Monday December 23 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 30° Sunshine and  a few afternoon clouds. 

- Tucker Carlson speaks about the drone sightings “I know that something actually big is happening. I think we can deduce that. I know that the coverup is bipartisan. That always makes me uncomfortable when both sides are in on something. And I know that I don't know what it really is.”

- Gourmet glatt opening another branch in Jackson at the former stop n shop location off W County Line and Bennets Mills Rd. The new store will be just a few miles away from the Lakewood north location.

- Updated Important Notice for Business Owners - You must file a BOI Report! Today, the 5th Circuit stayed the injunction against mandatory BOI reporting. The deadline was extended to January 13, 2025.

- Adirei Hatorah fundraiser  event tonight in Los Angeles with the participation of the Lakewood  Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita, guest speaker Rav Yehoshua Abba Busel R"M in BMG

- The winner of the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot sold in New Jersey nine months ago has finally stepped forward to claim the record prize nine months after the drawing, The winner, has chosen to remain anonymous The ticket was sold on March 26 at the ShopRite liquor store on Route 66 in Neptune Township. The winner elected to receive the cash value of $537.5 million before state and federal taxes.

- Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $944 million for Tuesday night drawing 

- A fire broke early this morning at a American girls seminary dormitory on Dovid Yellin Street in yeeushalayim injuring 39 people, three were in serious condition, and two were in moderate condition, the others were lightly injured.  mostly with minor injuries. The Ohr Chaya school a Chabad seminary for girls from Chutz Laaretz. According to initial reports, the fire appears to have been caused by an electrical malfunction. All of the injured suffered from smoke inhalation. The security guard helped save the girls and is severely injured.

- The Satmar Rebbe, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum shlita, issued a call for people to be more careful about kashrus of mezuzas and reiterated his call for affordable housing in Kiryas Joel at the annual Chof Alef Kislev celebration marking 80 years since the Divrei Yoel’s escape from war-torn Europe.

The rebbe alerted  that recently, people from Eretz Yisroel have flooded the market with mezuzas that are printed from a machine instead of written by a sofer. People may only purchase a mezuzah from the sofer who wrote it himself and must check existing mezuzas.

- More than 5,200 homes and businesses in the Whiting section of Manchester were without power Monday morning due to an issue at a substation, a Jersey Central Power & Light official said. estimated restoration is 1 pm

- At the Adirei hatorah fundraiser in Montreal R' Lazer Scheiner said 70% of the donors to adirei hatorah are from Lakewood 

- BDE: Petirah of  Mrs. Hindel Stefansky A”H wife of Rav Moshe Gavriel Z"L od Boro Park she was in her 80;s  levaya this afternoon 12 pm at the Lakewood chapel  survived by  her children  R’ Chaim Stefansky, R’ Yosef Stefansky and R’ Yaakov Yitzchok Stefansky; and  daughters, Cohen, Altusky, Borchardt, Block, Lipschutz and Magid families

- Some schools may not have busing tomorrow for the way home

-Hatzolah of centra Jersey new digital system is now live making audio communications  private which used to be pubkicly available on scanners and helped news industries and towers get to accident scenes.

- RCCS auction is tonight

- Hundreds came to daven at the kever of Rav Ahwr deutsch with shiva ending today.

- President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 men on federal death row  a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers.

- Top 10 Deadliest Intersections on NJ Roads based in injurl lawyer website one is in Ocean county 

NJ Route 70 and Lakehurst Road, in Manchester Township, Ocean County. During the five years in question, 35 car crashes took place at this intersection, killing 4 people.

- Listeners called into wobm radio station When asking about the worst roadways, Rt. 9 through Lakewood, is one of the worst they said.

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- Six Flags Great Adventure has filed a permit with Jackson Township, New Jersey to begin demolition work on Kingda Ka, which the theme park recently announced will be shut down to make room for a new "multi-record-breaking launch coaster" in 2026

- Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the shooting of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson during his arraignment in Manhattan. He faces multiple counts, including first-and second-degree murder, weapon possession, a forged license and federal charges.

- The Kremlin issues official denial of reports that Asma Assad has begun divorce proceedings from Bashar Assad

- Panama responded to Trump’s tweet about the Panama Canal when he said he wants it back under Anerican control,they responded its not negotiable Then Trump responded by renaming the canal with “welcome to the United States Canal”.

- 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS. 

The IRS announced that it would be distributing approximately $2.4 billion to individuals who missed out on claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit when filing their 2021 taxes. This credit was available to those who did not receive a full stimulus payment or who missed one of the COVID relief payments altogether. The IRS revealed that many eligible taxpayers failed to claim the credit, prompting the distribution of these payments.

- Saker ShopRites also has proposed renovating and expanding its 60-year-old Freehold Township store at South Freehold Shopping Center on Route 9, according to a redevelopment plan approved earlier this summer by township officials.