Tuesday January 31 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 39° Light snow this morning will transition to snow showers this afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of snow 80%

 - Farhers for Mesivta age bochurim begin tonight 

- All NYC hospitals  including Mount Sinai, Columbia Presbyterian, Cornell and NYU - have dropped COVID restrictions and returned to pre-COVID visiting standards effective immediately.

- Congressmen in NJ including Chris Smith Rep. Jeff Van Drew, call on Murphy admin to suspend offshore wind projects after unexplained whale deaths, whose carcasses washed up on the Atlantic shorelines of New Jersey or New York.

- New traffic light at Teaberry and W County Line is activated 

- 4 LPD officers retired today after 25 years of service a walkout ceremony took place at town hall according to 

- No winner last night in the Powerball  lottery Next Drawing – Wed, Feb 1

Estimated Jackpot $653 Million

- New restaurant opening soon in Lakewood at Avenue shoppers New Hampshire and Cedarbridge "Seared" fleishig restaurant.

- Toms River is number 5 on the list of most Instagrammable towns in New Jersey.  According to a study conducted by the New Jersey real estate network, the method is based on the highest Instagram City-related Hashtag volume, city population from the US Census Bureau, and hashtag volume per population ratio. Other cities include Jersey City Union City Trenton Cherry Hill, Passaic, Clifton, East Orange. Lakewood did not make the list B"H

- China government announces, “The United States is the instigator and the biggest pusher of the Ukraine crisis. It continues to send heavy weapons and offensive weapons to Ukraine, and continues to increase the "length" and "intensity" of the conflict”

- APP reports on the improvements coming to the Lakewood airport including new on-site restaurant an upgraded terminal 

- Get covered NJ this is the LAST DAY to enroll in coverage for 2023. Open Enrollment ends on January 31st, you will need to have a household change or life event to enroll in or change 2023 coverage

- A Russian Missile hit and damaged earlier today a synagogue in Hulyaipole, a city in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine. The synagogue was built in 1909. BH no injuries were reported. Ukrainian Rabbi Moshe Asman called on world leaders to condemn the attack. Opposition MK Elkin says “Israel must condemn the attack.”

(Belaaz)