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Lakewood Township offices closed for Thanksgiving day, no busing

November 23, 2016, 5:58 am
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-LSTA no busses on Thanksgiving
-Lakewood shuttle will not provide service on Thanksgivig day
-Lakewood Township Municipal Offices will be Closed on Thursday, November 24, 2016 and Friday, November 25, 2016 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday
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BD'E

November 23, 2016, 8:45 am
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Petirah of 2 month old baby boy who did not wake up this morning R"L Hayeled Shmuel Hillel A''H son of Rabbi and Mrs. Yehoshua Leib Notis. Levaya in Lakewood (4:00 pm) this afternoon at the Chapel on 7th street. Shiva at 21 Kletzk Hill in Westgate. Shachris 8:00 am Mincha 1:40 Maariv 10:00 pm. May the family know of no more Tzaar and only simchas.
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Video: Senior Community Needs Subcommittee of the Lakewood master plan

November 23, 2016, 9:45 am
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Video: courtesy of First Amendment Activist
6:10 – talk about shopping centers
6:50- by the end of 2017 all senior homes in Lakewood will be built. 
7:40 – in general senior communities are not as popular 
8:23- orthodox seniors purchasing senior homes
11:00 – schools next to senior communities 

18:00 – ordinances to prevent schools from building adjacent to senior communities
23:10 – old rumors regarding county expanding Cross St.
24:30 – Moshe Lankry asks if the seniors and orthodox communities can join in to press the county to update its roads. 
28: 40 – resident suggests to pressure the county to widen and upgrade their roads
35:05 – empty lots next to senior areas. Commercial enterprises have an eye on it 
35:45 – how the Raritan Aquifer was lost to developers. The 20 acre park is gone. 
46:40 – suggestion to ask the county to widen and upgrade their roads. 
47:57 – Moshe Lankry praises Take Back Lakewood
50:50 – Justin recalls the good old days when Lakewood had plenty of space

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Take Back Lakewood: A progress report

November 23, 2016, 11:30 am
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TBL- B''H we have accomplished a lot in a little over a month. When developers are starting to change the applications that they submit because they know they will be rejected we know we have really come a long way. We have an open communication channel with all of the township committee members, and we are actively pursuing things behind closed doors to stop this at a larger level instead of having to fight every application at the meeting. We actually did start a fundraiser pagebut I haven't been pushing it at all and it really is time to start. I have been self-funding this until now, but to reach out on a grander scale we need to get a lawyer involved and we need to communicate better to the community so that people know what we have done and how they can help. We will be making a big push to get a lot of people to come to
the December 1st meeting.  Donate HERE
As recent as yesterday a committeeman expressed that he thinks this is a fringe movement and that most of Lakewood does not have similar concerns.  Head in the sand much? His proof was that only 20 Frum guys were at the meeting last week along with 50 seniors.  I know 100 percent that there are thousands of people who are upset about this and we need to both inform them and motivate them to come to the December 1st meeting. Many of them simply think it is a lost cause when in reality it is not. I would also love to hire a lawyer to come down and block all of the large applications in addition to suing the board for routinely engaging in illegal spot zoning. We are actively working on getting members of the board changed to more moderate members. 
Most importantly we are trying to keep the campaign positive and clean and not to harp on the past but focus on saving the future.
I am absolutely not doing this for the money in any which way and that is why I have been reluctant to ask people for money until now, but I really want to take this to the next level now. I also want to make another point. I am moderate and reasonable. I am not here to stop every single house when one guy wants to subdivide and has a couple of variances and the neighbors don't mind. I'm mainly concerned with a bigger scale. With building 30 houses on three lots, with knocking down a house and turning it into a cul-de-sac etc. 

 I am not trying to stop all future housing in Lakewood.  I just want things being done with sechel and planning, and not sticking 50 houses here and there and there and suddenly a critical artery in Lakewood  becomes gridlocked. 

We need a zoning board that can stand up for Lakewood and say no when the developers over-reach in their applications.

We need to stop approving these behemoth 500 unit applications marketed to New York residents. Yes I know that there is a shortage of housing in New York and I know that New York is crowded etc. We do not need to turn Lakewood into Brooklyn. Our infrastructure simply cannot handle it.

Send a text to 40404 saying: Follow @takebackLKWD to get important text updates.
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Oif Simchas Lakewood Nov 23 16

November 23, 2016, 5:05 pm
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Wedding: Krasnow- Weiner at Neemas Hachaim hall
Chasunah: Rivlin-Garfinkel at Lake Terrace hall Lakewood
Chasuna: Braunfeld- Kuritzky at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga

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Tefillos for Rav Matisyahu Salomon

November 23, 2016, 9:37 pm
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Matzav- All are asked to say Tehillim for Rav Matisyahu Salomon, mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, who is in need of a refuah shleimah, as Hatzolah has transported him to Monmouth Medical Southern Campus in Lakewood.
The name for Tehillim is Matisyahu Chaim ben Ettil.
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Video: Master Plan Transportation subcommittee Residents give constructive traffic fixes.

