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LSTA public meeting tonight

March 15, 2017, 7:01 am
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LAKEWOOD STUDENT TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION (LSTA)
PUBLIC MEETING
The LSTA Oversight Committee will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 5:00 p.m., in the LHS Commons, located at 855 Somerset Avenue, Lakewood, New Jersey 08701.
If you have any questions in regard to this notice, please contact Dr. Michael Rush during regular business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at (732) 245-5473.
Dr. Michael Rush LSTA Oversight Committee Member
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Schools tell parents no courtesy busing if you dont pay the $150 fee

March 15, 2017, 8:36 am
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Schools sent home notes to parents of non mandated children informing them they must sign up now and pay the $150 per child fee to the LSTA if they want busing next year. The Lakewood Cheder so far has not enforced this and did not bill or charge any of its parents for the $150 fee. As things stand all public school students who are not mandated are receiving courtesy busing free of charge paid for by Lakewood township. Children in Private schools and yeshivos depends which school you go to if they are enforcing the fee. Not clear why the LSTA is using the schools as proxy and not reaching out directly to all private school parents.
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BOE meeting today

March 15, 2017, 1:06 pm
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Lakewood Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting today March 15 6:30 pm at 855 Sommerset Ave.  Lakewood, NJ. on the agenda renewal of lease for Pinet elementary school for $508,000. See Agenda HERE more purchases below




3. Approve the purchase of phonics cards and phonics reader sets from Enfield Distribution Co., also known as Letterland, for use in classroom, at a cost not to exceed $5,030.00, to be paid through CAS RAC funds, budget account # 20-231-100-600-06-0999.
14. Approve the purchase of leveled classroom readers for Grades 2 through Grade 5 in both English and Spanish from Book Source (informational and non-fiction) for a total cost of $169,000.00, to be paid through CAS RAC funds, budget account#20-231-100- 600-06-0999.

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Oif Simches Lakewood March 15 2017

March 15, 2017, 3:35 pm
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 -Vort: Hachosson Motty Kogel to Kallah Devorah Blum bas R' Kasriel tonight 8PM.@ Bnos Brocha Hall: 1665 Corporate Road West

-Vort: Hachosson Mattis Levi to Kallah Chavi Smith bas R' Dovid (Lkwd) at Rav Gissinger shul 175 Sunset, Lakewood, NJ 7:30-10:30

- Wedding: Schmelczer- Krupenia at Ateres Reva hall 
-Wedding: Green Cohen Ateres Chana hall @ Bais Faiga 
-Chasuna: Kronglass- Tenenbaum at Lake Terrace hall, Lakewood NJ
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Videos: Simchas Purim around Lakewood

March 15, 2017, 6:09 pm
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Simchas Purim in Lakewood 5777
Oorah Purim Seuda in Lakewood 




Purim 5777 at BMG 

  Kaddish on Purim
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Township to pass defeated Fire budget by enacting small reduction

March 16, 2017, 6:24 am
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Lakewood taxpayers voted down the 2017 fire district budget.  The Township Manager has recommended that the defeated budget of $5,029,295 be
amended by a reduction in expenditures of $10,000 to result in a budget of $5,019,295. In order for the budget to pass after it was voted down there has to be a reduction. The township is expected to pass a resolution that will only took out ten thousand dollars from a budget of over 5 million dollars. Last year after the pubic voted down the budget the township reduced expenditures by $238K. Now they only reduced it by 10K and this comes after asking Tax payers to approve close to 200k for capital improvement projects just after they raised the fire tax from 0.058 to 0.070
See resolution HERE and below





1. That the defeated Lakewood Township Fire District Budget be amended by a reduction in expenditures:
FROM TO AMOUNT OF REDUCTION
Fringe Benefits Health Insurance $62,825.00 $52,825.00 $10,000.00
The total amount to $10,000.00 appropriations reduced

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Christie Slashes private school security funding

March 16, 2017, 9:26 am
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Agudah News- Agudath Israel’s NJ Director Calls for Grassroots Response as Governor Christie Inexplicably Slashes Private School Security Funding 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s decision on March 15th to eliminate security funding for nonpublic school students has sent shock-waves throughout the private school community. The proposed budget cuts left many observers struggling to comprehend how the governor could leave 150,000 children virtually unprotected during a time when anti-Semitic incidents have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. 


