Monday September 12 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 83° Cloudy early with isolated thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 83F. Chance of rain 40%.

-  A Board of Regents committee unanimously approved guidelines Monday to make sure instruction at NY state’s private and religious schools is equivalent to that of its public schools.

- Algemeiner: Long-Hyped New York Times Investigation of Hasidic Yeshivas Fizzles, Instead of a thoughtful or empathetic, nuanced article, the Times produces a comically hypocritical hatchet job None of this is to say that the Hasidic yeshivas serving boys couldn’t be improved. But so could the public schools in these neighborhoods, which absorb far more taxpayer dollars. So why does the Times have such an investigative zeal for Orthodox Jews? 

- Gas in Brick rt 70 area is $3.41 a gallon 

- Saved by the Shpitzle: A frum woman in Williamsburg is lucky to be alive cops say after being shot in the head - thanks to a wig that seems to have absorbed the blow of the projectiles. Police say the incident happened about 7:20 p.m. Saturday in Williamsburg. A woman, 21, was standing at the corner of Ross Street and Bedford Avenue when a dark-colored car approached. A back-seat passenger lowered their window, displayed what appeared to be a weapon of some kind and opened fire. The rounds -- described by police as beads of some kind -- struck the Orthodox Jewish woman in her wig, which was worn for religious reasons. Cops say the wig absorbed the blow, and she was not hurt. The suspects fled, and no one was in custody as of Sunday night.(NBC)

 - New Bais Faiga high school will officially be called Machon Bais Marta after Mrs. Marta Schrohn A"H. The girls are calling it machon for short

- Lakewood Zoning board meeting today 7:00 pm watch livestream Here see Agenda Here on the agenda Appeal #4235 for Chestnut Holdings which seeks approval to construct 14 duplex structures (28 homes plus basements) on a new cul-de-sac off Chestnut Street across from Evergreen Avenue according to Faanews.

- NYS board of regents expected to vote on new regulations for the curriculum in private schools ans yeshivos 

- Morahs who received raises this year  had to pay for the tuition increases for the other children which ended up canceling the gains of the annual raise as most families tuition bill increased this year between 5k -7k.

- A hachtara was held last night for rav Yisrael Twersky shlita appointed as the new rav of the Flair sefard shul in Jackson

-Rav Boruch Mordechi Ezrachi shlita will be visiting the US this week to raise funds for his yeshiva. He is expected to be in the Lakewood area

- Following the NYT report on schools in Ny several commenters on social media are calling on officials to pay attention to Lakewood. The article has received 3.5k comments already 

- The Newark public school district,, is ending its indoor mask mandate today

- Lakewood area residents will be paying up to $300 more a year for natural has after NJNG were approved to raise the rates by 15% as of October 1. Customers of Lakewood MUA will also be paying more after they voted for a rate hike.

- Murphy signs legislation expanding free and reduced price school meals. The Anti-Hunger Act expands free and reduced meal programs to include students from middle-income families, with an annual household income of between 186% and 199% of the federal poverty level. Currently, federal law only covers students from low-income families. A family of three earning $46,060 or less will now qualify under this law, compared to the family earning $42,606 or less who previously qualified. The law will also change for breakfast as currently, schools are required to offer a breakfast program if 20% of their students are eligible. Under this law, schools will be required to offer a breakfast program if 10% of their students are eligible. It will cost NJ taxpayers $19.2 million.

Photo Rav Mordechai Jungreis the Nikolsburg rebbe visits the 911 memorial in lower Manhattan he said tehillim and kaddish for the victims