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Oif Simches / Events Lakewood Feb 20

February 20, 2017, 5:17 pm
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-Chasuna: Felder wedding at N'eemas Hachaim  hall
-Dinner: Meoros Bais Yaakov Ateres Chana hall  Bais faiga 7:30 pm
-Parlor Meeting: Mesivta Shar HaTorah (Rav  Pashkes, Rav Hamburger) at 54  Arosa Hill, 8:00-10:30 Divrei Bracha Rav Dovid Schustal
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TBL weekly column

February 21, 2017, 3:30 am
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Take Back Lakewood Lakewood Weekly Column Issue 9
News Tidbits
Many problems have been found with the CAFRA application requesting 936 homes and 936 basements on the Eagle Ridge Golf course. Over 600 letters were sent to the NJ DEP requesting a public hearing. Mayor Coles said that he has no intention of allowing that many homes to be built there.

It has come to our attention that the township committee may have made many zoning changes without sending notice to properties within 200 feet. We have requested proof of notice (if any) for a list of changes and once we determine which ones were supposed to be noticed and weren't we will proceed with legal action to have those changes declared null and void. 


A new CAFRA application was just filed for 222 residences within 6 apartment buildings, a 2 story retail and office unit and a 2 story shul in industrial park near the airport and near the other recent CAFRA application for 263 homes.
There will be a planning board meeting on Tuesday Feb. 21 at 6:00. It includes 4 Oak Street applications, and 8 items for public hearings including one for 12 lots on Netherwood Drive.

The Master Plan Subcommittee for Housing Density will have a meeting on Tuesday Feb. 28 at 6:00. Everyone is urged to attend to ensure that no new density is proposed in the masterplan. 
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Jersey City considers No Knock registry for aggressive realtors

February 21, 2017, 11:42 am
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Photo: @Avi_schnall
From NJ.com The City Council will consider a "no knock" law aimed at aggressive real estate investors this week, with council members saying the measure will protect longtime residents. "Many of the real estate investors buying properties in Jersey City are Orthodox Jews, and it has led to some tensions between that community and longtime residents." ....
Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Lakewood-based Orthodox Jewish organization Agudath Israel of America, was in Jersey City praising council members for the no-knock ordinance. Schnall said the influx of Orthodox Jewish investors in Jersey City was giving a bad name to Orthodox families who have moved here to raise their families. read more at NJ.com
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Tonight: Lakewood Planning board meeting

February 21, 2017, 1:15 pm
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Lakewood Planning Board meeting Tuesday, February 21, 2017 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Township Agenda HERE 
see full detailed agenda at  First Amendment Activist website
Take back Lakewood Review HERE
Application # 7-10 will not be heard tonight at the public meeting

OAK STREET CORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISIONS
1. SD 2198AO SN Equities, LLC
 Broadway Avenue Block 1038, Lot 4
Administrative Minor Subdivision

2. SD 2201AO Oak Street Development, LLC
 Havens Avenue Block 1032, Lot 4
Administrative Minor Subdivision
3. SD 2202AO Oak Street Development, LLC
 Havens Avenue Block 1039, Lot 2
Administrative Minor Subdivision
4. SD 2203AO Oak Street Development, LLC
 Broadway Avenue Block 1042, Lot 2
Administrative Minor Subdivision
6. ORDINANCES FOR DISCUSSION
• Land Development Checklist (re: Digital Copies, Department of Public Works Approval,
Traffic Studies, Ocean County Planning Board Submission, and Architectural Plans and
Elevations)
• Zoning Districts and Regulations (re: hotels as permitted uses in the B-5 Zone)
. PLAN REVIEW
1. SP 2214 Torah Temimah of Lakewood Inc
 Lanes Mill Road Block 187.15, Lot 14
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school and gym
 PUBLIC HEARING
1. SD 2179 Mark Properties LLC
 Netherwood Drive Block 433; 436, Lots 1, 2 & 3; 1 & 2
Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 12 lots
2. SP 2207 36 Airport Road, LLC
 Airport Road Block 1160.12, Lots 263, 263.01, & 263.02
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for an addition to an existing office building
3. SP 2213 Congregation Neustadt
 East County Line Road Block 172.01, Lot 2
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a house of worship
4. SD 2186 Pinchos Wolhendler
 East Seventh Street Block 208, Lots 134.03 & 134.04
Minor Subdivision to create 3 lots
5. SD 2157A Dovid Berger
 Second Street Block 72, Lot 7.01
Amended Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 5 lots
6. SP 2219 Congregation Mishkan Hatorah Inc
 East County Line Road Block 174, Lots 20.02 & 20.03
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school with a dorm

