHD: The state of NJ has identified five towns in Ocean County, where vaccination levels need to be increased,  Lakewood, Brick, Toms River, Jackson and Lacey.

- Ocean County Library including Lakewood branch, eliminates daily overdue fines, saying that removing barriers to the Library's resources will further their mission to connect people, build community, and transform lives. (LNN)

- The deputy commander for the Israeli search-and-rescue team in Surfside  there is nothing to do but wait for the site to stabilize. He said the collapse wreckage is "the most complicated site I have ever seen in my life.” (Miami Herald)

- Trump chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg pleads not guilty to criminal charges. He is charged with scheme conspiracy, grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, falsifying business records. Trump said the decision to charge Weisselberg,  is a matter of political payback.

- Trump issues statement asking “Who shot Ashli Babbitt?” This comes a day after a rumor surfaced suggesting a member of Pence’s protective detail shot Babbitt.

- The Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Harav Malkiel shlita gave shiur Klali in the Forest B"M for the first time this zman since returning to yeshiva

- Lakewood Public Schools is instituting tight restrictions that will require masks on all students and staff, temperature checks before entering school buildings and boarding buses, and plastic dividers on every desk. (APP)

- Over 150 girls waiting for acceptance letter to high school

- The Strand Theater In Lakewood will reopen to the public this August

- Lakewood catskill bus will begin the summer route  today leaving to the Catskills Thursday & Sunday. Leaving Lakewood 7:00 pm Thurs from Harmony park Belz with stops at Seasons supermarket Forest & 9 and Squankum corner E. kennedy. Sunday departure from Lkwd is 4:40 pm from Belz with same stops

- Search and rescue operations at the Miami building collapse halted due to concerns of stability of section still standing, death toll stands at 18 with 145 missing,

- President Joe Biden and his wife planned to travel on Thursday to Surfside, Florida, to offer condolences to families of those killed and missing.

- Lumber prices dive more than 40% in June, biggest monthly drop on record