Monday June 8 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 73° Mostly sunny. 

New Jersey residents can expect a brief break from the heat on Monday, followed by highs in the 90s and the threat of daily thunderstorms by midweek.

- DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin criticizesNJ Gov.  Mikie Sherrill over her comments about the Delaney Hall detention facility, saying he personally granted her access despite her having no federal oversight authority. He emphasizes that she was told in advance she would not be allowed to speak with detainees and accuses her of turning the issue into a political matter.

He also argues that conditions at Delaney Hall are better than those in New Jersey state prisons, claiming the facility has more medical personnel per detainee, more space, and lower detainee death rates, and suggests she should instead focus on improving conditions within her own state’s detention system.

- United communities of Williamsburg:

We stand in solidarity as two innocent individuals face false accusations made by an alleged guard who assaulted innocent people as can clearly be seen in a video  clip, claiming assault an unfounded and fabricated lie.

We urge everyone to join us tonight at 9 PM in front of the  @NYPD90Pct located at 211 Union Avenue, to protest this injustice.

Let our voices be heard: justice must pr

- Satmar on Twitter: Two innocent people were falsely accused and arrested by NYPD and are now at Brooklyn’s @NYPD90Pct

 station house. We urge everyone to gather at 211 Union Avenue to demand their immediate release! Let’s stand together for justice.

- Road closures continue tonight:

Rt 88 and Clifton Avenue traffic light down

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/8 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following streets starting 10 PM. Buttell 20ft from Rt 9. Prospect 100ft from Rt 9. Sherwood 40ft from Rt 9. Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. W Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. The Prospect St detour is Williams/James/Route 9.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center Stret.

- Hafganos today in Yerushalayim protesting the light rail as cres begin to lay down tracks Yirmiyahu bar Ilan streets. In another area Several bochurim were arrested as well for Draft dodging.

- NWS Mount Holly In case anyone is wondering... yes, there is a wildfire in New Jersey on land under JB MDL jurisdiction. The east winds are bringing the smoke westward towards Philadelphia

- The Mashgiach Rav Don Segal shlita is in Lakewood today joining thedelegagtion on behalf of keren Olam HaTorah 

- Thousands attend a shiur today given By the R"Y Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita in BMG Beren hall 

- New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she was finally granted access to Delaney Hall in Newark after weeks of being denied entry, but described the visit as a tightly controlled tour. Sherrill said she was not allowed to meet or speak with detainees at the ICE detention facility, raising what she called "serious questions" about conditions inside and the treatment of those being held there.  

- The NJGOP says it found cases of noncitizens seeking U.S. citizenship asking to be removed from New Jersey voter rolls because they were registered despite not being eligible to vote.

Many said they didn’t know how they became registered in the first place.

- Traffic light installed at intersection of Cross street and White street

- Pizza bagels 18 ct for sale this week at Bibgo and Gourmet Glatt $7.99

- BOGO sale at Kallamata on any pizza pie today and tomorrow 

- Vaad L'Mishmeres Shatnez dvisory warns against using unqualified shatnez testers, citing a case where improper testing left linen in a Hugo Boss wool suit that was later worn. The notice stresses that garments including rekelach and bekeshes should only be checked by qualified shatnez laboratories, as proper testing and removal require expertise. It urges the public to rely exclusively on certified labs and references a list of recommended shatnez testing locations in the Lakewood–Toms River area.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Dov Aharon Zelaznik zt”l, Rshei yeshiva of Yeshivas “Maor HaTalmud” in Rechovot at the age of 81. He was from the early Talmidim of Brisk yeshiva under Rav Berel Soloveitchik ZTL. A Talmmid chochom a mechaber seforim well-versed in all areas of Torah His hasmada and yegia in Torah was extraordinary. Levaya today in Yerushalayim Gush 80 neighborhood to Har Hazeisim  

-Tonight Lakewood zoning board meeting see live stream Here 

 see agenda Here 

several major applications  for Prospect Cross st area

- SK Prospect Cross Lakewood, LLC (Prospect Street) – Seeking a use variance and major subdivision approval to construct 8 duplex buildings (16 residential units) in the M-1 zone.