These applications will not be heard tonight 
7. SP 2220 Pine Holdings, LLC
 Pine Street Block 961.01, Lot 5
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a daycare
Applicant failed to provide the requested traffic study for this project. This
application will not be heard.
8. SP 2218 Lakewood Shopping Village, LLC
 Avenue of the States Block 961.02, Lot 1
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan and Minor Subdivision for a shopping
center
Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This
application will not be heard.
9. SD 2181 Cedarwood Hills Homeowners Association
 Flannery Avenue & Quick Chek Drive Block 1603.01, Lot 21
Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 2 lots
Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This
application will not be heard.
10. SD 2182 BBC Capital Group, LLC
 Central Avenue Block 79, Lot 10
Minor Subdivision to create 2 lots
Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date.
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Live stream planning board by FAA

February 21, 2017, 3:19 pm
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Oif Simches Lakewood, Feb 21

February 21, 2017, 4:35 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson Avromi Silver to Kallah bas R' Yigal Goldberg at the Westgate  Simcha hall 8:00  pm.
- chasuna: Hakimi- Davidi at Ateres Reva hall, Lakewood,  NJ
- Evening of support for those challenged with Parkinsons & their families at    Bikur Cholim of Lakewood 93 Prospect street Lakewood,  NJ 7:30 PM. For  Women only.


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Video: Election commission neeting

February 22, 2017, 3:37 am
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The LFD elections was declared a tie between two candidates for the second seat. While the vaad said to vote yes for the budget, it was voted down by the taxpayers. 
See Minute 21:30 Someone questioned how a vaad member who endorses candidates  can have a seat on the board of elections.
Video: courtesy of First Amendment activist
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Loitzk Rebbe to spend a week in Lakewood

February 22, 2017, 6:31 am
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 The Loitzk rebbe shlita is iy"h arriving today in the afternoon and will be staying for a week. For Kabolas Kohol call 3474718714. The rebbe will be staying at 968 W Kennedy, Blvd. A big shabbos is planned as many chasidim will be joining the rebbe for the tefillos and seudos for more information email ShabbosLakewood@gmail.com
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LSTA parents of non mandated kids must pay up

February 22, 2017, 10:46 am
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Parents whose kids are getting courtesy non mandated busing were asked to pay up the $150  per child fee for the LSTA. A point of contention since the Township paid the full courtesy buying costs for all non mandated public school kids.  Notes were sent home informing parents if the fee is not paid they children will not be allowed on the bus. LSTA is short funds and in order to function and pick up all courtesy kids they have to charge the fee. Not all schools are on board. apparently some mood did not want their parent body to shell out another fee.
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Hamodia: Lakewood Township Adjusts Process for Approval of New Construction

February 22, 2017, 12:55 pm
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More talk from politicians, traffic and congestion continues, master plan committee stacked with developers and  keeps dragging on while projects continue with no infrastructure. 

Hamodia- LAKEWOOD - Mayor Ray Coles and the Township Committee have initiated new protocols that they say will give residents more of a voice in how development plans are approved in the Orthodox boom-town of Lakewood. Procedures will require those presenting plans for construction to give clear details of what their finished products will look like, as well as to commit to cover related infrastructure costs.

“Some residents felt that the boards had become a rubber stamp for developers for too long,” Mayor Coles told Hamodia. “We are not looking to use this as a way to slow things down, but to make sure that neighbors know what they are getting themselves into when the planning board approves a project.”


He added that in the past, developers often submitted very vague plans and as such were not required to take on the construction of infrastructure such as sidewalks, which ended up being mandatory according to final construction. In other instances, building projects led to far more congestion than expected.

“We are trying to streamline the process to make it more layperson- friendly, that people listening can understand what they are getting themselves into,” Township Committee member Meir Lichtenstein told Hamodia.


Mayer Kesserman, president of Kesserman Construction Group and Adeer Builders Inc., a local developer, told Hamodia that he had not yet reviewed the updated checklist for submitting plans, but welcomed the idea of comprehensive guidelines before projects, even without variances, being approved.

“Definitely the township leaders have to be able to add more insight and involvement and encourage talent into the kind of development that goes on in Lakewood,” he said.

The Township Committee was also working to ensure that those living near prospective construction are given the opportunity to hear proposals and “to have their voices heard.”

As Lakewood grows, so does congestion in the town. In response, the township has initiated a “master plan” committee to evaluate how the town can effectively plan for future growth.

“They are taking a general overview of the town’s development, as well as needs like infrastructure, open spaces, schools and so on,” said Mr. Lichtenstein.

The committee, formed last year, is expected to have its report complete by the end of 2017.

Mr. Kesserman agreed that broader planning could be greatly beneficial.

“The town must be able to focus on how to develop a suburban community where houses have proper privacy as well as safe access to sidewalks, parking and access to roads,” he said. “It’s not that the town is overdeveloped. In a way it’s underdeveloped … I really believe if planning would be done a little smarter, we could build for even more people and the town would be nicer, too.” Hamodia.com
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Oif Sinchas Lakewood, NJ Feb 22, 2017

February 22, 2017, 5:20 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson Shimshy Schon to Hakallah Tippy Shapiro bas R' Yisrael Meir R Ravens Raber Shul 618 Caranetta, Lakewood,  NJ 8:00 pm
-Vort: Hachosson Aron Bloch (Monsey) To kallah bas R' Shneur Jacobs at 110 Sunset rd. 8:30 pm
-Engaged: Chosson Mordechai Gewirtzman to Kallah bas R' P J Stern Vort Sunday

-Chasuna: Dornstein-Broad Ateres Reva hall
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The Bennett center 263 units near

February 23, 2017, 12:30 am
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CAFRA permit for  51 Duplexes 110 Townhouses on the Lakewood Border between Airport rd and the GSP
 courtesy of First Amendmant Activist
TOWNSHIP OF LAKEWOOD NOTICE OF CAFRA STATE PERMIT APPLICATION TAKE NOTICE that a Coast Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA) permit application is being submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Land Use Regulation, for a development permit as described below: APPLICANT: CAM Equities, LLC PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CAFRA Individual Permit for a residential project with 263 proposed dwelling units within 51 duplex buildings and 110 townhouse units. BLOCK & LOT: Block 1160.01 * Lot 219 & 41.20; Block 1160.11 * Lots 1 4; Block 1160.10 * 219
MUNICIPALITY: Lakewood Township, Ocean County AGENT FOR APPLICANT: DuBois Environmental Consultants 249 South Main Street, Suite 6 Barnegat, NJ 08005 - (609) 488-2857 The CAFRA permit application will be available for review at the Lakewood Township Clerk's office or by appointment at the NJDEP's Trenton Office. A 30-day public comment period or a fact-finding public hearing will begin on this application in the future. A public hearing will be held only if the NJDEP determines that, based on public comment or 
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NJ Gov race heats up Guadagno accuses Murphy

February 23, 2017, 5:04 am
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NJ. com  Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Kim Guadagno took to Twitter late Tuesday to accuse Democratic front-runner Phil Murphy of comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler three months ago, and demanded he apologize. see video below. Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore responded according to a report in SNN "On Tuesday, at a Republican governor’s candidate forum in Ocean County, home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish population centers in the world outside of Israel, Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore expressed disappointment with the words Murphy chose to describe President Trump. 
“Mr. Murphy set the tone for the 2017 gubernatorial campaign,” Gilmore said. “It’s unfortunate that he chose those words to compare our President to a man who killed 6 million innocent Jewish people during the Holocaust and millions more.” 