November 24, 2016, 5:28 am
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Township should not vacate E. kennedy and open it up- 48:00
Take back vacated streets and open them up with eminent domain 
Build a bridge over the Lake to Sunset rd
pedestrian bridge from N. Lake to S. Lake
Enforce sidewalks at commercial properties in residential areas
Make one way streets like in boro park
no double side parking on narrow streets
Dualize Rt 9 Dualize Rt9 Dualize Rt 9 Dualize rt 9 widen rt 9

 
22:20 – Resident asks the planner for a simple plan to solve the traffic problem, not to merely identify it.
25:45 – chairman says they don’t have a solution 
26:40 – Justin says Lakewood is not a city. More of a sub – urban area meaning we don’t ride backs or walking. Resident disagrees. Says ( the chassidishe woman ) moving in from Brooklyn do not drive and only
walk.
29:30 – resident asks what the planner can do to encourage the county to update its roads.
36:00 – Kevin a long time resident of Lakewood comes with practical solutions. Mentions how many children were killed in the complexes. Kevin sat on the master plan committee in 1990. Says it was a total waste of time. Says he pushed to have the little league out of 9th St. for the safety of the children. Asks to change Lexington to only one side parking. sks to change Lexington to only one side parking.

42:00 – Kevin asks why parking lot by Beis Shalom is not paved yet.
47:50 – Yoel Lebowitz speaks about E. Kennedy Blvd. Says we should have city bussing in Lakewood like every other town.
57:25 – Yosef Portnoy who is a professional engineer speaks about Lakewood traffic.
1:06:50 – resident suggests using eminent domain.

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Black Friday weekend special sale at Toys for Thought- receive $50 gift certificate

November 24, 2016, 8:19 am
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Unadvertised Hefkervelt special! At Toys for thought Black Friday weekend special sale . Spend $200 dollars at Toys For thought And receive a $50 dollar gift certificate to be used towards a future purchase after December 1st. Sale is good through this Sunday. Cannot use store credit or gift cards for 200 dollar purchase. One offer per family. Toys for thought 310 3rd street Lakewood. Mention HV at checkout and receive a free game to make you smile!
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Letter: Looking for info on the Lakewood- Manhattan commute

November 24, 2016, 12:13 pm
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Dear Fellow Lakewooders,
I am a Lakewood resident who recently got a job in Manhattan. I am new to the commuting schedule and have no familiarity with Lakewood-Manhattan busses. If anyone can provide information and contact info for such daily transportation between Lakewood and Manhattan, both ways, it would greatly appreciated. Also, if there is information about davening Shacharis, that would helpful. 
Also, perhaps readers can advise whether it is better to take a bus than to drive myself, and what the cost considerations are. Other helpful info would be with regard to driving to the end of Jersey, parking somewhere there, and then taking a train into Manhattan, and whether that is a viable option.
Thank you and tizku l'mitzvos.

A Lakewood Resident
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Whats on sale?

November 24, 2016, 2:18 pm
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Oif Simchas Lakewood Nov 24 2016

November 24, 2016, 5:59 pm
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-Vort: Hachosson Chaim Berman to Kallah Chana Zylberberg  7:30-10:30, at their home 1967 New Central. ave. Lakewood, NJ
-Wedding: Zeldes- Gould at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood cheder
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Leil shishi

November 24, 2016, 9:44 pm
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Letter to Orthodox Jewish Communities in Boro Park, Flatbush and Lakewood

November 25, 2016, 4:27 am
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By R’ Nachman Caller, the Republican District Leader of Boro Park and Midwood

I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation and thanks to our Jewish brethren in Boro Park, Flatbush and Lakewood for responding to our call and expressing the voice of Torah and Yiddishkeit in the Presidential elections. 
We gave our President-Elect Donald Trump our overwhelming support. Seventy percent of the Boro Park-Flatbush community (our Assembly District 48 gave Donald Trump the most votes in Brooklyn) and 79 percent of the Lakewood community cast their votes for Donald Trump.

We must continue to express our support for our new President-elect. He is
subject to an onslaught by the extreme left who are trying to impose their agenda on the people of America. They disrespect and demonstrate against our new President-elect. We must support the rallies in support of our President-elect. We must write letters and voice our support. The support of our Jewish communities will give Donald Trump and his wonderful family the חיזוק they need to hold strong against the onslaught of the extreme left liberals. We extend our invitation to President-Elect Donald Trump and/or his wonderful family to visit with and get to know our communities and our families.

