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Local NewsSenate Passes Bill To Preserve FamilyCare Coverage For Working Parents – Singer Votes No?
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph Vitale which would preserve FamilyCare coverage for working parents and unfreeze enrollment for new applicants was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 23-17.
Commentary:
The FamilyCare bill (S2134) would enroll 39,000 more parents by taking $26.4 million from charity ... Read More
Local NewsNJ’s Lautenberg, now oldest senator
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
TRENTON, N.J. – Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who at age 86 became the Senate's oldest member Monday when Robert Byrd of West Virginia died, says he is now free of cancer after undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy.
"Though it's not yet visible, there is definitely hair growing on my scalp," the New Jersey Democrat told The ... Read More
Local NewsLost Cause? By Avi Solomon
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
I look back at this past Republican primary election between Hershel and Singer and wonder if the cause is lost. People seem to have gone back to their old habits of complaining about property taxes, but not determined to do much about it. The VAAD has begun its pathetic public relations reach out by promising to add askanim ... Read More
Entertainment, Local NewsJoke of The Day
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:40 PM
The Three Wishes
A Rabbi, a cantor, and a synagogue president were driving to a seminar when they were kidnapped. The highjackers asked the three of them to hand over all of their money and jewelry. When they replied that they hadn't any, the hijackers told them that immediately after their last wishes were fulfilled, they ... Read More
Local NewsScooped-Out Bagels- Is It A Waste?
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
If God meant for us to scoop out the insides of our bagels, he wouldn’t have designed the bagel with a hole in it already. IF you’re really concerned that you’re going to get fat from eating a whole bagel, why don’t you just eat half and save the rest for later? Seriously, there is nothing more of an insult to Jewish ... Read More
Local News$28B budget proposed for N.J.
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:51 PM
TRENTON —The state Legislature will likely pass the $28.3 billion state budget this Monday, and if it does, it will be a painful reality for local governments and schools.
Many Republicans say the budget does not cut spending enough, the final version will result in layoffs, early retirements for government workers, ... Read More
Local NewsA Concerned Citizen Speaks Out About Safety
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:51 PM
The following is a letter sent to us from a concerned citizen. Sometimes it takes a critical voice, to see the things that need to be changed, for our own safety.
I would like to express my comments regarding safety at the private schools. I have addressed this issue many times, including at Township Meetings. I have not ... Read More
Local NewsWait On Line To Show Your Costco Receipt Or Else
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
Let's say you're in a rush after buying a fan at Costco. You look past the line packed with people and carts and spy a lone employee standing by the exit. Do you walk over and show your receipt? What's the worst that could happen?
(this did not take place in a local Costco)
"On June 23, 2010 at the Costco Center at ... Read More
Local NewsNJ Tea Party comes to Lakewood
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:57 PM
Have you noticed those little signs hanging from every mailbox?
It seems the Tea Party movement has reached Lakewood.
The signs ask:
*Are you tired of the out of control spending?
*Are you tired of being overtaxed?
*Are you tired of the corruption?
*Are you tired of the games BOTH the Democrats and the ... Read More
Local NewsThis weeks Torah portion-Parshas Balak
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
In the previous Parshah, we read about how when other nations attacked the Jews, they were badly defeated and their lands were conquered. So in this week's Parshah we learn that Balak, the king of Moav, has seen what's happened to those other nations and he's terrified. But he knows that he if he tries to fight the Jews, he ... Read More
Entertainment, Local NewsJoke of the day
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:40 PM
The latest doll
Little Emma is talking to Naomi, her best friend. "My mommy has just bought me the latest Barbie doll for my birthday. It’s a Jewish mother Barbie doll."
"Oh you lucky thing," says Naomi. "So what does the doll do, Emma?"
"When you press her button," replies Emma, "it cries out, ‘Oy Vay, enough with the ... Read More
Local NewsKeeping your kids safe at camp – part 1
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
As school ends, and the heat of summer beckons us to find some way to keep our children occupied, and safe, we turn to local, and sleepaway camps to fulfill that need. However, all too often we forget to take some common sense precautions to make sure our children come home in the same condition that they left. Some ... Read More
Local NewsMayor Langert on property taxes
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:55 PM
At tonight's township meeting Mayor Steven Langert explained that this year was a historic one. Amidst all other towns needing to fire employees, and enact furloughs, our town miraculously was spared the indignity. To top it off , for the first time in our recent history our taxes did not go up, and our spending stayed ... Read More
Local NewsTownship Committee Meeting Tonight
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
There will be a Township Committee meeting tonight at 7:30 pm. There is no agenda listed on the Township website. We are assuming that the discussion of the new zoning requirements for schools and synagogues will be discussed. We will also assume that the 6.29 million dollar bond issue will be brought up. Other than that we ... Read More
Entertainment, Local NewsJoke of the Day
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:40 PM
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Rabbi Rabinovitz answers his phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, is this Rabbi Rabinovitz?"
"It is."
"This is the Internal Revenue Service. Can you help us?"
"I'll try."
"Do you know Sam Cohen?"
"I do."
"Is he a member of your congregation?"
"He is."
