Monday November 18 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Weather: 67° Partly cloudy

- Low visibility in lakewood on the roads due to smoke from wildfire

Jackson planning board reconsiders and approves 2500 student school

Following their earlier rejection of the proposal, on Monday night, following several hours of contentious testimony, Jackson Township's Planning Board formally reconsidered and approved an application for a 200,000+ sq foot school campus with 4 schools for a total of 2,500 students on Chandler Road and Jackson Mills Road.  More  FAAnews 

- Several people are reporting at least 5 unidentified large drones that have been flying unauthorized for over 2 hours in Morris County, New Jersey.  Multiple law enforcement officers and emergency crews responded to the area.

An army Black Hawk helicopter was also tracked on flight tracking the 5 unknown large drones on radar nearby.

8:30pm update

- Lakewood wildfire grows to 33 acres, 20% contained smell of smoke all over

Earlier in the day, the Country Club Wildfire had threatened six structures on Seminole Drive, none of which were evacuated. However, that concern had been eliminated by the late evening hours and the fire posed no further threat to homes or businesses, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

Nevertheless, Clearstream Road remained closed between Brewers Bridge and Hope Chapel Road, the forest fire service said in a Facebook post.

- NY Gov Hochul: I am declaring a statewide drought watch because of a historic shortage of rainfall.

- Continued Tehilim for a Lakewood youngerman who suffered a stroke son of Rabbi Joey Haber Name is Menachem ben Miriam 

- Grand Opening Alert! TREASURE HUNTERS USA, in Howell, NJ! Various Brand new products 50-70% off!   located at 4518 US-9, Howell, NJ, right across from the up-and-coming Moishe's Discount & MBW Liquidators Opening Date: Tuesday, November 19  Clothing for men, women, and kids  Sportswear and designer shoes  Housewares and linens  Towels, toys, and more!  watch Video HERE

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- Manasquan Reservoir drops below half empty The Manasquan Reservoir has reached historically low levels due to New Jersey’s ongoing drought. The reservoir in Howell, which can supply as much as 30 million gallons of water per day to the water utilities that serve Monmouth County, contains 2.3 billion gallons of water on Monday and is about 49.35% full —

- Garden State Parkway South is at a standstill due to a truck fire near mile marker 114.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Meir Gutfreund, zt”l, of Bensonhurst, founder of the Cheder school in Flatbush and recently took over the Kamenitz cheder in Lakewood. He was 72, and was sick over the last year. His life was dedicated to harbotzas Hatorah chesed and chinuch . He also founded a school for the Buchrian community in Queens. The levaya  will take place tomorrow  10:30 AM at the mesivta Sholom Shachna, 401 Elmwood Avenue, Brooklyn, followed by a Levaya in Kamenetz Lakewood at 2:30 PM. Kevurah in Lakewood.

- Adirei Hatorah sent funds today for the cheshvan Kollel check to Bmg youngeleit. In. Email to supporters Adirei Hatorah said that they BH were able to send out over $14 million over the past 6 weeks which included the chdesh tishrei check plus yom tov bonus with much siyata D'shmaya. So far adirei has distributed $197 Million to kollel youngeleit.

- Lakewood zoning board set to approve application that would stop DOT from widening route 9. FAA reports,  the lakewood township zoning board is set tonight to consider a application for a 4-story office building at 685 river avenue, the current site of bais shaindel which was sold to congregation lutzk. The application requires use variance relief as office buildings are not permitted in the r-10 zone.

the application further seeks a height variance to permit for a 64 feet high building where the maximum allowed in the r-10 zone is 35 feet.The proposed parking in the front yard will be less than 65 feet from the center line of Route 9. If the Board approves this application, the state will not have the Desirable Typical Section which they require to sufficiently widen Route 9.

- Lakewood wildfire update

APP: A wildfire is burning in the area of Pine Park, the Lakewood Country Club and Clearstream Road, spreading to 30 acres and threatening six structures, none of which have been evacuated, authorities said.

Clearstream Road is closed between Brewers Bridge and Hope Chapel Road, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a Facebook post.

The six structures facing the threat of burning are on Seminole Drive.

The forest fire service has issued a Wildfire Alert and is on the scene with bulldozers, fire trucks and ground crews and is using a helicopter for observation.

The containment of the fire stood at 0% at 3:10 p.m., the forest fire service said.

The cause is under investigation.

- A Chabad Rabbi asks Elon Musk to make a Tesla big enough for a large family. After Musk tweeted that we should instead of teaching fear of pregnancy we should teach fear of childlessness. Rabbi Shlomo Litwin chabad Rabbi in Kentucky responded to musk with a picture of his 7 children and said I'm woring on itv please make a tesla large enough for my family. Musk responded they are working on the Robovan tesla currently in development.

- LFD Units are on scene of a large brush fire at Pine Park in Lakewood 

-A wild scene in Lakewood this afternoon after a suspect wanted for a stolen vehicle hit a pursuing officer at the intersection of Cedarbridge and New Hampshire Avenues then fled to a nearby school and stole another vehicle.The school (YOC) is on lockdown as police continue to search. (SSchorr)

- Update from YOC: B"H All boys are safe. There was an accident on the corner that caused concern to the police for a few moments, but at no time there was a concern to the students.

- Bingo black Friday  catalog Here

-Trump’s economic advisers & congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps & other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year.Among the options under discussion by GOP lawmakers and aides are new work requirements and spending caps for the programs, However, concern is high among some Republicans about the political downsides of such cuts, which would affect programs that provide support for at least 70 million low-income Americans, and some people familiar with the talks stressed that discussions are preliminary.

- Lakewood  township zoning board meeting tonight 7pm watch live stream Here

 See agenda Here 

application for  new Satmar Mkva  Nashim on E Kennedy 

66 duplexes on Prospect st

Office building on former Bais Shaindel property on rt 9

-  Jackson reassessment, the town is mandated to reasses all properties every 10 years. However even if your house doubles in value the max they can raise tax is .02% a year. If work was done and square footage was added to the living space of the home the taxes will be more as some have seen an increase of over $1000.

- Rep. Mikie Sherrill announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey on Tuesday, vowing to address affordability and make bold changes for the state. Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, declared her intention to lead with a focus on housing, healthcare, and economic reforms.

- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY),  blames the jews for why democrats lost the election she blamed it o Aipac who happened to raise millions for the dems she wrote on twitter

“If people want to talk about members of Congress being overly influenced by a special interest group pushing a wildly unpopular agenda that pushes voters away from Democrats then they should be discussing AIPAC,”