Weather: 64° Cloudy with showers. Thunder possible. Chance of rain 60%.
- First Monday of Behab minyan mincha with krias Hatorah of Vayechal at Rabbi Forcheimers shul 418 5th st 2:10 pm
- Nearly 300 flights into and out of Newark Airport in New Jersey were delayed or cancelled Monday morning as the international transit hub continued to struggle with a shortage of air traffic controllers, as well as inclement weather, federal transportation officials said.
- Keren Olam Hatorah 2.0 A delegation of gedolim from Eretz Yisroel let by Rav Moshe HIllel HIrsch will once again come to the US to raise 100 million for Yeshivos In Eretz Yisroel. The triop i scheduled right after shavuos
- Giyus: Army data shows Huge increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox people who enlisted in the IDF. The IDF estimates: We will end the recruitment year with 2,800 ultra-Orthodox recruits - almost three times the number of ultra-Orthodox recruits last year. This is without the giyus law.
- Tonight Women and wellness 3.0 event by Lakewood bikur cholim at Fountain Ballroom & Kesser Moshe Yehudah halls 725 Vassar avenue doors open at 6:00 PM I Program begins at 6:45 PM
-Campaigns end today no more hourly emails, whatsapps and other reminders to vote in the WZO elections
-Trump: I don’t need to have Karl Rove of FoxNews to tell me what to do. The guy’s a total Loser who’s been wrong about almost everything!
- May 5 Cinco Demayo Mexican holiday
- Lag Ba’omer: visitors to be allowed only five hours In Meron this year
- Free Fiveish bags this week at Lakewood stores counting down to the annual Oorah auction and Fiveish day 5/5
- Lakewood Zoning board meeting today at 7Pm watch livestream Here see agenda Here several big applications
- Lanes Mill LLC, Lanes Mill Road, To construct 79 lots, 74 dwellings, 1 synagogue, 2 playgrounds, 1 HOA lot, and 2 vacant lot to be developed by others.
- Cong Sanz of Lakewood, Argyle & Wadsworth Ave, Subdivision for 4 lots.
– Yeshiva Toras Chaim, Ridge Avenue, Use variance for a 3 story dormitory
-Aisle Nine LLC, 951 Madison Avenue, Use Variance to construct a 2 story warehouse
– 118 Ocean Ave, LLC – Vine & Spruce Street, To create 4 residential lots.
– Mesivta Nezer Hatorah, Essex Avenue, To add a dorm, gym, bais medrash building and faculty duplex to existing site.
- Tax Dollars: LDC meeting today 4:30pm virtual only see agenda HERE giving $1 million contract to Ripple Effect Entrwepreneur Fund (REEF) to provide a Stabilization and Growth loan program to provide financial assistance to UEZ registered businesses that are currently not bankable with traditional lending institutions; and REEF is awarded a non-compensatory contract to perform the tasks associated with this loan program that include but are not limited to application gathering and verification, business financial viability, underwriting, loan committee review and approval, payment collection.
A $250,000 contract for Lakewood UEZ Workforce Development – Ecommerce Project awarded to NJ RISING STARS to develop and facilitate a Workforce Training and Development program for Ecommerce.
- Property Tax increase Many New Jersey residents are dealing with significant tax increases this year as school boards continue to approve or reject their 2025-2026 budgets.
With several school districts facing
Toms River rejected budget that would have increased average home tax by $500, Lakewood will go up by $150 plus owing $300 million in loans to the state.