"Did he donate $10,000 to the synagogue ... Read More
Local NewsNew Jersey Senate Passes $29 Billion Christie Budget
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
By Terrence Dopp
June 28 (Bloomberg) -- The New Jersey Senate passed Governor Chris Christie’s $29.4 billion budget, after two Republican holdouts in the Assembly dropped their objections, clearing the way for passage in the Legislature.
Lawmakers in the upper chamber voted 21-19 to pass the spending plan, with the ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood police probe five homemade explosive bottles thrown from car
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
LAKEWOOD -- Police in Lakewood are investigating the discovery of five bottles filled with explosive materials found after being thrown from a vehicle, according to a report on APP.com
Lakewood police received reports of what sounded like gunshots and found three two-liter bottles and two smaller Gatorade filled with what ... Read More
Local NewsChasidic fathers released from jail
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Haredi Orthodox fathers who defied a court order to send their daughters to an integrated Ashkenazi-Sephardic school were released from jail.
Sunday's decision by the Israeli Supreme Court came after Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Slonim rabbi, Shmuel Berezovsky, the spiritual leader of ... Read More
Local NewsNumber Of Children Being Left In Hot Cars On The Rise Across The Country
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
TULSA, OK -- The heat continues to rise in Green Country, putting children and the elderly at risk.
The heat index has climbed over a hundred degrees everyday for the past week and a half. The unusually high temperatures are magnified inside a closed car.
"In ten minutes a car can heat up 19 degrees," said Danial ... Read More
Local News16-foot Tall, 12-Foot wide Big Apple Made of Nearly 850,000 Lego Blocks
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 11:00 PM
LEGO Master Builders will host a free, three-day collaborative build of a 16-foot tall by 12-foot wide BIG APPLE, made entirely of LEGO Bricks, to celebrate the grand opening of the LEGO Store at Rockefeller Center. New Yorkers and visitors of all ages are invited to participate in the construction of the iconic symbol for New ... Read More
Local NewsKeeping your kids safe at camp-part 2
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:51 PM
Whether your child will be going to sleep away camp, or spending the summer at a local day camp, precautions need to be taken for their safety. Bug bites can be a mild annoyance, but sometimes extremely dangerous. They can be prevented by taking a few simple precautions.
Bites from mosquitoes, ticks, and other ... Read More
Entertainment, Local NewsJoke of the Day-The Doctor Visit
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:40 PM
Yenta went to see her doctor. "Doctor, I need your help," she said, " I just can’t help talking to myself."
"Do you suffer any pain?" asked her doctor.
"No."
"In that case," said the doctor, "go home and don't worry. Millions of people talk to themselves...It’s nothing to worry about."
"But doctor," cried Yenta, " you ... Read More
Local NewsProducts we can’t live without
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:54 PM
WIPE SHIRT
The simplicity of a pure cotton, white dress shirt meets the gadget-cleansing power of microfiber in Fift's Wipe Shirt - a button-down shirt with built-in microfiber cloth for wiping down glasses or cell phones.
The designers didn't cut any corners here, using pure cotton for the tailored shirt, and the finest ... Read More
Local NewsToo much information-Peer pressure
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
Dear Lakewood's voice,
I recently received a call from my daughter's school. i don't usually have any behavior issues with my daughter so it was quite a surprise to get a call. "did my child do something wrong in class?"I asked. "not really". "Ok then what can I do for you?". "A mother complained that her daughter always ... Read More
Local NewsThe Jewish Ethicist: Paying on Time
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem
All creditors need to paid on time, but workers especially.
Q. Sometimes there is just not enough cash for everything the business needs. Can I delay paying my workers?
A. "Everything the business needs" could mean many things. Much money is needed to ... Read More
Local NewsCtizens express their concerns at Township meeting
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:56 PM
The tragic accident that occurred in front of the school at 1365 Massachusetts Avenue Thursday night, June 10, in which a driver was coming out of a school's driveway, could have been prevented. Both sides of the street were blocked by parked cars. As far as many concerned citizens see it,this tragedy rests ... Read More
Local NewsJoel B. Pollak: Why I’m Running as a Tea Party Republican
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:55 PM
'What's an Orthodox Jew doing with the tea party?" It's a question I often confront, though I've never been asked it by fellow Republicans, or anyone involved in the tea party itself.
The questions typically come from folks who have bought the line that the tea party is an extremist cult—a Ku Klux Klan rally "without ... Read More
Local NewsADL joins Arizona lawsuit
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:57 PM
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League joined a lawsuit to overturn Arizona's restrictive immigration law. The federal lawsuit, initiated by Friendly House, a Phoenix social services organization, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, seeks to overturn a law passed earlier this year that grants police ... Read More
Local NewsFarmer’s Market at the Stadium?
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:55 PM
After the proposal for a Farmers Market in Town Square was rejected, Lakewood's voice has just learned that a Farmer's coop was approached to bring a market to the Blue Claws stadium.
The reasons given for rejecting the original proposal ranged from concern over local store's produce sales, to Senator Singer's worry of ... Read More
Local NewsLocal basement Synagogues aghast at new ordinance being proposed at tonight’s township meeting
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 10:55 PM
Local basement Synagogues are worried that a new ordinance being proposed is going to adversely affect them. Many of these small Synagogues have been in existence for years, with no complaints from nearby neighbors. The new ordinance may require them to go to the Zoning board for approvals. " Our shul has been here for ... Read More
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