Ironically, Governor Christie’s proposed budget was released just as Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Agudath Israel of New Jersey, was in an Assembly budget hearing, praising the governor for increasing security funding just a few months earlier.  Rabbi Schnall was referencing the Secure Schools for All Children Act which passed the legislature by unanimous vote and was signed by Governor Christie in September.  The new law would have raised the per-child allocation from $50 to $75. 

Rabbi Schnall also lauded the bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Gary Schaer of Passaic, for standing up for New Jersey’s private school community by crafting what he described as “monumental” legislation that addressed the critical need to provide all New Jersey schoolchildren with schools that are both safe and secure. 

Rabbi Schnall said that he was stunned by Christie’s proposed budget. 

 “With bomb threats pouring in at JCCs all over the country, acts of anti-Semitism taking place nationwide and Jewish cemeteries being vandalized, there could not be a worse time to cut security funding for schoolchildren,” remarked Rabbi Schnall. 

Rabbi Schnall noted that by approving an $11.2 million allowance to protect private school children this past fall, the governor had sent a clear message to Garden State residents that the safety of private school children was no less important than that of their public school counterparts. He asked, “what message is the governor now delivering by eliminating the entire nonpublic school security program?”   

With the New Jersey Legislature set to review the newly-released budget, Rabbi Schnall called on the public to express their opposition to Governor Christie's decision to eliminate security funding for nonpublic school students. Constituents should call their Assembly Members and Senators and ask them to reinstate security funding for nonpublic school students.
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BD''E

March 16, 2017, 9:41 am
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Levaya of Rebbetzin Lieba Sturman a"h mother of R' Yaakov, R' Sender, R' Chaim, R' Yossi, Will be at the Lakewood chapel on 7th Street 12:30 pm. Kevurah will be in Staten Island.  Her husband was Rav Shimon Sturman Z"L Magid Shiur in Philadelphia yeshiva. Their son R' Aharon Sturman Z"L was niftar in 2010 from loud Gehrig disease R"L.
Mrs. Leiba Sturman, was a beloved teacher at Kosloff Torah Academy in Bala Cynwyd and TAGHS.

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Lakewood’s Blizzard That Wasn’t

March 16, 2017, 11:24 am
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Hamodia article by Mordechai Wincorn

LAKEWOOD - Despite dire predictions of a blizzard that most felt would surely cancel schools and grind the town to a near-halt, most Lakewood residents had a wet but mostly normal day on Tuesday as shifting weather patterns turned the snowstorm to a heavy rain accompanied by strong winds before dawn.

On similar occasions in the past, when predictions of heavy snow did not pan out, most students in the town were left without busing. On Tuesday, regular transportation for nearly all of the town’s mosdos came as a welcome change.

“I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did my sons have busing, but even the Shacharis bus made its pickups. I’m sure the kids were disappointed not to get the snow day they were waiting for, but it’s much better that they’re learning, and easier for everyone this way. It is certainly not what any of us expected,” said one father.


The reversal did not come without effort. Lakewood’s public schools had decided to close the day before, amidst stern warnings from the state. In past years, transportation for mosdos was wholly dependent on the Board of Education and was tied to the public school schedule. Since the beginning of the school year, however, legislation has taken effect that transferred all transportation for non-public schools to the Lakewood Student Transportation Authority (LSTA), a consortium that administers bussing for the yeshivos and girls’ schools.

“Baruch Hashem, the kids are learning today,” Avraham Kraweic, Director of LSTA, told Hamodia. “We waited till as late as we could to look at the situation and make a decision and it paid off. We are thankful that we have a good relationship with our vendors and their efforts were incredible.”

