Monday January 13 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 44° Partly cloudy. High 44F. 

- El Al flight LY27, originally bound for Newark  from Tel Aviv, has now landing at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, after declaring an emergency and diverting due to a sick  passenger on board 

- The garbage truck that Trump rode in during the presidential campaign when Biden called his supporters garbage, will appear at the inaugural parade in Washington DC next Monday 

- Santa Ana winds will return to Southern California this week, bringing extreme fire threats across the region that could complicate efforts to fight ongoing wildfires.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Mordechai Moshe Perlman zt”l, R”M and Mashgiach of Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Yerushalayim for . He was 76. He was from the early talmidim of yeshiva Mir Yerushalayim. The levaya took place today.

- Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita R'Y Sharei Simcha in Yerushalayim will deliver a shiur today at BMG Beren hall 12:45 pm on the sugya of Eishes Ach shel Yavom

Dozen eggs at Aldi $3.50 limit 2 (Brick location) 

-- Can Can sale at Shop Rite this week many items on sale

- Daycare application for Spruce st and Washington/Vine back on agenda for Planning board meeting 1/21

- Lakewood BOE has authorized two lawsuits against the state. Those suits are for alleged “false findings” in a 2024 state review and for failing to provide additional funds for special education services. APP reports the board reappointed former state monitor Robert Finger as a new consultant post that will pay him $110 per hour, up to $20,000, of taxpayer money. (App)

- Lakewood & jackson politicians decide it's time to "Play ball more 

- New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy  will sign the Target Zero Commission bill today.

The legislation, which was approved unanimously by both chambers, will establish a 13-member commission to devise strategies to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries in New Jersey by 2040.

- Jackson chooses official Newspapers more at faa 

- Israeli carrier Arkia is now selling nonstop flights between JFK and Tel Aviv between February 8th-May 8th.  Flights are bookable directly from Arkia, Currently, flights in February cost $599 each way, March flights cost $799-$999 each way, April flights cost $899-$1,399 each way, and May flights cost $799-$999 each way.(Dansdeals)

- The Bank Hapoalim building at kikar shabbos intersection in Yerushalayim will be converted to a pitzuchim nut store.

- Bobov, Chabad, and Satmar yeshivas have filed a federal civil rights complaint against New York City and State Education Departments, alleging pervasive discrimination against Jewish schools.

- With February 1, 2025, just around the corner, Lakewood property owners are reminded that the latest quarter’s property taxes are due. Timely payments are crucial to avoid interest and penalties. This applies to property owners who pay their taxes directly to the Township, rather than through their mortgage lender. 

Property taxes can be paid online at Lakewood Township’s website via ACH (one-time or automatic quarterly payments) or through a one-time credit/debit card payment.