Sunday October 11 Rosh Chodesh מרחשון News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 65° Rain. Winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible.

Tonight low 56° Showers with a possible thunderstorm early, then variable clouds overnight with Potential for heavy rainfall.  Chance of rain 90%.

Wednesday will be a high of 84

Tomorrow is Columbus day a federal holiday No garbage pick up, no USPS mail.

- United Airlines has reportedly told crew members that anyone holding citizenship or dual nationality in 29 listed countries cannot work flights entering Israeli airspace, even if they also hold a valid U.S. passport, according to an internal memo shared with Live and Let's Fly. 

- Trump: "I am pleased to announce that Katie Zacharia will be beginning her term as Press Secretary tomorrow, Columbus Day, and will be doing an introductory News Conference on Tuesday at 9:30 A.M. from the Press Briefing Room in the White House.""Katie has been with me, in spirit, from the very beginning, and will do a fantastic job! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

- Heavy flooding at local roads and parking lots

-Millions of Americans will  turn their clocks back an hour next month after a congressional effort to permanently eliminate the twice-yearly time changes stalled in the Senate, despite overwhelming approval in the House of Representatives and strong backing from President Donald Trump. Daylight saving time is scheduled to end on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2 a.m., when clocks will move backward one hour to 1 a.m., giving Americans an additional hour of sleep while bringing earlier sunsets and darker evenings for the months ahead.

- Miami boys choir now coming to Lakewood they will take auditions for Lakewood boys looking to join the choir.

- Hachnosas sefer torah at Beis Medrash Torah Utefilah in Harmony Farms, Jackson. Procession at 5 pm. 81 Hickory Hill..

- Naftali Bennett launches an all-out attack on the Charedi establishment, speaking more forcefully than ever before: ‘We will abolish stipends for yeshiva students, shut down the Charedi education system, eliminate all exemptions, and dismantle the Charedi state within a state.’” There will be an influx of 1.5 million Charedim into the State of Israel. Think about how many doctors and engineers will come from among them.”

- Winter zman Begins tonight as yeshiva bochurim head back to the bais medrash for the long 6 months zman.

- Post Yom Tov restock sales at local supermarkets, Bingo sale on 'Lifetime" plastic products. Moishas in Howell store open ing within next few months.

- Mortgage rates just hit 7.4 percent, the highest since November 2023.

- Lakewood may spend $500,000 to defend against special education lawsuits. Last year, the Board of Education dismissed its former attorney Michael Inzelbuch in part because of high fees. This year, it has approved spending more than $500,000 to defend the district against a “substantial volume” of special education-related lawsuits, including a handful from that same former board attorney. (APP)

- Joseph Dream Burger will have an official grand opening celebration today from 1pm to 6pm at their new Lakewood location 1700 Madison Ave including raffles and giveaways.

- Trump: "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!"

- Is this really what we want to promote in the Lakewood community? Luxury apartment developments in Yerushalayim are bombarding Lakewood  residents via social media with images and videos of extravagant living, targeting families whose reality is often kollel, hard work, and tight budgets. There’s nothing wrong with wanting a home in Eretz Yisrael. But when did luxury and materialism become the dream we’re selling to Bnei Torah? Yerushalayim should be about kedushah, Torah, and Avodah not marketing an unaffordable lifestyle that so many families can’t  even relate to.

- A resident who lives near a Orthodox shul on Old Freehold Road is asking a court to review a zoning board decision that allows the building to be significantly expanded.

-ICE agents arrested several individuals on Shabbos in Lakewood while they were working at a kiddush at a local shul simcha hall.

- The McDonald's location at Eeast Veterans and Hope near Kalamata is expected to close by November with reports of a kosher venue taking over the location according to news reports.

- Viral Facebook post from Toms River resident Booky Kaluszyner: I get dispatched as a Hatzolah volunteer to a motor vehicle accident in Toms River. Neither vehicle belongs to an Orthodox Jew. I approach one of the patients, and he tells me, “Get me the real 911. I don’t want your kind touching me.” No problem. We contact dispatch and request Toms River EMS. A few minutes later, two Orthodox volunteers responding with Toms River 911 EMS show up, they tell the patient that they are 911, yet the patient refuses to let them assist, The patient says the same thing: “I don’t want your kind touching me, I want real 911” So we wait for Toms River CSOs to arrive. They assess the patient and request paramedics. And guess who shows up? Two Hasidic paramedics with beards and payos sticking out! The patient finally gets to the hospital, only to discover that the nurse assigned to care for him is another Orthodox Jew. You have to wonder whether the patient is more concerned about his injuries or the religion of the people trying to save his life! And that’s the sad reality of what hatred can do to a person. Imagine being so consumed by hatred toward your Orthodox neighbors that you’re willing to delay your own medical care rather than allow one of them to help you. These are people who dropped whatever they were doing, left their families, their jobs, and their dinner tables to come help a complete stranger, without asking what religion that person practices. When hatred becomes more important than your own health and safety, perhaps it’s time to ask yourself who that hatred is really hurting.

- Lakewood Road closures on Rt 9 as night seder and wedding season resumes: A NJDOT contractor will be performing repaving operations along Route 9 between Central/Hurley Avenue and 3rd Street. Route 9 will be completely closed in both directions on Monday, October 12, and Tuesday, October 13, from 11:00 PM until 7:00 AM. Detours willedirect traffic around the work zone.

- Lakewood Police Department has charged Ericson Pring, 35, of Houston, Texas, in connection with a June burglary at a local business. On June 14, 2026, officers responded to the business following the activation of a burglar alarm. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the front glass doors had been shattered. The owner reported that approximately $250,000 worth of equipment had been stolen. Detectives determined that multiple individuals forced entry into the business during the early morning hours, damaged display cases, and fled with the stolen equipment. During the four-month investigation, detectives gathered evidence that led to the identification of Ericson Pring as one of the suspects. 

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