Wednesday January 12 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Mostly sunny. High 43F

- 199 new covid cases in Lakewood  21604/335

- 82 new cases in Jackson totals 11258 128

- 141 new cases in Toms River totals 19016368

-  Due to backlogs some labs are first returning positive covid test results 5-7 days after people have been out of quarantine.

- LSTA sets up alert notification system for parents to track bus times sign up HERE

- The Associated Press says it will no longer run stories which focus solely on a country or state reporting a one-day record for COVID cases, saying those figures have become "unreliable" AP

- Delta deaths are gaining steam in NJ, but Governor Murphy is nowhere to be found on monoclonal antibodies. And now more people will die. (Woke Zomby)

-Tefillos for Rav Lipa Margulies, founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn, NY. Who  has been hospitalized with Covid and other medical complications name for Tehillim Chananya Yom Tov Lipa ben Miriam.

- Hachnasas Kallah fund set up as a zchus and Refua Shelaima for Chaya Malka Bas Basheva donate Here she is still in critical but stable condition 

- NJ reports 19,454 cases 103 COVID deaths, Officials say Omicron surge shows early signs of slowing as Wednesday marked the first time in two weeks with fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases. the daily death reports do not reflect fatalities that occurred in the last 24 hours.

  - Forecasters see Narrow line between snow and no snow for a weekend storm. Small shifts in track will have big impacts. Too early to know which way it will go.

 - Israeli Supreme Court ruled today against Avigdor Lieberman's law that would harm kollel families taking away daycare subsidies if both parents are not working. The ruling postponed the law until next year saying the law did not give parents enough time to make arrangements.

- Local Summer camps raising rates and rescheduling the start and end times due to busing issues 

-Farbrengen and Hisvaadus for Yud Shevat at 1876 Lakewood road Toms River unit #7 8:30 pm 

Hisvadus and seuda in Lakewood at Chabad 1309 Central Avenue 9:00 pm. It is the yahrtzeit  of the sixth Chabad Rebbe the Rayatz

- Fundraising campaign for Manchester Shul at the Holly Oaks neighborhood. "We have reached a point where our shul can no longer fit all of the mispallelim. We have בע"ה found a new location which can accommodate our needs, but we need $250,000 to make it a reality. Considering the fact that the closest shul is nearly 2 miles away, our goal is to build a bustling Makom Torah to service the entire area. donate Here to the Bais Medrash of Manchester

 - Lakewood township will hold a  public auction to sell 9 acres near the High point condominium block 423, Lot 156.01 starting with a minimum bid of  $900,000.00 per acre, by sealed bids to the Township Manager in lieu of a live public auction. more Here

- LIC reorganization meeting today 11:30 am Watch Here

- LDC meeting proposal to purchase the house at 220 3rd street across from the police station  for $1.2 million and create a parking lot that will add 220 new parking spaces to the downtown business area.

Another Proposal to eliminate trash cans on Clifton Avenue downtown and install 4 compact stations at 4 locations that business owners will bring their trash to.

- US inflation jumps to 7% in December from a year ago, the highest level since 1982.

- Israel broke a new record with 43,815 new coronavirus cases781 patients hospitalized 254  in serious condition, and 84  are critical. 12 died over last seven  days

-The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill that would allow volunteer paramedics to respond to emergencies and operate within mobile intensive care units. The bill was based on a successful pilot program in Lakewood, where Hatzalah of Central Jersey worked in partnership with local hospitals to provide volunteer paramedic care for the past several years. Elsewhere, paramedics were only allowed to respond to medical needs and emergencies in a professional capacity, as volunteers would only be allowed to respond as EMTs even if they worked as paramedics. (Hamodia)