Tuesday March 1 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. High near 50F

- Kosher Today concerns for Pesach poultry shortage: Lakewood NJ…It is no longer a question as to whether there will be a poultry shortage this Passover. Kosher food sources are simply trying to figure out how bad the shortage will be. Many of the stores here say that they have poultry but are concerned whether they will be able to meet demand as the holiday of Passover approaches. It is no consolation that the shortage goes well beyond kosher. The shortage appears to have been well advertised as poultry manufacturers cited extreme weather in many farm areas, labor shortages which have hit America in general, and an overstock of chickens. Industry sources say that the pandemic had a devastating effect on the labor force. 

- Murphy and his goons are trying to convince NJ that there’s still a mandate on school buses until the 7th. This is not true. Kids do not have to wear masks currently per CDC. (woke zombi)

- Murphy: Masks not required on school buses starting March 7 in NJ

-R' Aaron Lang update on funding formula case for Lakewood: We got this thing wrapped up. Now we wait for a court date. This is going to the Supreme Court. Lakewood's broken funding formula will be fixed once and for all!

- Lakewood planning board meeting today 6:00 pm at the township building see Agenda Here watch live stream Here applications for Bnos Devorah new school bldg., Day care building on Cross and Newport

- Thousands of seminary age girls in EY will go daven at the kosel this Rosh chodesh  under the direction of gedolei yisrael to counter the reform attempt to establish a place at the kosel the girls will not protest the women of the wall provocation  but only daven and show a strong charedi presence

- Ocean county commissioners approved the application for  300 tom waste transfer station n Lakewood last month. The township has not announced when it will begin construction and what the costs will be 

- Slonim Rebbe of EY will visit Lakewood today the rebbe will attend a hachnosas sefer Torah at the Oak and Vine neighborhood, procession will leave at 6:00 pm from 54 Wadsworth to  the B"M at 82 Haven (LNN)

- As of today Israel is open for all tourists for the first time since March 2020 regardless of their vaccination status. Tourists do still have to take a PCR test 72 hours before travel, and PCR upon arrival, and a PCR or antigen test before returning to the US. 

- NJDOH: Pediatrician & NJDOH special advisor Dr. Meg Fisher  visited the Woodlake Country Club vaccine clinic in Lakewood run by CHEMED Health Center. A special thank you to CHEMED for their contributions toward vaccinating the community and host Woodlake Country Club.  

- LDC virtual meeting 4:30 pm watch live stream here

- The Ocean County to introduce a $480 million budget on Wednesday that will come with a one-cent reduction in the county tax rate. The proposed tax rate is 32.2 cents. Because New Jersey uses an “equalized tax rate” to apportion the cost of county government on a municipality based on the wealth of its taxable real estate, the impact of the county tax levy affects each of Ocean County’s 33 towns differently.The budget is up $9.5 million from last year. (APP)