Thursday, May 2, 2024

Thursday May 2 News Updates Lakewood

 weather: 85° Partly cloudy. High near 85F

- Suspect of multiple home burglaries  in Lakewood arrested more here

- Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway has issued an ultimatum to pro-Hamas protesters, giving them until 4 pm to dismantle their encampment on the New Brunswick campus. Failure to comply will result in law enforcement intervening to remove both the protesters and their belongings.

- Turkey suspends all trade with Israel 

 - Biden said that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” Biden said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is,” Biden said.

- First round of girls  High school acceptance letters suppose to go out to parents 

- New dairy restaurant opening in Toms River at the Row shopping plaza  Lutali Italian cuisine 

- Early morning fire destroyed a home on Linda Rd in Jackson, B"H no injuries reported

-Birchas Ilanos Brocha on the blossoming of fruit trees at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave corner 9th st.
Toms River 2320 Owen st,1393 Fiddlers Run
Jackson 41 Highland Dr

- Rutgers University says "due to anticipated escalation of protest activities and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students," final exams which were scheduled to take place today on the College Avenue campus have been postponed.

- The NYPD rips down the Palestine flag at City College NY, throwing it on the ground before replacing it with the American flag.

- Ocean county crews installed a new traffic light  over Tom Tov at the intersection of Gudz/  Lakewood New Egypt and Old whitesville. The light will be operational in a few weeks time
Road cres are restriping Cedarbridge ave at the MLK intersection after installing updated traffic signals 

- Arboretum parkway residents take lakewood township to court over repeated flooding, alleging negligent stormwater management has caused environmental damage and property destruction Full story at Faanews 

-Were developers doing traffic counts in Lakewood on chol hamoed? More 

- Rav Avrohom Schorr: It is very easy to criticize someone else about their smart phone, our job is to overcome our own smartphone in our heart and not focus on someone else איזהו גבור הכובש את יצרו


7 comments:

  1. ...at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave...
    While there have a drink of water for yet another bracha.
    Possibly some old Hadasim lying around for more brachas.
    If the owner peeks out the window make a 'shechalak mechachmaso....' too.

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  2. How naive.
    How come it is made again either this or the other? How about better, trying both?
    "It is even" easier & popular to criticize those who criticize.
    With results strewn all around us, "It is very easy to" also turn away inward, cop-out, & pretend like an ostrich that chilled others will somehow have less influence on your family & neighbors than your decent self. We've been too often there before already.

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  3. Gluten free dropoff still going strong. Anyone that needs any GF products, feel free to stop by and take!

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  4. There's no siman bracha for working on chol hamoed - it'll be a short term gain for the greedy developer - but we will be left with traffic...

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