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WIC participants need to use their farmer’s subsidies by the end of the month or lose the benefit. The Ocean County WIC office hosts a farmer at their office in the CHEMED building on 1771 Madison Ave Monday. Wednesday and Friday between the hours of 1230 PM-230 PM. Note- there will be no farmer there […]
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Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, visited Lakewood yesterday. The Rebbe thanked Lakewood for being such a wonderful host to Satmar mosdos through the years and in the future. Rabbonim and chashuvim came to greet the Rebbe and receive his brocha. Notably, our local lay-leaders Committeemen Menashe Miller, Meir Lichtenstein, and Isaac […]
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The following question was presented to the Dayan, Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs One of my roommates in the apartment I’m renting while learning abroad in Israel decided to switch to another apartment. I assumed that the open pack of cigars he left behind were free for the taking, so I sampled a few, then thought better […]
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As the United States, Europe, most of Canada and other countries ‘fell’ an hour backwards this morning, we need to consider that the entire business of ‘losing’ an hour is really doing our bodies a disservice. This, however, has not stopped lawmakers from pushing to end daylight savings. Although the Sunshine Protection Act proposed by […]
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Rav Yaakov Kanievsky, grandson of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky z'tl, addressed the Sunday kollel at Lutzk Bais Medrash this morning after davening. The Sunday kollel was actually founded and continues weekly לע״נ HaGaon HaRav Chaim z'tl. Rav Yaakov was at his grandfather's side daily and shared stories of living with Maran Sar Hatorah as the […]
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The New Jersey Forest Service actually tracks the colors of fall foliage in the state, and publishes a weekly map.All of New Jersey has reached peak fall colors, and most of the state has passed it. The western half of the state is past peak, while the shore, including Lakewood, is at peak fall colors. […]
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Toms River businessman Harcourt “Paul” S. Ward has been charged with arson that led to more than $1 million in damage, according to acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. Six cars were set on fire on Atlantic Avenue in Wall Township on Sept. 26. Police have pointed to Ward, 69, of Ward Realty and […]
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The launch of a NASA rocket, which would have been visible from Lakewood, was scrubbed just minutes before liftoff due to a fire at Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft control center in Dulles, Virginia. The launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow. NASA released the following statement: "Today’s launch attempt of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket and Cygnus […]
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Congressman Chris Smith, Sheriff Mike Mastronardy, and other Ocean County representatives meet with members of the Toms River Jewish community last week.
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Manchester Township elections include a race for mayor and two seats on the town council. Three distinct slates are running for the three positions. Incumbent mayor Robert Hudak is running with current Council President Joan Brush and Timothy Poss, on the Manchester First ticket. Manchester Deserves Better features Ken Seda for mayor, joined by Gloria […]
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Acting on a suggestion from the Lakewood News Network (LNN), Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Bilheimer has raised an issue affecting the Orthodox Jewish community, with the head of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The DEA has held a National Drug Take Back Day, biannually since 2005. The day encourages families to rid their homes […]
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A NASA rocket scheduled to be launched from Virginia will be visible over Lakewood at about 5:51 AM tomorrow morning. Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia at 5:50 a.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 6, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A on Wallops Island. The […]
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The deal to buy out land on Leesville Road slated to be developed by Bellevue Estates in Jackson into four schools is actually a swap for land closer to Lakewood. The deal, which will cost the township nothing, involves a public land swap with Bellevue Estates. While the exact location of the land was not […]
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Lakewood residents are unfortunately well familiar with electric outages brought on by the harsh weather of winter snow, rain and flooding. Aside from the inconvenience, outages are dangerous, and legislators have taken notice of the prevalent apathy amongst electric providers toward fixing the situation. Lakewood’s Assemblyman Sean Kean introduced a bill last January that prevents […]
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State Sen. Joseph Cryan pointedly called out the New Jersey office of Attorney General in what’s become a viral tweet, for withholding evidence, in yet another case. Cryan drew a direct comparison between Rabbi Osher Eisemann’s case, where the prosecution violated the Brady rule by withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense, and that of Saddle […]
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Lakewood's Rabbi Avi Schnall reports that the governor, FBI, and attorney general have confirmed to him that the threat has been mitigated, and the source has been identified and apprehended. "Incredible job by law enforcement agencies quickly notifying the community, identifying the threat. And tremendous coordination," Rabbi Schnall wrote. In a phone call this morning […]
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This past Sunday LNN presented the following question from Dayan Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs. Our mother sadly passed away recently. Our family was awarded half a million dollars from a medical malpractice lawsuit related to her death. Legally, the money is to be divided among her inheritors, with half going to our father and half going […]
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Rabbi Ari Spiegel is a noted lecturer and speaker, well known for his warm Divrei Chizuk in Lakewood and beyond. Rabbi Spiegel was a long time Rosh Chabura and is the son of the Roumanisher Rav of the Lower East Side, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel. He is the mechaber of the Sefer Kol Yaakov and […]
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