We reach out to our President-elect, the leader of our great country, who has been tasked to lead our country in a righteous manner, being fair to all of its people, to recognize the special needs of our communities. Our parents must send their children to our private schools so that they can be educated to continue our hallowed traditions. The tuition burden is unbearable, and is primarily caused by the unfair treatment by the states and the liberal controlled courts, which unfairly deny our children their constitutional right to be educated in a manner that allows them to continue in the religious traditions of their parents and grandparents. We ask our President-elect to allocate funds to our parents and their children. This can be provided in a manner that will not run afoul of constitutional limitations.

We conclude with the Blessing recited in synagogues for the Head of the Government. We ask that הקב”הshall protect and help President-Elect Donald Trump in all of his endeavors and that his Star shall rise for the benefit of our country; and that in his and our days הקב”ה shall send a ישועה to our Jewish nation.
Matzav.com
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Why such a short school day?

November 25, 2016, 8:31 am
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The Friday schedule in Lakewood for some of the girls schools is getting shorter and shorter. Girls are going to school for just about 1 hour on Friday. The buses dont get there before 9:40 and at 11:15 girls are getting dismissed! Yes busing is an issue, but its not fair for the kids and for the parents who now have to shorten their Friday workday even more. Something has got to give. The overall Friday schedule in Lakewood should be changed. 
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באש ובמים - עם ישראל חי

November 25, 2016, 9:01 am
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Singer Avrohom Fried writes about the fires burning in Eretz Yisrael the words of a recent song come to mind.  ( listen to song below)

כשהקלטתי את השיר הזה, מילותיו של הנביא ישעיהו ריגשו אותי בעוצמתם, אך לא ידעתי עד כמה יהיו רלבנטיות יום אחד בארץ הקודש. "כי-תעבור במים איתך-אני, ובנהרות לא ישטפוך:  כי-תלך במו-אש לא תיכווה, ולהבה לא תבער-בך." (ישעיהו מ"ג)
המלב"ים שואל על הפסוק הזה, מדוע הכפילות? במים/בנהרות", "באש/להבה". ועונה שם, כי ישנם שני סוגים של הצלה. יש הצלה בדרך הטבע. במצב בו ה'יתברך שומר על האדם שלא יתקרב אליו המזיק. אבל יש גם הצלה ניסית, כך שאפילו אם יהיה במקום בו יש אש ומים, הטבע שלהם מתבטל ולא מזיק לו 

 ואנו עומדים משתאים מול הניסים הגדולים ב"ה לעמנו, מול החוסן של עם ישראל ביום הקשה הזה,
 ומודים לרבש"ע על ניסיך שבכל יום עמנו, ובמיוחד בימים האחרונים ומכאן אני רוצה לשלוח חיזוק וחיבוק גדול לאחי אשר בארץ הקודש, ונאמר יחד לכל אויבינו: באש ובמים עם ישראל חי

אברהם פריד

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ערב שבת פרשת חיי שרה שבת מברכים חודש כסלו Lakewood Zmanim

November 25, 2016, 10:00 am
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Friday, November 25, 2016 / כ"ד חשון 
Candle lighting 4:15 PM 
Shkiah: 4:33 
Rosh Chodesh Kislev is on Thursday
 (Molad Tuesday 4:08 pm 6 chalakim) 
Weather for shabbos- Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 53F..

Kapishnetzer Rebbe will be in Lakewood for this Shabbos at the Bais Medrash  55 Finchely
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Asifa for busing in Lakewood

November 26, 2016, 5:54 pm
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A large asifa will take place this week in Lakewood to discuss the busing crisis. No not Lakewood busing but the transportation of children to chinuch Atzmoi schools in Eretz Yisrael. As chazal say 
 כל המתפלל בעד חברו והוא צריך לאותו דבר הוא נענה תחילה

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Lakewood township reassessment for 2017 information on Tax impact

November 27, 2016, 6:48 am
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Proposed value of all properties in Lakewood for 2017 $9,659,250,00
went up 3 billion dollars from the current $6,451,459,200
Detail on the new tax rates:
HERE 

Search HERE - lists 15,000 of the 25,000 properties in LKWD and how much they were assessed at. 

They provided a worksheet where you can calculate new tax, HERE 

Basically, the old rate was 2.93. Since Lakewood properties overall went up by 50%, if your value went up by more than 50% you have and increase and less than 50% you have a decrease. Approx new rate will be 1.957 subject to change based on 2017 budget. In the excel – enter old and new values into the first 2 yellow cells and the rest calculates automatic.

