Weather: 44° Partly cloudy skies this morning will give way to occasional showers during the afternoon. Chance of rain 50%.
- Flu going around again, Lakewood area pharmacies are running out daily of certain antibiotics, forcing doctors to keep on changing prescriptions based on whatever is available at that moment
- With long waits to schedule doctor appointments and a lack of specialists, a group of balei batim are working on bringing higher medical care for the growing Lakewood community to keep up with demand as it is currently considered by some in the category of a עיר שאין בה רופא.
- FAAnews LPlanning board attorney urges board to approve a dormatory despite pending court litigation that the board lacks jurisdiction to approve dormitories in residential zones. More here
- Israel is preparing for possible revenge attacks and rocket fire from the Gaza Strip after 10 Palestinians were killed and over 100 others were injured in armed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Shechem.
- The weather service’s Mount Holly office sent a team of meteorologists to the West Windsor and Lawrenceville areas of Mercer County, NJ to inspect the storm damage, and they found evidence to confirm the damage was caused by a tornado that touched down in the Quaker Bridge section of Lawrence Township.
- Visible tonight a bit before shkiah you can see the 2 planets venus and Jupiter near the moon which will be visible lower than the planets (Reb shea Ostreicher Kol Mevaser)
- Jewish ad agency produced an ad for the NJ Dept of health Ad targeting the orthodox Jewish community to vaccinate the ad reads "Purim is back but Covid doesn't need to be" social media posts called out the DOH to get some sensitivity training as it appears they were pushing the notion that certain communities spread the disease