Wednesday February 21 News Updates Lakewood

Weather:41° Overcast. 

- A new Sienna poll of registered N.Y. voters suggests that a majority of Jews in the state intends to vote for former U.S. president Donald Trump in the presidential election in November. N.Y. Jews now favor Trump to U.S. President Joe Biden 53% to 44%, according to the Siena College poll, released on Tuesday. Jews in the state said that they intend to continue to back Democrats over Republicans 54% to 39% in congressional elections

- Tomorrow night Purim Koton there will be several seudos around Lakewood 

- Mike's Chicken in Lakewood is open again for business, the store posted a message that after a brief "Smoke break" Mike's  chicken is flapping its wings once again.

- Mesivta Farher update:

Turns out not all the mesivtos abided by the takanos not to give farhers earlier than the agreed upon date. A few yeshivos gave fathers and acceptance from Sunday.

Parents were forced to give immediate answers without having a chance to check out and try another mesivta

Due to on the spot acceptance many  scheduled farhers are getting canceled

Not everyone got an immediate acceptance and there are boys and parents waiting for answers 

- Allstate insurance recently got approval in New Jersey for auto insurance rate increases of 20%, The new rates will be implemented this month and are effective through February 2024. 

-Lakewood bagel shop profiled on NJ.com - There are food monstrosities all over New Jersey. We have a one-pound mozzarella stick, a 13-pound pupusa and a giant garlic naan. But now, a new beast emerges to join the pack.

A giant pizza bagel, housed only at Hot Bagels in Lakewood (the 2nd street location), takes the cherished Garden State staple of everything bagels and supersizes it to about two feet wide. It layers a heaping amount of homemade tomato sauce and a lazy river of mixed shredded cheese. I could’ve worn it as a necklace.

- The average property tax bill for homeowners in New Jersey hit a record $9,803, according to new data posted by the state Department of Community Affairs. That’s up from a previous record high of $9,490 in 2022 the $313 increase is the highest highest year-to-year since Gov. Phil Murphy took office in 2018. A majority of homeowners in the Garden State will be paying more than $10,000 in property taxes.

- Lakewood township begins to install new playground equipment at the park off North Lake Dr and 2nd street. The park was cleared from older equipment although some brand new swingsets were also removed.

- NYC Mayor Adams plan is to give Illegal's $10,000 each with No ID check required, No Fraud control and No Restrictions.

- United Airlines is set to resume flights between the United States and Israel starting with a March 2nd flight from Tel Aviv to New York.

- Price of a dozen eggs at Aldi is $1.94

- Senator Lindsey Graham has been included in Russia’s roster of “extremists and terrorists” shortly after advocating for the United States to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism in response to the demise of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.