Tuesday October 20 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 68 Plentiful sunshine.

The nor’easter churning off the East Coast will bring increasing wind gusts and coastal flooding at high tides along the Jersey Shore over the next three days. but No rain. A coastal flood advisory for Ocean, southeastern Burlington, Atlantic and Cape May counties will be in effect from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with minor coastal flooding expected.

Yartzeit of Rav Shimon Shkop ZTL

- Accident shuts Cedarbridge New Hampshire intersection this evening 

-Trump has revealed his new anti-fraud program set up to reward people who expose fraud with a 1% commission on the money uncovered. "If you turn somebody in and you, let's say report and you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1%."

- Video: BMG’s Massive Kitchen! 12,000 Portions Every Single Day! Efraim Feder goes Behind the Scenes With Head Chef Eli Rand! Watch HERE  

- Giyus: 40 Chabad Bochurim Temimim have agreed to enlist in the IDF after they were arrested at the airport upon their return to Eretz yisroel after spending a year at 770.The IDF says all 40 Chabad chassidim apprehended at Ben Gurion Airport after arriving in Israel have now signed affidavits committing to enlist. The final 13 signed after initially refusing, joining 27 others who had agreed earlier before a judge. The military says they will be assigned to various Chareidi service tracks in the coming period.

- PSA: Jackson property that have a lien and will be sold in 2 weeks. Look and see if maybe you or your friend is on it and let them know. These are a lien for sewer water or tax  HERE. 

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- Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces a January 1, 2027, deadline to decide whether New Jersey will join a new federal scholarship tax credit program. The program offers taxpayers a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations to scholarship organizations supporting eligible students, including those attending private schools. Supporters say opting in could bring millions in scholarship funding to New Jersey, while public-school advocates warn it could undermine public education. Sherrill’s decision remains pending. Nj.com

- Lakewood residents are questioning the township’s confusing “for advice only” tax notice, which fails to clearly explain how much taxes increased or when payments are due. Some are questioning whether it was deliberately issued in this confusing manner ahead of the elections. Frustrated residents say the lack of transparency is unacceptable.

- At last night’s Zoning Board meeting, a large group of seniors showed up to oppose an application by the Lakewood MUA for a 100-foot communications tower. The MUA operates a well at the proposed location, and the existing fiber-optic lines buried in the ground are failing. After more than two hours of testimony and public comment, the Board voted to adjourn the application and continue the hearing at its November 19 meeting.

The Zoning Board also denied an application for an office building on E. County Line Road after nearby residents came out to oppose the proposal. An application for a mikvah was approved. A application, concerning duplexes on James Street and Route 9, was pushed to the next meeting because the Board ran out of time.

- Bobover rebbe ends  the selling of aliens on shabbks by krias HaTtorah as it causes too much of a break and a time to talk.

- LTRAP reopens section 8 housing applications november 2–10, 2026. The Lakewood Township Residential Assistance Program (LTRAP) has announced that applications intake will reopen from 9:00 AM on Monday, November 2, until 11:59 PM on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. LTRAP administers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, which helps eligible low-income households afford rental housing.in the previous 2022 intake, 3,000 applications were selected through a computerized lottery and placed on the waiting list. Applicants should visit the official website for application instructions, eligibility information and updates: https://www.ltrap.org

- Trump: Because of my belief in the Republican Party, and all of our Policies and Principles, and especially after witnessing what is taking place in France, and other locations throughout Europe, I am pleased to announce that, having to do with the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History, I have spent, or will be spending, over 400 Million Dollars by Election Day. More than 300 Million Dollars has already been spent on Advertising, Direct and Indirect Voter Contact, Rallies, Rally Arenas, Telerallies, Get Out the Vote Programs, Election Integrity, and more. It is my Great Honor to do so on behalf of the Republican Party, which has done so much to bring our Country back from the Edge of Oblivion. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Giyus: Netanyahu says: “We must preserve the world of Torah because it preserved us. These arrests are a deliberate attempt to harm the process of drafting Haredim without coercion.” At the same time, he says that “anyone who does not study” at yeshivas “should go enlist.”

- Trump: The choice in this Election is very simple. You can vote for the Radical Left Dumocrat Communists to loot your Wealth, raise your Taxes by 5 Trillion Dollars, annihilate your Borders, decimate Kansas Farms, mutilate your Children, and give 25 Million Illegal Aliens Amnesty and the Right to Vote. OR, you can DEFEAT the Dumocrat Communists, and VOTE FOR MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS, BIGGER PAYCHECKS FOR YOUR FAMILIES, LOWER TAXES, LESS CRIME, A BOOMING KANSAS ECONOMY, AND NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. YOU MUST VOTE REPUBLICAN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Boro Park: FBI uniforms and plated vehicles were spotted on the streets of Boro Park as multiple agencies conduct raids an Adult Day Care facilities per reports