Wednesday July 16 News Updates Lakewood

 weather: 89° Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Chance of rain 50%.

Heat advisory in effect From 10 AM to 8 PM Thursday. .Heat index values up to 103 degrees expected.

- Jackson: One person has been killed and as many as 11 people injured in a lightning strike at a archery range in a rural section of Perrineville Road that has also set a house ablaze, according to Mayor Michael Reina. Another person on the scene was undergoing CPR,, Reina said. App reports.

-Trump: I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so. I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!

(Currently this is what the kosher for pesach version tasted like without high fructose corn syrup.)

- Thousands attending the Satmar Kehilla Ze Mizeh Business Expo  today at the NJ Exposition Center.

- Trump drafts letter to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell NYT

- At a White House event: President Trump thanked envoy Whitkopf and said, "There is good news regarding Gaza."

- Sherrill leads Ciattarelli by 5 points in GOP poll Super PAC poll from Kellyanne Conway shows Democrat narrowly ahead The poll, conducted by Kellyanne Conway for Change NJ in June, puts Sherill ahead, 47%-42%, with 11% undecided.

- Bradley Beach to vote on form of government switch voters in Bradley Beach will decide in November whether to adopt a Council-Manager form of government, as recommended by the local Charter Study Commission in a 4-1 vote.

The panel found that the current “strong mayor” system, approved in 1992, places an excessive concentration of power in the hands of a mayor and lacks a robust system of checks and balances, which could lead to poor communication.

The question is will Lakewood follow?

- Giyus: Shas has decided to resign from the government but not from the coalition. It will not support a no-confidence motion.The meaning of this move is symbolic but important: The coalition is not a minority coalition, and the door to legislation has not been closed. Amit Segal reports.

Aryeh Deri said we have to give Bibi a chance he told me in 3 months there will be a draft law. 

- Today 20 Tamuz The massacre of Jewish men in Telz took place in 1941

-No takers for Lakewood schools lawyer job, APP reports 

Since Inzelbuch’s last six-figure contract ended on June 30 - his reappointment was blocked by a state monitor - the district has been forced to cancel at least one board meeting due to lack of legal counsel. The school district has heard from at least two law firms that have served the district in recent years who refuse to continue unless Inzelbuch is reappointed. An attorney representing the district is in negotiations with the state Department of Education concerning the district’s appeal of a state decision to block Inzelbuch's new contract.

- US ambassador Mike Huckabee is headed to court today to support Netanyahu in his trial."President Trump has made his position clear, this is personal for him," Huckabee said. "He considers Netanyahu a friend. I would say it's extraordinary that the prime minister is on trial during wartime and during negotiations over hostages."

-MDY daf yomi magid shiur makes personal siyum hashas after starting this cycle with Maseches Avoda Zara daf 28 They shared this tweet: "After 7.5 years of dedication, Stefansky finishes Shas with Daf Yomi. Mazal Tov! " 

-The New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Council has endorsed every incumbent legislator seeking re-election this year, except for Democratic Assemblyman Avi Schnall (D-Lakewood) and Republican lawmakers in the 10th, 12th, 13th, and 39th districts. Instead of Schnall, the building trades went with former Assemblyman Ned Thomson (R-Wall), who is seeking to regain the seat he held until his upset defeat in 2023. (NJ Globe)

- 2 officers from the Lakewood Police Department and one sergeant from Howell Township were among nearly 550 New Jersey law enforcement officers disciplined for major misconduct in 2024, according to a newly released report from the state Attorney General’s Office. Statewide, the report shows officers from 172 law enforcement agencies were disciplined

- Assemblyman Schnall introduces legislation that will allow how money in the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) Assistance Fund can be used. It clarifies that certain property-related expenses are officially allowed. by making it explicitly legal to use assistance funds for buying or leasing property and buildings

- From July 7 to July 13. There were 14 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,610-square-foot home on Bristol Court in Lakewood that sold for $601,000.

-KCL publishes list of simcha halls in the lakewood area under their hashgacha it soes not mention the other halls that have hashgachos from other kashrus organizations that are just as busy and have weddings there nightly 

-Fox Business: “Tariff revenues topped a record $113 billion for the first time during the fiscal year — a revelation that comes as President Donald Trump imposes near-weekly duties on some of the world’s largest economies…The U.S. received more than $27 billion in customs duties in June, the highest figure so far this year, according to the Treasury Department's ‘Customs and Certain Excise Taxes’ dat