At 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, representatives of LSTA, the township, police, public works, and the mosdos held a conference call to evaluate the situation on the roads and see if conditions were safe enough to provide transportation. After deciding in the affirmative, LSTA, bus companies, and school administrators snapped into action and were able to provide regular transportation to nearly all non-public school students.

Not everyone escaped the storm’s wrath. Heavy winds downed trees and some electrical wires around town, and in the late morning over a thousand residents were temporarily left without power, including several schools in the Oak Street area. In another act of the newly found flexibility in transportation arrangements, several girls’ schools, including Bais Tova, Tiferes Bais Yaakov, and Bais Kaila bussed their students home at around noon, not knowing when electricity would be restored.

“I happened to have been home when my daughter’s school called that they were sending the kids home, but for mothers who were at work, I’m sure it was a major pain in the neck,” said one mother.

While most roads remained passable, heavy rains caused flooding in several areas and the section of Squankum Road near Bais Medrash Kol Shimshon was under several feet of water for much of the day.

Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein told Hamodia that public works personnel had teams driving around town throughout the day looking for drains that needed to be cleared of debris and residual snow banks.

The township had prepared to meet various scenarios.

Plows were initially sent out to clear overnight snowfall, but as temperatures rose, they were quickly pulled and replaced with equipment to control flooding.

“Now we’re working on treating the roads so that all of this doesn’t ice over by the morning,” said Mr. Lichtenstein. “I think everyone knows that it takes a little patience and people have to make safe decisions. But, we saw how fluid the situation was and the town tried to be as flexible and pro-active as possible to change our resources and adapt as quickly as we could.” HAMODIA
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Tonight: Lakewood township committee meeeting

March 16, 2017, 2:00 pm
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Watch Live Stream HERE by FAA
Meeting starts 7:30  workshop executive meeting is starting early at 6:00 PM. see agenda HERE
Take Back Lakewood Review HERE
1. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey Authorizing The Rejection Of All Bids For Cell Tower Lease Pursuant To And In Accordance With N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 Et Seq.


2. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Releasing A Performance Guarantee Posted By PAZ Developers, LLC.,
(Buttell Avenue) In Connection With SD #2036AA, Block 419, Lot 3.03
3. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Releasing A Performance Guarantee Posted By PAZ Developers, LLC.,
(Buttell Avenue) In Connection With SD #2046AA, Block 189.30, Lot 154
4. Resolution Of the Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey, Releasing A Performance Guarantee Posted By Joe Parker Homes, LLC., In Connection With ZB#3723, (Joe Parker Road), Block 189.03, Lots 37-40 and 172 
5. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Declaring Default of Letter Of Credit Posted By CountyApple, LLC., For
ZB #3739 (Honey Court), Block 171, Lots 4, 5 and 6
6. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Authorizing Emergency TemporaryAppropriations For The 2017 Budget
7. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Authorizing The Mayor And Or His Designee To Sign Completion And
Settlement Agreement With Bond Safe Guard Insurance Company (Horizons At
Woodlake)
8. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood , County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Reducing the Performance Guarantee (First Reduction) Posted By Pine
Belt Enterprises, Inc., In Connection With SP #2069 (Route #88), For Block 669,
Lots 10, 23 and 91 
9. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Releasing A Performance Guarantee Posted By Lakewood Investments,
LLC., In Connection With SD #1624,(New Central Avenue) B 11.05, Lots 77 and 80
10. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Reducing The Performance Guarantee (Second Reduction) Posted By
Prospect Acquisition, LLC., In Connection With ZB# 3736B, (Prospect Vines
Phase 3) For Block 490, Lot 10
11. Resolution Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Releasing A Performance Guarantee Posted By Yeshivas Shagas Aryeh, In Connection With SP# 1953, (West Cross Street), Block 251.03, L 19
(M) ORDINANCES SECOND READING
1. Ordinance Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey, Bond Ordinance Providing For Various Capital Improvements, Appropriating $10,000,000 Therefore And Authorizing The Issuance Of $9,500,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance A Portion Of The Costs Thereof, Authorized In And By The Township Of Lakewood, In The County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey
(N) ORDINANCES FIRST READING - Public Hearing Scheduled For April 6, 2017
1. Ordinance Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State of New Jersey, Amending And Supplementing Chapter XI, Specifically Section 11-13 Entitled "Parking Prohibited At All Times On Certain Streets"(America Way Between Cedarbridge And New Hampshire)
2. An Ordinance Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New
Jersey, Amending And Supplementing Chapter XVIII Of The Revised General
Ordinances Of The Township Of Lakewood, Specifically Article IX (Zoning Districts
And Regulations), Section 19-903 D.1. (f) (Wholesale Service Zone B-4)(Wood
Working)
3. Ordinance Of The Township Of Lakewood, County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey,
Pursuant To N.J.S.A. 40A:21-1 Et. Seq., Granting Abatement To Local Property
Taxes To 1205 Paco Way LLC., For Facilities Located At Block 1160, Lot 383,
(1205 Paco Way) And Authorizing The Mayor And Or His Designee And The
Township Clerk To Execute Any And All Documents Necessary And Proper To
Enter Into A TaxAbatement Agreement
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Oif Simchas Lakewood March 16, 2017