- 60 Cross Street, LLC (560 Cross Street) near entrance to Eagle Ridge Seeking approval for a 71-lot subdivision in the M-1 zone, including: 66 residential lots for duplexes 3 stormwater management lots 1 retail/office lot

1 house of worship lot, potentially creating 132 residential units through 66 duplex lots

- Rabin & Company, LLC (Nassau Street, Amsterdam, Columbus & Nostrand Avenues) – Requesting a use variance to develop a mix of single-family homes and duplex residential units in the R20/12C zone.

-Chestnut Equity, LLC (Route 70) – Returning to the board regarding a previously approved use variance for a 4-story apartment building along Route 70 between Evergreen Boulevard and Woodcrest Avenue.

-  Tomorrow night at the planning board an application on the agenda to create 75 lots odd Massachusetts Avenue Block 423, Lot 156.01

- Trump: “Has anybody been watching the CROOKED Election going on in California. Two great Republican Candidates are being cheated, and so is America… Watch this ‘Election’ closely!!!”

Not possible for Spencer Pratt to have lost the L.A. runoffs after the big lead he had. 3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections! Now they’ll be working on great guy Steve Hilton. Won’t have results for, possibly, TWO WEEKS, according to officials. President DJT

- Merger Setback: The NYS Health Dept rejected NYC Health + Hospitals proposed takeover of Maimonides Hospital. for now

- BDE: Petirah of R’ Aryeh Danziger z”l, from Brooklyn and recently moved to The Fairways in Lakewood was 84. R’ Aryeh is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Weiss and his children R’ Shmuel Duvid of Lakewood, R’ Tzvi of Boro Park, and Mrs. Shoshi Weiss, the rebbetzin of Rav Moshe Meir Weiss of the fairways.  The levaya will take place today at 3:30 PM at the Lakewood chapel off 7th st followed by kevurah the adjacent bais olam.

- The FBI is investigating the theft of a half-million dollars’ worth of bourbon that was taken from a Philadelphia warehouse last week before its scheduled delivery to New Jersey. Eighteen pallets containing 1,800 cases of Noble Oak Bourbon (not approved by kosher organizations) slated for commercial distribution were stolen. It usually is distributed in the Elizabeth area.

- Experts from SavATree say New Jersey may see a heavy tick season because a warmer-than-average winter (5–10°F above normal, per NOAA) likely prevented ticks from going dormant, allowing them to stay active and feeding through much of the season.

- Ocean County voters will decide this November whether to increase the county’s Open Space Trust Fund tax from 1.2 cents to 2.2 cents per $100 of assessed property value. County officials say the increase is needed to keep up with rising land preservation costs. Since 1998, the fund has helped preserve more than 30,000 acres of open space and 3,600 acres of farmland across the county.

-  Once again, school schedules are creating challenges for working parents. This year, schools will end a full week before camp begins, leaving parents scrambling to arrange childcare and balance their work and home responsibilities. As for the official start of the new school year, the girls' school has yet to commit to a firm opening date. There is a possibility that classes could begin a week before Rosh Hashanah, making planning even more difficult for families.

-Road crews have completed paving and implemented new traffic patterns at the James/Pine Streets intersection with Route 9 in Lakewood, including extended left-turn lanes and updated traffic signals. A new traffic pattern is in place on Central Avenue after restriping: westbound traffic from Hurley Street now continues as two lanes farther before merging, while eastbound traffic toward Hurley Street splits into two lanes after Sunset Avenue to improve flow.

The light at Avenue of the states and ave of the Americas intersection went live today.

- Call your assemblyman to vote No.

NJ assembly Bill 2218 that can criminalize parents rebbeim mentors for speaking to patients who want to transition their gender is now Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: Jun 8 @ 11:00 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The bill already passed in the senate. State senator Bob Singer voted against the bill. it will be voted soon on the assembly.

- LDC meeting today 4:30 pm

 

-  NJ Assembly GOP: What a week in Trenton, and in Newark. Samsung left. ExxonMobil left. 522,000 residents gone this decade. $31B in income - gone. Democrats' response? Make the hazelnut New Jersey's official nut. (Grown in Oregon, btw.)

Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita delivering a shiur today at BMG Lakewood yeshiva 

Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe in Lakewood visiting the Hornstaple Rebbe from Milwaukee who was in Lakewood too.

Last night Talmidei chachamim, marbitzei Torah gathered at Lakewood High School for a live “Rischa D’Oraisa” with Harav Dov Landau shlita where the crowd posed questions in learning to Rav Dov who is visiting on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah 

Rav Bunim Schreiber R"Y Nesiv HaTorah in Yerushalayim visits Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita