Wednesday November 20 News Updates Lakewood

Weather 61° mostly cloudy 

New Jersey will get a good soaking of rain starting Wednesday night 2-3 inches expected 

A dusting of snow is also likely in northwestern parts of the state on Thursday night into Friday, though little-to-no accumulation is expected

4th Yartzeit of Harav Dovid Feinstein zatzal

- Metorologist Because we haven't had much rain in a month or two, there's a lot of oil built up on the roads, he said. This, mixed with the water, could make conditions slick through Friday. Thursday morning rush hour is going to be nasty. "It's going to make for some pretty significant potential for hydroplaning," he said. "Definitely drive below the speed limit

- 30% of Senate Democrats Vote To Embargo Arms To Israel

Senators Heinrich, Hirono, Kaine, King, Markey, Merkley, Ossoff, Sanders, Schatz, Smith, Warren, Welch, Durbin, Van Hollen, Shaheen, Lujan, Warnock, Murphy all voted for Sanders' embargo.

-Russian President, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, has agreed to peace talks with Ukraine as long as President Donald Trump leads them.

- The House Ethics Committee votes against releasing Matt Gaetz classified Ethics report

after Republicans on the panel voted against making the findings public.

- The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the Lakewood wildfire is now 100% contained.

The fire, which burned 35 acres, will continue to smolder for several days and smoke conditions are expected to last until the next significant rainfall.  Forest Fire Service crews will remain at the area for the next several days to continue to improve containment lines and address areas of concern to ensure public safety, until there is significant rain, officials said.

Price of eggs goes up again Aldi $3.95, Walmart $3.97,Lidl has cheaper too

- The US State Department announced that the it is temporarily closing its embassy in Kyiv after receiving what it says is "specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20.

- After Donald Trump carried Passaic County, Josh Gottheimer will spend $2 million to engage voters on better Democratic messaging(njglobe)

- Lakewood Schools state monitor suddenly resigns; 2nd monitor in months to quit

Kelvin Smith, who was appointed by the Department of Education in July 2024 and signed a contract to serve through August 2025, submitted a letter of resignation to the state on Tuesday citing a decision to “take a break from work and enjoy my retirement for a while.”app

- Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO,

BDE: petirah of Rav Shimon Shisha Ztl of Yerushalayim the menahel of Toldos Aharon chasidus in EY. His brotherbis the Gabbana of the rebbe. He was a known gabbai tzedaka and Baal chesed. The rebbe is currently in the US and will visit Lakewood next week.

- Georgian court Women's Lacrosse team visited Oak Street Elementary School recently as a part of Georgian Court's "Lakewood United initiative!". There's no mention where else teams will visit.

- Trump: The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door. Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!

- Jewish press editorial: It is scandalous that Jewish organizational leadership has largely ignored the Harris campaign's careful and ever so clever efforts to create an image of Donald Trump as a reincarnation of Adolph HItler Jewish leaders did not rise in protest nor did Jewish leadership seem to care when fellow  democrats took out ads comparing Trump to HItler. Our leaders were also largely unheard from when several democrat campaign groups took to analogizing a massive Trump campaign rally in Madison Square garden to a 1939 Nazi rally.

-Israeli Channel 14 is reporting that it appears that a significant obstacle has been removed on the way to normalization with Saudi Arabia. 

Sources in the US said that Mohammed bin Salman no longer insists on a defense alliance with the US and would be willing to move towards normalization with Israel in exchange for other benefits.

- Updated 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 it goes up more than double you will be paying additional taxes.

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.