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Yom Kippur Katan Tikkun Shovavm Minyanim in Lakewood

February 23, 2017, 8:08 am
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Rosh Chodesh Adar is Sunday and Monday
Minyanim for and Mincha Yom Kippur Katan today 

Lev Avos 1:20
Somerset Walk 1:25
Alumnai 1:45
Kol shimshon 1:45
Shovavim selichos without Mincha 2:50 at 613 Madison Avenue
Kelmwoods westgate 2:45
Breslov 4:40
Satmar every hour at the bottom of the hour
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BP weekly ending shop for free program

February 23, 2017, 12:14 pm
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One of 6 winning match 4 Powerball tickets sold in Lakewood

February 23, 2017, 2:32 pm
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Patch-Somebody in Indiana won the Feb. 22 Powerball jackpot, the 10th largest in the game's history, while a Match 5 winner with Power Play for $2 million was sold in New Jersey.

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Feb. 22, are: 52, 10, 61, 28, 13 and the Powerball of 02.

One New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold that matched the five white balls drawn. The ticket was purchased with Power Play multiplying the $1 million prize to $2 million. That ticket was purchased in Essex County at News Day, 100 Mulberry St., Newark.

Also, six New Jersey Lottery tickets were sold that matched the four white balls and the Powerball drawn, winning the $50,000 third prize. If those tickets had been purchased with Power Play, it would have doubled the prize to $100,000. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:

Camden County: Garden State News, 2146 Atco Ave., Atco;
Camden County: The New Village Supermarket LLC, 1024 Carl Miller Blvd., Camden;
Mercer County: Hightstown Shell, 1 Lake Drive, Hightstown;
Morris County: Qwik Mart Convenience, 375 Route 46 East, Budd Lake;
Ocean County: Quick Chek Corp. #152, 901 Cedar Bridge Ave., Lakewood; and
Ocean County: TS II LLC, 851 Route 37 & Mule Road, Toms River.
In addition to the second- and third-tier prizewinning tickets sold, there were 180,067 New Jersey players who took home an estimated $861,492 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200
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Oif Simchas- Events, Lakewood Feb 23, 2017

February 23, 2017, 4:37 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson  Yerucham Bakst Ben Rav Meir Simcha to Kallah Bas R' Avraham Nachman Leshinsky Grandaughter  Of R"Y Reb Yerucham Olshin at yeshiva Ktana Hall, Lakewood 8:00 pm

-Vort: Hachosson Chaim Cweiber To Kallah Faigy Krupenia bas R' Shmuel Dovid at 13 Commonwealth Dr. Lakewood,  NJ 8:00 PM

-Vort: Hachosson Shlomo Turin to Kallah bas R' Yitzchok Weintraub at 232 W Hearth Ct, Lakewood 7:30 pm.

Chasuna: Avrohom Arye Schor at Neeimas hachaim hall

Divrei Hisoirerus  siyum shovavim Admor mBluzhev ribatitch 606 9th street at 10:00 pm

Shiur: Harav Nechemia Kaplan Shlita 10:00 pm at B"M Zichron Yoel 1014 Lawrence.

Mesivta D'masmidim camp reunion at Yapchik 10:00 pm
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Lakewood sales

February 23, 2017, 5:52 pm
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-Today and tomorrow in Lakewood stores Welch's Manischewitz grape juice with the heimish hechsher for a$1.99 plus a rebate of a dollar fifty online comes down that you are paying $0.49 a bottle.
-Sushi Donuts at Snaps Kosher, westgate plaza open tonight till 11:00 pm

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Turx to AlJezzira on Trump, "I've always felt that we had this mutual understanding,"

February 24, 2017, 4:52 am
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AJN Before President Donald Trump's infamous 76-minute press conference on February 16, Jake Turx was a relatively unknown Washington reporter for Ami magazine.

