Monday April 28 News Updates Lakewood

 First day Rosh Chodesh Iyar  30 Nissan

Weather: 75° Sunny.

Summer  zman starts tonight in BMG

- Canadian election:

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the Canadian election.

Just months ago, the Conservatives were headed for a landslide. But after Trump came to power and launched  attacks on Canada, many Canadians moved to back Carney as a rejection of Trump.

- Crown Heights Update: A small group of approximately 50 pro-Palestine “protesters” which gathered outside the Barclay’s Center Monday evening have dispersed home after the NYPD refused to allow them to march into Crown Heights.(CH Info)

NYPD is preparing for new protests as  protesters to rally in Crown Heights Brooklyn on Monday as violent agitators are planning to march into Crown Heights, aiming to bring fear to a peaceful Jewish neighborhood after claims that  a woman was verbally assaulted  of pro-Israel demonstrators there last week.

- Due to FAA equipment outage, arrivals and departures are currently delayed at EWR.

- Route 9 nightly road closures continue

the New Jersey State Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin a key new phase of road improvement work along Route 9 in Lakewood on Monday evening, April 28th.

The current area of focus, as part of the ongoing “Indian Head Project,” will be on and around Route 9 between Route 88 and 3rd Street, in both directions. Road closures and detours in that area are expected to begin Monday evening through early morning hours. These closures will continue on a nightly basis for the duration of this project, currently estimated to last approximately six months.  This phase of improvement work will focus on improving water drainage, as well as adding a variety of lane enhancements to speed up traffic flow on that busy stretch of road.

Additionally, the State is scheduled to begin, in the near future, improvement work on Route 9 between John and Pine Streets, with southbound traffic detoured via Martin Luther King Boulevard. (The Northbound lane in this area is expected to remain open.)

- The installation of new traffic signals are expected within two months at the intersections of Route 9 and Oak Street, and Route 9 and Broadway.

- Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet, announced today that he will resign on June 15.

-Trump: I am proud to announce the formation of the FEMA Review Council, comprised of Top Experts in their fields, who are Highly Respected by their peers..... I know that the new Members will work hard to fix a terribly broken System, and return power to State Emergency Managers, who will help, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Congratulations to all

- Jones Road Wildfire  is now  75% contained as of Monday morning 15,300 acres burned

- Giyus: Hundreds of yeshiva bochurim and Peleg yerushalmi followers came out to protest today in front of enlistment centers in Yerushalayim and recruitment centers at Tel Hashomer against the government’s attempts to draft Charedi yeshiva students.clashing with police while harassing new conscripts 

Border Police officers dragged and shoved demonstrators who attempted to break their line and approach the enlistment center, and kicked protesters in several instances. At one point, a border cop had to physically restrain his fellow officer from pushing a demonstrator. Several protesters had torn jackets from clashes with the police and one Haredi man sported a black eye others had blood on their head from Police excessive use of  force 

Shas  party MK Moshe Arbel  spoke out against the protestors calling them  “rascals who acted violently against the Haredi recruits to the IDF today.” “These ruffians are not adherents of the Torah and do not represent its values,” he said. Bnei Torah faction called out MK Arbel's words as attacking talmidei chachamim : "Mr. Arbel, those 'rascals'  who are immersed in the Torah of Abaye and Raba for most of the day, are there to protect the future generations of the Sephardic public, which for years has become cannon fodder for recruitment targets in the Haredi sector."

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir also condemned the disturbances.

“At the start of a week that symbolizes the memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers I view the actions of a group of extremists with great severity,” 

- Chodesh Iyar is also a segula for refuah and healing Reb Pinchos of Koritz says the rains that fall between Pesach and Shevuos is a great refuah for diseases that have no cure, rachmana litzlon. One should let the rain fall on their head and open their mouth to let the rain go straight in (some places say to the right side of the mouth).

- A judge ruled Toms River, NJ, must provide 670 affordable housing units, rejecting the town's calculation of 114.

- WZO: New allegation of voter fraud investigated: Party heads have called for the AZM to respond strongly to the allegations, including disqualifying any slate found engaging in fraudulent behavior. Failure to do so would threaten the legitimacy of the entire process, they say.

- The White House lawn has been lined with mugshot-style posters bearing the faces of 100 “arrested” illegal migrants — and lists of the despicable crimes some have committed.

- Pakistan’s Minister of Defense is claiming that a military incursion by India is imminent, with bases and positions being reinforced along the Line of Control

- Little Egg Harbor School District officials say they are considering a nearly 33% school tax increase for homeowners.

-Apple Bank has officially opened the doors to its newest branch location at 140 East Kennedy Boulevard.

- Pies on deck  of Westgate currently closed until further notice expeted to reopen new location in Toms River 

- Josh Gottheimer launched his first digital ad of the NJ governor race on YouTube over the weekend. Ad includes the disclaimer "AI generated imagery" and features images of him in a boxing match with Pres Trump

- Trump: Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America. No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!

- Dem poll: US Jews disapprove of Trump’s executive orders, other actions by about 3-1 margin, new poll suggests  By nearly a 3-1 margin, American Jews say they don’t approve of the job that U.S. President Donald Trump is doing (72% to 24%) and think the country is moving in the wrong direction (72% and 23%), according to a new poll from the Jewish Electorate Institute. The Mellman Group, which conducted the poll, surveyed 800 American Jewish registered voters between April 15 and 18. Respondents were overwhelmingly liberal (60%) and Democrat (70%, including 46% “strong Democrat”), compared to conservative (27%) and Republican (23%). Almost a third didn’t identify with a denomination, while 10% identified as Orthodox, 19% as Conservative and 38% as Reform.

- Trump: We don't have a Free and Fair "Press" in this Country anymore. We have a Press that writes BAD STORIES, and CHEATS, BIG, ON POLLS. IT IS COMPROMISED AND CORRUPT. SAD!

- Widespread power outages occur in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and France. Communication networks are down, public transport is disrupted, and airports are affected. What is behind the widespread outage is still unclear

- Trump: A big Raid last night on some of the worst people illegally in our Country — Drug Dealers, Murderers, and other Violent Criminals, of all shapes and sizes, and Judges don’t want to send them back to where they came from. If we don’t win this battle at the Supreme Court, our Country, as we know it, is FINISHED! It will be a Crime ridden MESS. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

- A voter registration drive by republican activist took place yesterday in Lakewood atvthe Weshoit gun shop. Data shows over 250,000 NJ gun owners are not registered to vote.