March 16, 2017, 5:43 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson Eli Gurwitz to Kallah Chani Kreiser at 9 Shonny Drive, 7:30
-Vort:Mishpachas Berman 33 East 8th street Lakewood
-Chasuna: Hilman-Duner Ateres Reva hall
-Wedding: Eidstein- Moskowitz at Ateres Chana hall
-Chasuna: Weinberg- Weissblum at Neemas Hachaim hall
-Special Seder Tonight at BMG L’zechus Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock at the Zemel  Bais medrash from 11:15-12:15
-Bais Hatavshil / hachnosas orchim D'Lakewood kvias mezuzah- 105 Clifton ave  earlier tonight full fleishig and Sushi Buffet
- Avos Ubanim awards evening at Lake Terrace hall
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Jackson council votes to approve dorm ban

March 16, 2017, 6:12 pm
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The Jackson council voted to approve an ordnance banning the construction of dormitories in the township. Jackson residents Members of the orthodox community reached out to township officials to discuss the issue and asked to be  Given a chance to sit down with them and work out a compromise but got no response from officials. A council member said prior to the vote this ordinance is not against any race or religion.
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Masa U'Matan Lakewood Rental List March, 16, 2017

March 17, 2017, 4:30 am
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Zillow Lakewood market report

March 17, 2017, 7:33 am
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For most Kollel families Lakewood is no longer an option as they have been priced out of the market. Agents keep luring out of town buyers from Brooklyn to buy in Lakewood and are willing to put down more and pay more for a home.Will the bubble burst? read Zillow market report

MARKET TEMPERATURE: Cool
Homes may stay on the market for longer. 
Buyers can have more negotiating power.

The median home value in 08701 is $305,000. 08701 home values have gone up 5.0% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 3.2% within the next year. The median list price per square foot in 08701 is $156, which is lower than the Lakewood Township average of $157.


Foreclosures will be a factor impacting home values in the next several years. In 08701 1.0 homes are foreclosed (per 10,000). This is the same as the Lakewood Township value of 1.0 and also lower than the national value of 1.4

Mortgage delinquency is the first step in the foreclosure process. This is when a homeowner fails to make a mortgage payment. The percent of delinquent mortgages in 08701 is 0.0%, which is higher than the national value of 0.0%. With U.S. home values having fallen by more than 20% nationally from their peak in 2007 until their trough in late 2011, many homeowners are now underwater on their mortgages, meaning they owe more than their home is worth. The percent of 08701 homeowners underwater on their mortgage is 0.1%, which is the same as Lakewood Township at 0.1%.
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Video: Lakewood township commitee meeting 3 16, 2017

March 17, 2017, 10:30 am
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Tefillos for Rav Avrohom Luria

March 17, 2017, 1:46 pm
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Join the nshei chayil of Lakewood in being mekabel Shabbos 10 minutes early lzchus Avraham Yehoshua Heshel ben frumit

-Matzav- All are asked to say Tehillim for Rav Avrohom Luria, a noted marbitz Torah in Lakewood, who suffered a heart attack and is in need of rachamei Shomayim. Rav Luria is a longtime rebbi, serving as a maggid shiur at Mesivta Ohr Chaim Meir. He is a resident of the Park Avenue neighborhood in Lakewood. His brother, Rav Shmuel Yitzchok and Rav Moshe Shimon, are rabbonim in Lakewood. The name for Tehillim is Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel ben Frumit.


