The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced that it recently awarded $1.8 million in funding to 10 nonprofit organizations through the Financial Empowerment Pilot Program. The program is meant to teach financial literacy by learning how to properly budget, build and monitor credit, how and where to focus when reducing one’s personal debt […]

Lakewood Bus Crashes in Elizabeth

February 14, 2023
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An NJ TRANSIT bus crashed that departed from Lakewood crashed into a truck Tuesday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike. At around 7:35 a.m. on the northbound outer roadway of the New Jersey Turnpike near Exit 13, the bus struck a truck. The truck was a tractor trailer cement truck. The bus, on the 139 […]

FirstEnergy Corp, which provides electricity to the Lakewood area, has distributed a warning about the public safety risks associated with helium-filled foil balloons. The balloons cause power outages each year when released outdoors, because their metallic coating conducts electricity and poses a risk to the electric system. Last year, foil balloons were to blame for […]

Lakewood community member and leader Justin Flancbaum has been appointed to the Ocean County GOP (OCGOP) Screening Committee, LNN has learned. The committee’s meeting to select official “party line” candidates for Republican primaries in the upcoming elections was postponed from this past Shabbos to Thursday, when Flancbaum told OCGOP Chairman George Gilmore that he could […]

Traffic seems inevitable in Lakewood. No matter what your destination is, most of us spend more time on the break driving around Lakewood than we should. A bus driver this morning contacted company supervisors after spending a whopping 15 minutes behind a garbage truck on 8th street between Forest and Madison. During these crucial morning […]

State Senator Blocked from Party Meeting

February 14, 2023
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New Jersey State Senator Sam Thompson was blocked from a Republican caucus meeting by the group’s leader, after he announced that he was switching to the Democratic Party. Thompson, who served three terms as a Republican in Middlesex County’s 12th district, announced yesterday that he was quitting the party and would now run as a […]

Legislation sponsored by Senator Robert Singer that would increase the adult day care Medicaid per diem rate was approved today by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Under Singer’s bill, S-3144, the Fiscal Year 2023 supplemental appropriation provides $3.6 million to the Department of Human Services to increase the adult medical day […]

Update: Statement from Ewing Township Police on the last night's mass shooting at MSU and the connection to today's closure of Ewing Township public schools. Police say Anthony McRae had a "note in his pocket which indicated a threat to two Ewing Public Schools." Schools remained closed for the day. All public schools in Ewing […]

Legislation sponsored by Senators Robert Singer and Anthony Bucco that provides more tax revenue from tobacco products to the New Jersey Cancer Research Fund was approved today by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in New Jersey and the lingering effects of the pandemic […]

Lakewood Fire Department (LFD) and Shomrim will be able to work together more seamlessly, after the LFD’s decision to share technology with the community safety organization. At tonight’s meeting of the LFD commissioners, the board voted to donate a number of items, including iPads used for search and rescue, to the Lakewood Shomrim. The devices […]

James Simmons, head of the NJ State UEZ Program has passed away. Simmons was a big fan of Lakewood’s potential and particularly our UEZ program. David Klein, Executive Director of Lakewood Development Corporation noted his passing at the last meeting, adding that as a result the final approval of the Lakewood UEZ map is somewhat […]

After Lakewood Development Corporation, Executive Director, David Klein noted that the UEZ has recorded 8 loans paid up since the start of 2023 at the last public meeting, Corporation Trustee Rabbi Moshe Zev Weisberg expressed interest in upping the dollar amounts and loan limits for more established businesses in Lakewood. Taking note of additional funding […]

The ninth dead whale to wash ashore on the New York-New Jersey coastline was spotted approaching the beach in Manasquan late Monday. Police cordoned off the area as the carcass was pushed to shore by waves. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this was the 16th dead whale to wash ashore in the Greater […]

Starting today, February 13, 2023, NJ American Water is scheduled to begin implementing its first Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Charge for all water and fire service customers statewide. Under a new LSLR surcharge mechanism approved by the NJ Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) in 2022.  The LSLR surcharge is to recover $7.3M in […]

Updated: Power Outage in Toms River

February 13, 2023
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A power outage in Toms River is due to an MVA with a utility pole, and an estimated 250-650 customers are affected. The estimated restoration is today at 6:30 PM. In addition, there is a road closure on Water Street, from Hooper Ave to Robbins Street. The Ocean County Sheriff's Office estimates that it will […]

As reported on LNN, Agudah NJ was in the works of starting a division similar to its Yahalom division that guides families with special needs children on receiving financial and medical aid.  Zahav will be a resource to help seniors similarly. It will be headed by Mrs. Hadassah Waldman, MS, SBL, SDL, who ran a […]

  Central Regional High School Superintendent Dr. Triantafillos Parlapanides of Berkeley NJ Township has resigned over his mishandling of a severe bullying incident which led to the death of Adrianna Kutch, a 14-year-old district student. Kutch was brutally attacked in the school hallways by four students and the attack eventually made its way to social […]

Man Rescued from Lake Carasaljo

February 13, 2023
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A man was pulled from Lakewood’s Lake Carasaljo last Sunday, according to a report from the Shore News Network. Police and first responders pulled a man from the frigid waters of the lake in central Lakewood Sunday afternoon. According to reports, the man said he had been fishing and capsized, but no fishing equipment was […]

The Jackson PBA and VFW are organizing a special vehicle parade and birthday celebration in honor of Veteran Wally Jamison turning 100 years old. Officer Mike Basso of the Jackson Police Department stated, "We want to pay tribute to this amazing man's life." Wally has had a remarkable life, from serving in the military and […]

As the largest, oldest and most established grade school educational institution in Lakewood, the Lakewood Cheder/Bais Faiga sets the tone for many issues.  This past motzei shabbos’s internet asifa was a perfect example. The event featured talks from BMG Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Chaim Meir Roth as well as Rabbi Joey Haber.  In […]

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