Weather: 35° A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph. Advisory untill 6pm today
Presidents’ Day today is a federal and state holiday, no USPS mail, banks closed, government offices closed.
A snow storm wed might into Thursday forecast is now calling for up to 6 inches in parts New Jersey. The National Weather Service was forecasting a 60% chance of snow for Monmouth and Ocean counties.
- Thousands across Lakewood Jackson Tim's River still without power due to high winds. JCP&L outage map tracker shows over 50 cluster outages in Lakewood. No restoration time has been published yet.
- LPD: New Hampshire Ave remains closed in both directions between Rt 70 and Locust St for low hanging power lines and a leaning telephone pole.
-The Mir Yerushalayim yeshiva dinner that usually takes place before pesach has been scheduled for May 18 at Bellworks.
-Adirei HaTorah will host a shabbos for donors to spend time with the roshei yeshiva this coming parshas zachor.
- Tomorrow at the Lakewood planning board meeting, application to create 76 lots off
Massachusetts Avenue.
- The Wawa location off E County line rd a d Squankum has official closed today.
- CHEMED Health has announced plans to open a new hospital in Lakewood, designed to serve the growing community, including a emergency room an OBGYN labor and delivery unit, and other services. The rumors were circulating ut the official announcement was made at the shabbos retreat in Stamford, CT according to reports. The proposed medical facility will be located near Airport Road and Cedarbridge Avenue. Recent efforts to upgrade healthcare in Lakewood are driven by an influx of seniors moving to the area and the need for more local healthcare services. Currently, many residents travel to Jersey Shore Medical Center or Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch for childbirth, while Brick Hospital has become an alternative for some locals. In Toms River, community leaders, including askanim led by the Vizhnitz Lakewood Yerushalayim Rebbe, have been actively working to improve medical care at community hospital to meet the community's needs.
- Giyus: Israeli Finance Ministry Calls for Personal Sanctions on Chareidim Who Avoid the Army and don't show up to draft notices
Rather than the institutional sanctions suggested by Minister Katz, the Ministry of Finance is advocating for individual actions like revoking dormitory subsidies, eliminating discounts on property taxes and national insurance, and withdrawing housing subsidy benefits.
- The pro Palestinian demonstration on Boro Park is scheduled for Tuesday evening at Lumiere Hall on 50th Street, off 13th ave.
- Rav Shaul Alter shlita visited the Los Angeles frum community yesterday traveling to yeshivos, chadorim, meeting kollel youngeleit and balei batim. The visit concluded with a central communitywide shiur. He heads back to the east coast will spend shabbos in Lakewood
-Trump says he Could Meet With Putin 'Very Soon' on Ukraine, that Putin “wants to stop fighting” and that both Putin and Zelensky want this war to end.
- Secretary of State Rubio, National Security Advisor Waltz, and Special Envoy Witkoff - will meet with the Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia
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How summer learning, tutoring helped 9 New Jersey school districts overcome a pandemic slump
By Hannah Gross, NJ Spotlight News | February 12, 2025, 10:47am EST
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Some New Jersey school districts in low-income communities are defying national and statewide trends as their student achievement returns to pre-pandemic levels in math and reading. (Erica Lee / For Chalkbeat)
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-Nine low-income New Jersey school districts bucked national trends and are now performing above pre-pandemic achievement levels in reading, math, or both. The districts include Union City, Woodlynne, Lakewood Township, Ventnor City, Commercial Township, Englewood, Garfield, Hillside, and Beverly City.
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