Thursday July 21 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 95° Partly cloudy with afternoon showers or thunderstorms. High around 95F. Winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Food Boxes: 

- Free food distribution no registration or ID required every Thursday thru Labor day at 708 Albert Ave 2;00 pm and on 7 day box

-Bais Yaakov at Pine park  @ 2;00 pm

-Bnos Melech James st 8;00 pm weekday and shabbos boxes if you only  get a 5 day box you can also get a separate weekend box for each child

-yeshiva Ktana 120 2nd street 6-8 pm

- Chemdas Hatorah  950 Massachusets Ave 5:15 pm 

- A case of polio has been reported in Rockland, county, NY officials have confirmed. The viral disease, which can cause neurological symptoms, paralysis or death, had been considered eradicated in the U.S. for decades. The person, a young adult, was hospitalized but is no longer, officials confirmed. Officials said the person had presented with paralysis but wouldn’t say if the person was still dealing with that side effect. The person is no longer able to transmit the virus, officials said. The person had not been vaccinated against polio, health officials said.

- A spokesperson for Gov Murphy  that Murphy's planned speech at the NAACP convention last night was canceled because his flight home from Italy was delayed.

- Biden tests positive for Covid, experiencing mild symptoms First lady Jill Biden said she tested negative and that the president is “doing fine." Biden, 79, is being treated with the antiviral Paxlovid and is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, the statement said. White House Covid coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Biden is tired, has a runny nose and a dry cough. Jha said Biden felt fine when he went to bed, but didn't sleep well.

- Yated Ne"eman: In Mourning

- Lakewood zoning board approved - an application seeking to add 300 cars to Lanes Mill Road, one of the last remaining empty lots adjacent to the Lakewood / Brick border. The Township's existing zoning ordinances permit for less than half the amount of homes on this tract. Members said for the first time in a while, the Board is fortune enough to approve a development with townhomes which "for the first time, will actually be affordable for current Lakewood residents instead of only for New Yorkers". It will have 26 townhouses and 43 duplexes. Others argued if the applicant truly wants to build affordable homes he should build only townhomes and no duplexes more at FAA

- Bus service from Lakewood to the Catskills Sundays and Thursdays From the Catskills to Lakewood Thursday's and Sunday  $40 one way children under 3 free per adult. For more info call 718-599-5040

 To the Catskills from Lakewood: 

Locust Street @ Harmony Park     Sunday  4:40 pm     Thurs   7:00 pm 

Seasons supermarket                      Sunday 4:45 pm         Thurs  7:05 pm 

Forest and 9th street                       Sunday 4:55 pm         Thurs  7:15 pm 

Squankum and Kennedy                Sunday 5:00 pm         Thurs  7:20 pm 

To Lakewood from the Catskills Sunday and Thursday Leaves Woodridge 5:09 pm on Thursday, and the  Sunday  bus at 11:09 am or from main terminal in Monticello.

- TCG 1333 rt 9 has chocolate painting ! Great activity for all ages . Will help fill the long days until camp starts. 7187884475 kosher parve

- Nichum Aveilim Information for RavShmuel Yehuda Levin Zatzal:

The family will be sitting shiva at 5118 N. Drake Avenue, in CHICAGO beginning 5:30PM today.

Shacharis 7:30 • Mincha 1:45 • Maariv 9:30

Rebbetzin Esther Levin, Rav Efraim Mordechai (ben HoRav AC), and Mrs. Chaya Tzeilberger will be getting up on Friday afternoon.

Rebbetzin Yehudis Levin, Rav Yechezkel Levin, Mrs. Sushy Svei, Mrs. Sora Olshin, Mrs. Faigy Schemelczer, Mrs. Fraidy Lercher, Mrs. Cheenie Gibber, Mrs. Chayala Bakst, and Mrs. Yocheved David will be getting up on Sunday morning.

Rav Yisroel Menachem, Rav Eliyahu Meir, Rav Yitzchok Zev, Rav Efraim Mordechai (ben HoRav SY), Rav Eliezer, Refoel, Yechezkel and Tzvi will be getting up on Monday morning.

The Aveilim can be reached at (773) 588-1349.

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