Monday January 16 News Updates

- Weather: 48° Sunny. High 48F

- Trump: "Most people thought [DeSantis] couldn't [win in 2018] but I thought he could. So I got him elected, pure and simple...Now I hear he might want to run against me. So, we'll handle that the way I handle things."

- San Francisco’s reparations committee has proposed paying each Black longtime resident $5 million and granting total debt forgiveness due to the decades of "systematic oppression" faced by the local Black community.

- Jackson zoning board board to reconsider  2 shul applications After previously denying The first application to be heard was submitted by Swanborne LLC. The second application, was submitted by 26 Whitesville Road, LLC  see more at FAAnews

 - Tefillos for the mashgiach shlita  Matisyahu Chaim ben Etel who was hospitalized last night

MLK day govt offices closed no mail

- Starting Sunday, Jan. 22, the USPS plans to increase prices of some postage by 4.2%, which generally amounts to a few cents per stamp. The cost of a Forever stamp would go up 3 cents, from 60 cents to 63 cents – the third price hike in about a year.

- Ahead of midwinter break local takeout  in Miami advertising on shul signs in Lakewood offering shabbos and  daily meals for pick up or seating.

- Lang lawsuit for funding formula: Tomorrow Tuesday will decide the future of Lakewood, ultimately Toms River and Jackson, their solvency and affordability as home to thousands, the debt, and T & E for all the children of northern Ocean County. The Appellate Division will hear the case at 9:30 am on January 17, 2023.

 - No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH counsel's office says former President Trump comments .“Mar-a-Lago is a highly secured facility, with Security Cameras all over the place, and watched over by staff & our great Secret Service. I have INFO on everyone!”

- Today marks the 22nd yartzeit of Rav Mordechai Gifter ZTL

- The Ocean County Board of Commissioners plans to authorize $7.4 million in federal, state and county funds for 25 contracts covering 50 social service programs at its first regular meeting of 2023 next week. among those receiving  Jewish Federation of Ocean County: $43,000. Lakewood Community Services Corp., (which also provides home-delivered meals and social support services): $939,866.,Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus: $65,000.