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- Jackson zoning board denied home shul on Ashford Rd. The Zoning Board tonight affirmed this denial on the basis that case law has established only that "home worship" is permitted inside of a home and not in a detached garage. Faanews
- The Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority (LTMUA) has just successfully settled a massive racial discrimination lawsuit which all began with a "mistakenly sent text message," see more at FAA News
- Simcha hall nightly traffic with many vorts and simchas taking place some halls have hired security and off duty Police to control the parking and traffic. There have been traffic backups on roadways in the evening.
- While the Lakewood township has yet to approve the budget for 2023 the estimated tax bills will go out with a recommended tax rate of 2.394
- The Jackson Township Planning Board granted Final Major Site Plan Approval for 279 town homes in section 2 of the Jackson Woods South East development, a total of 465 homes will be built in Jackson Woods South East, off of Freehold Road (Faa)
- N.J. wildfire in Burlington county 85% contained at 257 acres. Fire danger remains very high today across New Jersey.
- Tomorrow the Lakewood Township Committee will vote on a ordnance that will change zoning to allow 15 story buildings in the GSP rt 70 area on the Brick border. It is zoned as non residential but previously applications for student residential units were submitted as research and science facilities which are allowed.
Oak Street (aka Simcha Hall Boulevard) was a zoo last night. Cars Were parked everywhere along Oak because the parking lots were overwhelmed. Tiferes Bais Yaakov hired security at both their access points to stop more cars from flooding their lot. But that did nothing to help us drivers on the street. The area was a disaster zone.
ReplyDeleteIt's time for our land use boards to require simcha halls to build multi-floor parking garages to clear up the on-street congestion.
The school owners who build simcha halls without sufficient parking are no different than the greedy developers that manipulate the system in creative ways to construct dense developments without providing a shul and playground for the residents. In the end everyone suffers, besides for the owner/developer who laughs at all of us while he stuffs his wallet with our hard-earned dollars.
Deleteruby from BP - 14 ave 2 miles an hr last night from 52 to 42 - simchas galore i sat in my van and said hodu lashem 10x , what nachas , od yishoma we should continue to hear - the honking is music and i mean it and i am a regular yungerman
Deleteyou can ignore hilchos nizkei shcheinim and sing mi Kamcha yisrael. But most ppl are not in such a high madrigah when their quality of life is destroyed.
Deletei am not on the madraiga that every min. counts far from it , it doesnt bother me when my chavrusa is ten min late because of xyz.. i open a teshuva sefer till he comes ..yes if i was rushing to the airport .. but im not
DeleteCentral Ave was backed up from a event in the Torah link building security held up traffic
ReplyDeleteHeres a thought on the unique nature of tumas keri and niddah
ReplyDeletehttps://musingsonthetorah.blogspot.com/2023/04/stts.html?m=1
Rav Malkiel should be delivering this speech annually.
ReplyDeleteNot only are the builders guilty here but so are the people who bought and moved in and now claim nizkay schechainim. They are just as guilty as the builders.
ReplyDeleteIf they were amongst those who backed the development beforehand (eg got themselves on a list )they are guilty ,though a a tad less than the grubby developers
DeleteIf once it was established they happen to move in, how are they guilty
Are they supposed to organize a boycott?
Yes. They should not have any benefit from what you call a big avla.
DeleteHow many things are boycotted or should probably be avoided by you
DeleteThe world is full of avlas out there