Weather: 29° Sunshine and clouds mixed. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
The National Weather Service forecast map for Wednesday into Thursday continues to favor a more southern track of the storm that will leave less than 1 inch of snow across most of New Jersey
- Gridlock traffic this afternoon James St Pine St Rt 9 area due to construction.
- Bring back plastic bags like Trump did for straws, N.J. lawmaker says
Assemblyman John Azzariti Jr. (R-Bergen) announced on Monday legislation to repeal the law that restricts businesses from selling or distributing single-use plastic carryout bags, paper bags, polystyrene foam (similar to Styrofoam) service products and plastic straws.
- The Trump administration is contemplating a policy change under which SNAP benefits would not be used to purchase junk food and sugary drinks. This proposed ban, aims at improving public health by restricting the type of food that can be bought with food stamps.
- NJ state police with traffic enforcement on the GSP ramp off exit 89 by Cedarbridge
- Presidents day sale at Shloimys kosher world Clifton Ave and Kennedy
Salmon family pack $8.99 limit 3 (on wed only)
tevyas ground beef $6,99 resses peanut butter puffs cereal 11oz $2.99, Catering packages.
- Video message in English from Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita He referred to the new reality in the world with the entry of a new president into thr White House, "Today many people trust a new president in America, and think that he will help us. But you need to know that these people are hindering the coming of משיח. Only when we understand that Hashem is the only power that can help us, from the president of America we will not be saved, only then God will bring salvation. Any thought about a big army, a big air force, or the thought that 'we are very strong', nothing can come out of it.""The only thing we have is Hashem, and the future redemption will only occur when we recognize that no one can help us except God himself."
- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight 6 pm watch live stream here see agenda here on the agenda application, Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision and Site Plan to create 76 lots off Massachusetts ave and Prospect st. Large crowd expected.
- Lakewood families who had their Food stamps benefits stolen, took out a ad in the paper thanking Gourmet Glatt for stepping up and offering gift cards to make up for their loss.
- Giyus: Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Edelstein: I am announcing - there will be personal and institutional sanctions in the conscription law
- Elon Musk's DOGE slashes $370 million at the Education Department — in just 48 hours!
- Newly released video shows the exact moment of the impact of Delta Connection flight 4819 in Toronto.80 people were aboard the flight. Miraculously, only 18 suffered injuries. Two are critical but stable. The pilot didn’t flare the aircraft before touchdown meaning the plane slammed into the ground while dropping at a rate so fast the main gear collapsed. The right wing breaks off and the plane rolls, skidding to a stop
- The Jackson Township Council has initiated plans for a thorough audit aimed at enhancing the efficiency of all municipal departments. This plan is in line with the broader effort nationwide to cut wasteful spending in government
- Lakewood Public Schools attorney makes millions in unusual, but lucrative, pay structure app reports Thanks to a generous and unique contract, he has been paid more than $6 million by the school district since 2017, far more than any other New Jersey public school lawyer Jersey City Public Schools, which has five times as many students as Lakewood, has spent $1.2 million on legal fees in the same period. Jersey City does not have an in-house lawyer. The contract arrangement by the board allows him to not only collect a steady $50,000 a month regardless of how many hours he logs on the district's behalf, but also to charge the district $475 per hour for additional litigation services.“There is no salary in any public school or charter school salaries that comes close to what he is earning,” said Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
Howell Township Schools, with almost the same enrollment as Lakewood, at 5,598 students, spent $103,268 on total legal fees in 2023-2024,
- The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner reportedly resigned over the weekend after a dispute with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the Elon Musk-led group’s efforts to access sensitive government records.
- Musk claimed to uncover “the biggest fraud in history” when he stumbled across more than 20 million people listed in the Social Security database as over the age of 100 years old.
“According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!” Musk posted on X late Sunday, showing a chart of ages ranging from zero to 369 years old.
Rav Shaul Alter kabolas ponim in Lakewood last night at BM Shvilei Dovid Oak & Vine![]()
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