Friday Feb 24 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, February 24, 2023 / ג׳ אדר תשפ״ג

ערב שבת פרשת תרומה

Candle lighting 5:24 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 5:42 pm

- Weather forecasters say some areas of New Jersey could get a light coating of snow on Saturday, Feb. 25, as two fast-moving storm systems drift across our region.

- Bde: Petirah of Mrs. Zohara Weiss A"Hb(nee Badousch) wife of Reb Shlomo Shlita from Forest Park neighborhood. The levaya will take place Sunday Morning at the Lakewood chapel 9:30 am. Kevurah in E"Y.

-Admor M'Skulen shlita will spend shabbos in South Lakewood 

- Old  Building on 3rd street in Lakewood sells for $4 Million more 

- Yeshiva Springfield Mesivta Tiferes Baruch annual dinner this motzei shabbos at Kesser Moshe Yehuda

-OCHD updated weekly covid cases as of 2/21/2023

49 new covid cases in Jackson totals 15520/166

72 new covid cases +2 deaths in Lakewood totals 27310/403

103 new covid cases in Toms River +2 deaths totals 26661/495

- Construction expected to finish up for the traffic light at the intersection of Williams street and James st in Lakewood 

- Those who make a shidduch for boys and girls above the age of 24 will receive NIS 16,000 from an organization associated with the Sanz chasidus in Israel (Matzav)

- Purim meat board at a nearby steakhouse advertised at $999

- The Secure Community Network (SCN) on Friday emailed a Situation Report to Jewish communities and the media on the upcoming “Day of Hate,” suggesting this is a low-risk situation since there has been “no specific or direct threat or even a threat at all,” and pointing out that the chatter online about the event is “a call to the non-violent actions of protest, flyering (sic.) and stickering, banner drops, and vandalism.”

- A record 342,000 New Jerseyans signed up for health coverage this year

through the Affordable Care Act, state officials announced Thursday. That's almost 18,000 more than last year.

- Nj Globe: Frank Sadeghi, a developer and GOP fundraiser, was the choice of the Ocean GOP screening committee earlier this week.    The incumbent, Joseph Vicari, is retiring after 42 years as a county official. But [Menashe]Miller, a former mayor and a township committeeman since 2004, is part of the Orthodox Jewish community that has been seeking greater representation in public offices outside of Lakewood

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