Wednesday April 30 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 77° Sunny to partly cloudy. elevated risk for fire spread through early this evening across most of New Jersey

Allergy alert high pollen count at 10.3

Lakewood Schools are asking the state for another massive loan. The new $100 million loan request was part of its $303.8 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

The loan request was approved by State Monitor Louise Davis after Lakewood's BOE rejected the plan. The new budget, which now goes to the county superintendent, will boost the school tax by about $88, or 2.4%, a year for an average township household. (APP)

-B"H Yair Yehoshua ben Chaya Atara the young   Boy from Toms River  who was criticaly injured in a accident is heading home.

The  family, wrote:

“הודו לה׳ כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו – We are beyond grateful to share this incredible news. While we were hesitant to say anything until we were certain, we’re now thrilled to share that we are heading home. A more detailed post is coming soon, but we felt it was important to share this news right away.” While the journey to full healing is not over, the fact that Yair is already well enough to leave the hospital nothing short of a neis.

- BMG dorm campus  at 6th street renamed and dedicated as the "Campus  Bet Yosef Safra" . Sponsored by the philanthropic Safra family 

- Chavrusa Tumul day 2 at BMG,seats and chaburos will be finalized tomorrow 

- Can't make it to Kerestir? Preparations are underway for a large crowd who will attend the kever of the brother of Reb Shayala ,Reb Yehuda Tzvi Steiner ZL at the Baaron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island 1126 Richmond Ave staten Island,NY. It will be opened for 24 hours with food and logistics to accommodate  thousands there will be minyanin for shachris mincha maariv. The cemetery is 2 minutes off the SI Expressway It is said over that Reb Shayala appeared in a dream and told someone that you can go daven at my brothers kever in New York and will be helped just as if you came to me in Kerestir. 

- LPD continues with heavy traffic enforcement pulling cars over for infractions 

- 25,000 expected in Kerestir over next 48 hours 

- A seuda will take place tonight in Lakewood open to the entire community for the 100th yartzeit of Reb Shayala Keristir hosted by the Admor Mshedlitz Lakewood Khal Yeshuos Dovid. It will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the attendance of Rabonim the Rachmastrivja rebbe of Oak  n Vine and Admorim.Maaeiv 10:00pm Bentching 11:15

- Agudah chairman's take: "Reb Shayele may not have been a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah, but he taught us all. I see his endless commitment to chessed every day at Agudah headquarters, and you can see it in any community- the sheer number of Gemach’s, chessed organizations, and innovative ways that Yidden are there for one another. We are all his chassidim."

 - Lakewood residents: If you want a real say in shaping major traffic improvements for Kennedy Boulevard and County Line Road, now is your chance. Ocean County and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) are inviting the public to a critical meeting where residents can review proposed plans and voice their opinions before the final designs are locked in to bring long-term major traffic improvements to address congestion and safety along portions of Kennedy Boulevard and County Line Road in Lakewood. Between September 2018 and September 2021 there were 30 crashes, including 4 crashes with injuries, at County Line Road and Forest Avenue. Several more intersections along these roads have had over 20 crashes over a 3 year period. Meeting will take place Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Lakewood Municipal Courthouse, 231 3rd St., Lakewood NJ 08701 faanews

Trump: This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden “Overhang.” This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!

- Mark Levin standing at The Kosel today posted a video warning the world that Iran must never get nuclear weapons period.

NJ Transit braces for strike, warns of financial ‘death spiral’ if they give in to demands

Andrew Cuomo hired frum PR firm with softball interview on VIN without disclosingit was paid content: Hamerurgeman on X posted "As the Jewish community continues to reject him over his normalizing Jew-hunting during COVID, he goes and secretly PAID for a softball “interview” in a Hasidic news outlet - without disclosing it was paid content! 

Asked about his targeting the Orthodox community during covid  he said 

“I’m sure, in retrospect I could have done some things differently and not every move is ever perfect in hindsight.”

-Toms River:  In an attempt to prevent a county homeless shelter from being built in a Church in downtown Toms River, Mayor Daniel Rodrick will attempt to buy the property, or seize it via eminent domain, and build a recreational area instead. Toms River has approximately 175 homeless people - the most in the county.

The town council will vote on an ordinance allowing the acquisition this afternoon.

Study: Nationwide more than a quarter of all nursing home operators spent under $10 a day to feed their residents which is appallingly low according to a research studt by advanced media Here 

- TRUMP o. ABC : DOGE “found tremendous waste, fraud and abuse”

ABC: “Fraud is a crime. There have been no referrals to the DOJ”

TRUMP: “Well you don’t know that do you? How do you know that?”

ABC: “I’m asking you…”

TRUMP: “You’re not asking me. You made a statement… Yes there have.”

Trump: The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER. They cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena. Kamala Harris, during Early Voting and, immediately before Election Day, was asked a question, and gave an answer, that was so bad and incompetent that it would have cost her many of the Votes that she ended up getting. It was a disastrous answer! 60 Minutes and its corporate parents, in order that this not have a negative impact on her, removed and deleted Kamala’s entire answer, every word of it, and replaced it with a response that she gave later on to an entirely different question. The new answer was not good, but it didn’t show Gross Incompetence like the one that was removed by 60 Minutes. In other words, 60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System. Despite all of the above, and Paramount’s/CBS’/60 Minutes’ admittance to this crime and, with other similar corrupt removals of answers to questions, the Failing New York Times, which is Fake News both in writing and polling, claims that “people” said that the case is baseless. They don’t mean that, they just have a non curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, possibly to the point where the Times’ interjection makes them liable for tortious interference, including in Elections, which we are intently studying. The bottom line is that what 60 Minutes and its corporate owners have committed is one of the most egregious illegalities in Broadcast History. Nothing like this, the illegal creation of an answer for a Presidential Candidate, has ever been done before, they have to pay a price for it, and the Times should also be on the hook for their likely unlawful behavior. It is vital to hold these Liars and Fraudsters accountable!