Wed May 22 פסח שני News Updates Lakewood

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NWS: Thunderstorms across the region which could bring gusty winds and small hail. Storms will be more isolated and scattered this evening before becoming more numerous on Thursday.

- Heavy traffic tonight  as Rt 9 is closed from rt 88 to Central  Ave backing up traffic on Cedarbridge and Central ave

- Elan Kornblum of the GKRF facebook group was at SEARED restaurant in Lakewood and wrote a long post describing the past 10 months and how they have come up with a new spring menu and lowered the prices. 

They removed some of the items that were "too out of the box" for some, increased the portion for many, even added some dishes that are kid friendly and dramatically reduced the pricing on almost every item, some by 25%. This is very important that people spread this. I went line by line over the menu with the manager (I was there all night last night) and prices are same or less than other high end restaurants. ...

He discuses in detail the viral $7000 bill that went around social media causing a bad reputation to thr new establishment giving the background to it It happen to be a table of 14 guys who went all out. I'm talking ordering several of each item, over a dozen cocktails, 3 very expensive bottles of wine (including to the point where some of the men may have been inebriated). They also ordered tons of mains. .... And yes, some of these steaks were in the hundreds.

The post continues:

Let's quickly mention some other rumors that went around.

Rumor: The restaurant was recently sold. 

Fact: It's totally false, he has no idea where that came from. He was the owner on Day 1, he is the owner today and with Hashem's help and your support he will be the owner for years to come. He is committed to this restaurant.

Rumor: People have said they can't sit for more than 90 minutes. Fact: Again, he doesn't understand where this came from. That's never been a policy of theirs and maybe it was a misunderstanding. They apologize if anyone felt rushed, the restaurant has 200 seats, they hope to fill it up, but no one should ever be rushed.

OK, so there is a lot here already, and there is more we discussed and we didn't even get to the details of the food, which should really be the focus, and we'll get to that in a future post.

But I just want to conclude with something I speak often in my speeches and talks. Social media has the power to do amazing things, we see it on this group every day, with helping others, sharing beautiful things, but we don't realize the destruction that negative, hateful words can cause. That bill, those whispers between other people gossiping and ruining someone's reputation almost literally caused the restaurant to close. Come check out the place for yourself before making any decision.I'm sure you all going to try it out again and you will be returning again and again.

And please, if anyone has any issue, feedback, advice, speak directly to the owner, let them hear it directly from you. It can be in person, by message, through a middleman like me. We all want restaurants to succeed, we want them to remain open, we're all on the same side, let's try to help them. Thank you. Link

- Nikki Haley: “I will be voting for Trump”

- Joe Biden will NOT appear on the Ohio ballot in November as of right now, according to the Ohio Secretary of State. The Democratic Party has refused to follow state law requiring both parties to officially nominate their presidents 90 days before an election. Democrats aren’t doing that until 75 days prior at the national convention in Wisconsin, which is scheduled for Aug. 19, just 75 days before the election.

- Adirei Hatorah 3.0  event will take place again at the Wells Fargo stadium in Philadelphia 

- There will be buses from Lakewood going to Monroe on Lag baomer  for the grand Hadlaka by the Satar Rebbe Rav Aaron expected to draw over 50,000. There will be a separate mens bus and  ladies bus leaving from the Satmar shul on E Kennedy Blvd at 4:45 pm returning at 10:30 round trip $55

- Reports that foot traffic is being allowed into Miron today, while cars are banned, organizers say they are expecting up to 2500 to spend shabbos at the kever of Rashbi

- Hatzulas Nefashos  of Jackson answers the call when everyone said no.It began with a phone call and ended with a critical patient being flown across the country. On Friday afternoon, the Hatzulas Nafashos hotline rang. On the other end was a mother of 4 children begging for help. The mother had taken her chronically sick child for medical testing to Houston, and she has been unable to return home to Lakewood. After sitting almost two weeks in the emergency room, the child has now contracted an infection and must return to CHOP more 

- Memorial Day weekend car travel is expected to again exceed pre-COVID-19 levels AAA estimates that 43.8 million people across the country will travel 50 miles or more In New York State, 2.8 million travelers are expected to hit the road. In New Jersey, 1 million people will go on vacation for the long weekend. the worst time is on Thursday from 12pm -6 pm  and Friday noon to 7 p.m. is the worst time to travel by car.

-  Chuck Schumer in talks with speaker Mike Johnson to invite Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of  Congress

 

-Smash burger new kosher restaurant under the hashgacha of JSOR now open in Deal Located at 116 Norwood Avenue, Deal, NJ (next door to Primavera) former Tapaz location open daily until 11pm or later (not affiliated with other smash burger stores)

- Ocean County Superior Court Assignment Judge Francis Hodgson today held a trial yesterday on a lawsuit which seeks to overturn Lakewood Township's ordinance permitting banquet halls in schools. faa reports a written decision will be released in the coming weeks. 

- NYPD & Shmira Arrests Two Suspects involved in a large-scale EBT and credit card scam in Brooklyn. The suspects were caught in the act of removing a skimming device at Moisha's Supermarket on Avenue M and East 3rd Street in Flatbush  bringing an end to a scheme that had defrauded hundreds of people.

Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the CDC, has revealed that officials who tried to warn about problems with COVID-19 vaccines were pressured into silence. Dr. Redfield also notes that the vaccines had “significant” side effects that made people sick.

- Camp Migdal in the Catskills for special needs children  sent out letters they will be closing down due to a financial shortfall, parents have now launched a charidy campaign to save it from closing and open up this summer Here