But that changed dramatically when Turx, who is visibly Jewish but describes himself as a "post-labellist millennial", stood up after Trump pointed to him, seeking a "friendly reporter".

Turx, who covered both the Trump campaign and that of his opponent Hillary Clinton, was well known to the president.

"I've always felt that we had this mutual understanding," Turx, 30, told Al Jazeera. "That he trusted me."



That included post-debate interviews in the so-called "spin room" where candidates talk to reporters. Trump, Turx points out, was always very generous with his time for the young reporter.

So when the president - who had already faced a barrage of questions about his ties to Russia, the resignation of his national security adviser and his self-perceived mistreatment by the media - scanned the room full of reporters, he spotted Turx, whose Twitter handle @JakeTurx was on his kippah.

"Watch how friendly he is," Trump told everyone, hoping to get a softball question. And, he did.

Anti-Semitic attacks

Turx says he prefers not to ask questions about anti-Semitism, because it's simply too obvious, but the story of threats against Jewish Community Centres (JCC) in the US wasn't getting the coverage he had hoped.

"People weren't talking about it and I'd gotten a lot of requests and private messages from teachers and faculty members at various JCCs around the country begging me to bring up the issue," Turx says.

There were reports of 48 threats against Jewish community centres across the country in January alone. The New York City Police Department reported a doubling in the same month of hate crimes against Jewish citizens.

So Turx identified himself, then started with a statement:

"Despite what some of my colleagues have been reporting, I haven't seen anybody in my community accuse either yourself or anyone else, anyone on your staff of being anti-Semitic," he said politely.

And then, the statement that changed everything:

"However, what we are concerned about and what we haven't really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-Semitism and how the government is planning to take care of it."

After mentioning reports of bomb threats, Trump had heard enough.

WATCH: America\'s media under Trump - An ominous start

"You see, he said he was going to ask a simple easy question. And it's not," the president huffed.

Turx was baffled. "I was trying to figure out, 'What did I do wrong?'" he explains now. "Did I say the wrong word?"

Apparently, he did. Trump told him to sit down.

"I am the least anti-Semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life," he said.

Turx tried to interject in an attempt to clarify that had not meant to accuse the president of anti-Semitism.

"Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!" Trump told him. “See? He lied about. He was going to get up and ask a straight, simple question."

Turx sat down, puzzled by the exchange. But his place in history was now firmly cemented.

The messages of support and hatred poured in. His Twitter feed lit up, earning 10,000 more followers.

The back-and-forth played across the world on social media and fed into a perception that, rightly or wrongly, already existed: Trump wasn't taking the threats seriously.

In January, the White House faced condemnation for failing to mention, in a statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the six million Jews who died.

Five days after his moment with Turx, Trump finally addressed the issue during a visit to the National Museum of African-American History in Washington, DC.

"The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centres are horrible and are painful, and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil," he said.

The next day, Vice-President Mike Pence visited a Jewish cemetery in St Louis that had been vandalised and helped clean it up.

"There is no place in America for hatred, prejudice, or acts of violence, or anti-Semitism," he said.

Turx shrugs off the role he played in sparking all of this. The father of three who grew up in both Los Angeles and New York would rather be talking about the budget or school vouchers but he's fully aware that sometimes you just have to go there.

"If you're a dentist and you have to pull out the tooth of a child, you just pull out that tooth," he says of his memorable moment with the commander-in-chief. "You do your job and stay honest to the people you are out there working on behalf of."

Source: Al Jazeera News
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Video: Lakewood Development corperation

February 24, 2017, 6:06 am
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LDC Director (Daughter of committeemen Delia) will be leaving and taking a position to head the newly created HR department for the township. 
Minute 17:00 FAA asks committee why the LDC and LIC can sell public township owned land without notifying the public or putting it out for public bidding. Another question why the minutes of closed sessions were not sent, after several OPRA requests.
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