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Zmanim Lakewood ערב שבת פרשת כי תשא פרשת פרה

March 17, 2017, 1:51 pm
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Friday, March 17, 2017 / י"ט אדר תשע"ז
Candle lighting 6:48
Shkiah 7:06
Early shabbos minyanim in many shuls.
Avos Ubanim now on Shabbos afternoon
Yehuda Green at Kol Aryeh for shabbos 

מצוות מחצית השקל שמופיעה בפתח הפרשה, מלמדת שיהודי לעולם לא יגיע לשלמות אם לא יחבור ליהודי נוסף. האחדות, האחווה, הופכות אותנו לקומה אחת שלמה.
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Motzei shabbos Parshas Ki Sisa 5777 Lakewood

March 18, 2017, 6:35 pm
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- Pedestrian struck 3rd & Madison Avenue in Lakewood Rt 9 blocked off between 2nd Street and 4th Street. 

-Please continue to be mispalel for Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel ben Frumit who suffered a heart Attack erev shabbos, situation still critical  אברהם יהושע בן פרימוט

-Melava Malka and seudas Yartzheit at B'M Bais Mordechai this motzei shabbos lekovod Yartzeit of R' Elimelech M'Lizensk zy"a.

-Melava Malka and parlor meeting for Gatshead yeshiva behishtatfus the Rosh Yeshiva Harav Avrohom Gurwitz shlita at River Terrace 1094 River avenue

-Avos Ubanim Melava Malka at B"M Spruce street

-The E-ZPass toll at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, will increase by 44 cents to $11.52, and the cash toll will increase by $1 from $16 to $17.
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New stores in Lakewood

March 19, 2017, 7:49 am
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-Buckles 2nd location grand opening in Lakewood at Todd plaza 109 River ave 
-Evergreen Pesach store opening Thursday March 23 in 9,000 sq ft tent behind  current store
-Alteration station one stop shop for all your alteration needs at sunset and  James plaza 2nd floor back entrance next door to Torah Uesorah 8 am -8 pm  same day and 1 hour service options

-Aris rent a car second location at 650 James street
-Hat source Ferster hats at Grebow shopping center next Sunday March 26
-Coco Nails at shloimys Plaza 95 East county line
-GB mens clothing grand reopening 418 Clifton avenue
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Oif Simchas/ Events Lakewood March 19 ,2017

March 19, 2017, 1:06 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson Nachman Silverstein to Hakallah Bas R' Yosef Mordechai Schwartzman at Madison Manor 4th and Madison in Bais Horaah 2:00- 5:00pm

-Vort: Hachosson  Avraham Krispin to Kallah  Anaelle Muyal 5:30 pm at 13  Clayton court (off Gudz) Lakewood, NJ

-Vort: Hachosson Yitzy Niassoff to Hakallah Baila Zisow Bas R' Yitzchok at R' Blech shul 13th and Madison Lakewood, NJ 7:30 pm

-Chasuna: Czermak- Ellinson Fountain Ballroom at Lakewood Cheder
-Wedding: Lichtenstein- Mintz  Ateres Chana hall at Bais Faiga 

-Yeshiva gedolah Bayonne Dinner at Tiferes Simcha hall 613 Oak street    Lakewood, NJ 7:00 pm

-Chanukas habayis at yeshiva Mekor Hatorah  after mincha at 5:30 pm 180  Sims avenue off  Bellinger street campus tours at 5:00 pm

-Dinner Bais Yaakov Ohel Esther at Yeshiva Ktana hall 7:00 pm
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