Friday October 3 News Updates Lakewood

Friday, October 3, 2025 / י״א תשרי תשפ״ו

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-US Senate REJECTS Democrats' bill to reopen the federal government, 46-52.

- Shopping centers packed with no parking and lines out the door. Checkouts lines over 1 hour

- Home depot no more asking for the thing in the thing the Lakewood branch has all the sukkos needs displayed with directions where to find it and proper aisle numbers for all Sukkos needs.

- Governor Phil Murphy signed A4544, sponsored by Assemblyman Avi Schnall, expanding New Jersey’s child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students. The state budget office estimates the change could cost taxpayers about $30 million. While no funding is currently set aside for advanced degree students, the law guarantees that once federal or state dollars are allocated, parents in graduate programs will be eligible for the benefit.

-Jackson Council President Jennifer Kuhn was voted in as the new Mayor of Jackson to take over Mike Reina, who stepped down, her term will run until December 31, 2026. Mordy Burnstein was elevated to Council President

- Jackson: Developer seeking to build a new Jewish boys private school with dormitories on Frank Applegate Road will appear before the township Planning Board later in October.

Yeshivas Ner Moshe plans to build the two-story school on the nearly 25-acre site. It would include classrooms, an assembly room, gym, dining room, outdoor basketball court and 22 dormitory rooms. The proposal would also include 80 parking stalls.App reports

-Victims of Yom Kippur terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue have been named as Melvin Cravitz, aged 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53. police say one of the victims may have been shot by Police gunfire.

Tehillim The names of two of those seriously injured in yesterday's Manchester attack are Anshel Yitzhak Ben Malka and Yehonoson Zalman Ben Sheina Gittel.