Tuesday May 10 News Updates

Weather:  Sun and clouds mixed. High 64F. Winds 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

- Elon Musk says he would reverse Trump's suspension from Twitter, adds that the ban was "morally wrong" and "flat out stupid."

- Sen. Tom Cotton ·A nationwide formula shortage has left babies without proper nutrition and parents without options. The FDA  must do everything in its power to reopen the Abbott plant.

Gas prices continue to soar with average in NJ at a record high of  $4.49 a gallon

 

- Rep. Chris Smith visite d Lakewood yesterday ahead of the primary he is being challenged by 3 other candidates

- Lakewood Township will receive three self-service kiosks at the Municipal building on 3rd street for residents to pay property taxes and other fees. The township bought the machines with federal funding. It will be available 24/7 there may be a fee for some types of payment. 

- Due to a recent increase in the occurrence of sudden heart attacks and strokes in young Lakewood men in their 30s and 40s  and even their mid-high 20s Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim is holding a critical health screening for men on Sunday May 15th from 12-8 pm in Lake Terrace Hall. 

- Dand Deals Update: 5/10 at 11:10am  "With mainstream media starting to pick up this story, Lufthansa has issued the following apology and statement. Unfortunately, they are still referring to denying a “large group” when in fact there were several dozen Jews on the flight who were denied boarding despite not being part of any group. This apology skirts the primary issue of racial profiling by Lufthansa employees.

- Hospital safety grades released by the leapfrog group for spring 2022 here's how local hospitals ranked  

A Grade:

Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center, Brick

Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune

Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch

B Grade

Community Medical Center, Toms River

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Lakewood

- R' aaron Lang  update on funding formula case Supreme Court of NJ denied direct certification of school case Friday. State argued we first have to make record in Appellate Division.

That, empty 3 seats on Court, & fact it has not taken direct certification in a decade, we'll have to be heard in Appellate Division first.

- In major reversal, N.J. Supreme Court orders parole of man convicted of murdering state trooper in 1973