Tuesday January 9 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 53° Rain. Becoming windy for the afternoon. Winds  20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall possibly over one inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

Tonight 45° Windy with rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers overnight. Potential for flooding rains.  Chance of rain 100%. 1 to 2 inches of rain expected.

- Lakewood fire update: Authorities had not officially ruled out the possibility of more victims, but it seemed there were none as firefighters and cadaver dogs found nothing when searching the premises, Jonathan Yahr, chief of the Lakewood Fire Department, said Tuesday afternoon. "It was a vacant building that was supposed to be unoccupied. It had no electric to it," Yahr said. "But some homeless people had taken up residence there." APP

- Buses are now pulling up to Madison high school in Brooklyn and dropping off illegals. School is closed tomorrow because illegals will be sleeping in the school’s gym. 

Elon Musk reacts: This is what happens when you run out of hotel rooms. Soon, cities will run out of schools to vacate. Then they will come for your homes

- The Government of Ecuador has declared “A State of Internal Armed Conflict” Criminal gangs have taken up arms against the state and are storming universities, TV studios and other places.Videos circulate of gangsters executing soldiers

- Gov Phil Murphy gives state of the state address he didnt unveil any major new tax cuts or economic plans, but said New Jersey leaders need to “make life more affordable for all families”  he called for more free abortion access and noted that the U.S. has “seen a resurgent, radical, right-wing agenda.

- Avi Schnall was sworn in and  will also serve on the Education Committee.

- Trump: Just finished a very productive Federal Appeals Court Hearing, in Washington, D.C., on whether or not a President should have Immunity. The answer is YES! Deranged Jack Smith was in attendance as the other side conceded two very important points, either of which would give the critical Immunity argument to us. If for any reason it were held that a President doesn’t have Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden, after he leaves Office, could be charged for the horrible and dangerous job he is doing on the Southern Border, the Afghanistan Disaster with all of its Death, Destruction, and “Surrender,” or his quid pro quo on Ukraine

- A bill in NJ was voted on that would allow buses from one town to pick up and transport children from a neighboring township through a consortium that would accept both the responsibility to transport the kids and the aide in lieu funds from parents in multiple districts. Like the LSTA.

-Assemblyman Rabbi  Avi Schnall will be sworn in today at noon to represent the heavy republican 30th district in New Jersey as a democrat, numerous Local politicians and dignitaries will be on hand in Trenton. Lakewood residents are looking forward for free tuition

- "Tunnels" is trending on Twitter with over 235k posts there's conspiracy theories and AI generated stories about 770.

- Mesivta farher season begins for 8th grade boys  with a few new yeshivos opening. The farhers begin after purim Katan this year 

- Lakewood Police Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith  said two people, believed to be squatters, sustained injuries in a fire yesterday at the old Lumber Yard in Lakewood and were taken to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation

- Over 325 Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested For Blocking NYC Bridges and Holland tunnel

-A lawsuit just filed in federal court alleges that Jackson Township's new shul ordinance - which was adopted as a result of settlement agreements with Agudath Israel and the U.S. Justice Department - still discriminates against such religious land uses as compared to nonreligious assembly and/or institutional land uses in the Township. The lawsuit was filed by Rabbi Abraham and Hana Matzliach who are appealing the Zoning Board's denial of their Use Variance which sought to convert their detachable garage into "habitable space." More

- Lakewood township auction off a property tomorrow morning for $2.8 million land parcel 1.6 acres located at block 821 lot 1 R-40 & Oak Street Core more

Statement by Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters 

The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway Monday night. These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored. Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity. We are grateful for the outpouring of concern, and for the support of our Chabad-Lubavitch institutions around the world.

 Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky 

Chairman