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TBL: Explaining misconceptions

November 27, 2016, 12:44 pm
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Take Back Lakewood post. 
See our ad in the voice on page 261. In the public forum on page 100, the Zoning Board Chairman was interviewed. He said that Lakewood is a pro-growth town and there is nothing wrong with growth. He blamed the state, county and township for not upgrading our roads. He said that if the township starts developing paper streets then then state will see that we are serious and they will be forced to widen Route 9 (huh??). This is a common deflection routine practiced here. Blame the State. If only they widened route 9 everything would be fine! Don't fall for this. The blame lies right here. Everyone keeps on saying that with the proper infrastructure we can have growth. Well, since we don't have the proper infrastructure, why are so many large projects in crowded neighborhoods getting approved? 



He talked about granting developers variances to build extra houses in exchange for paving roads. What he neglected to mention is that the roads that they build are all cul-de-sacs which lead nowhere and further add to traffic by dumping all of the cars onto one roadway. He talked about reviewing all of the details of the application very carefully and applying relevant laws and said that in the past year they turned down more than 600 units. I'm interested in knowing how many thousands they approved. I'd also like to remind the Chairman that when granting a variance or zoning change, the applicant must prove that the proposed housing won't cause substantial detriment to the neighborhood in the form of traffic, impact on neighborhood, etc. That's a pretty high bar to prove and yet most applications sail through with approvals. They also need to prove that the positives outweigh the negatives. Again, a hefty burden considering the damage that overbuilding is causing our town. 

On page 72 the Voice talked to Township attorney Steven Secare to discuss the legality of a moratorium which he said can not be done. He did say though that the town should rezone areas to more restrictive zones to slow growth (why isn't this happening??). Chairman Halberstam chimed in that the power to do that lies with the planning board who is guided by the township committee. This statement is very misleading. Wow! Talk about deflecting blame! The only time that the planning board any input on zone is when once every 10 years  the master plan is updated. When that happens, all of the special interests on the master plan committee (which the township committee was made aware of but refuses to fix) make sure that zoning changes are made to benefit the developers and not the residents of Lakewood. Even then, the Planning Board simply votes to approve a general vague overall plan for Lakewood,. They do not have the ability to rezone.That power lies with the township committee who can pass ordinances to rezone. Further, we never proposed a moratorium. If someone has a property zoned for a single family on half an acre, let them build that. Instead, they go to the zoning board, who CHANGES THE ZONE through illegal spot zoning to allow townhouses crowded into tiny lots. The fact that he attempts to pass the blame to the planning board is a disgraceful and deceitful attempt to pass the blame so that the public won't realize that the ZONING board often engages in illegal spot-zoning and zoning by variance. 

This is a game of pass the blame. The Township Committee blames the planning and zoning board, the Planning board blames the Township Committee and zoning board and now we have the Zoning board chairman attempting to blame the township committee and planning board. Our Committee members and the chairmen of the boards have had their positions for approximately 15 years. Under their guidance we got into the mess that we are currently in. Anyone think it's time for a change in leadership on the planning and zoning boards?? Speak up at this Thursday's Township committee meeting. The committee will tell you that they are not allowed to remove someone mid-term. Tell them that A) They have legal grounds to remove them for not following the master plan or land use law act by indiscriminately granting variances and spot-zoning to developers for many years in a clear detriment to the neighborhoods B) They can definitely call the chairmen and ask them nicely to resign. They got us into this mess and it's time for new leaders to help us out of the mess. 

We have a big problem on our hands. While a moratorium is probably not legal, the township committee absolutely needs to take the lead on fixing this. Yes they can call the chairmen and ask them nicely to resign. Yes they can propose ordinances to restrict developers from using loopholes to abuse our ordinances. Yes they can champion this issue and take the lead on fixing these problems. Unfortunately, some of them are not yet convinced that we need major change. Some of them think that there's no problem or that this grassroots effort will wither and die.  
We need to stand up this Thursday night at 7:30 with a unified voice and tell them that we need change. 
"But it's not my type", "I'm not an activist", "But I've never gone to a meeting". Let this be your first time. This is a grassroots effort and we want things to change then we need the public to get involved. 

It's time to take a stand to save Lakewood!

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Oif Simches Lakewood Nov 27

November 27, 2016, 4:49 pm
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Wedding: Czitter- Laskin at Ateres Chana hall in Bais Faiga.
Chasuna: Yelen- Silver at N'eemas Hachaim hall
Vort: Chosson Yehuda Leib Lieberman to Kallah Raizy Schwartzman bas R' Tzvi at Bais Horaah Madison and 4th Lakewood, NJ  7:30 pm
Vort: Chosson Dov Ber Tillim Ben R' Yochanan to Hakallah Sheindy Frost Bas R' Moshe at 1005 Princeton Ave Lakewood 7:30 pm
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