Lakewood246 Alerts: Hope Chapel Rd Shut due to Overturned Car

# Lakewood Police is Shutting Hope Chapel Rd from 14th St to South Lake Dr after a Car Overturned and the Driver Fled on North Lake Dr and … (about an hour ago) # Overturned Car on Hope Chapel Rd and North Lake Dr. Police is Searching for the Driver who Ejected. EMS+Medics Standing By. 246/1:28a...

NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE – Ridge Avenue/Harvard Street

Please be aware of the following road closures: 1.Monday August 2, 2010 Ridge Avenue will be closed between Dena Drive and Nolan Place between the hours of 9:00 AM and approximately
4:30 PM. 2.Tuesday August 3, 2010 Harvard Street will be closed between Park Avenue and East End Avenue between the hours of...

Lunch gathering of those who helped the UEZ with the show

Pictures of the luncheon gathering of all the people involved in helping the UEZ with the trade show and helping to plan for next years. Click here for mobile...

Rav Nochum Eisenstein on Parshas Eikev

Rav Nochum Eisenstein Mora D’Asra V’achalta v’savata u’verachta (Devarim 8:10): “you will eat until you are satisfied and then u’verachta you will bentch.” This posuk constitutes the source for saying birchas hamazon after we eat. Later in the parasha (11:15‐16), after describing how the...

Survey: Front Seat Belt Use At Record Level In NJ

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ― More New Jerseyans than ever are using front seat belts, but use of seat belts by back seat passengers has declined, according to a recent observational survey conducted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The survey showed front seat belt usage has risen to a record 93.73...

Toyota announces new recall of 412,000 cars in US for steering problem

TOKYO — Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled in the U.S. range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the...

American Jewish Congress halts operations due to lack of funds

The American Jewish Congress has laid off most employees and suspended operations. The 92-year-old, New York-based organization lost $21 million of its $24 million endowment to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, which devastated a range of Jewish groups, including Yeshiva University. As with other...

New Jersey immigration officals crack down on employers

Immigration officials in the last 10 months have levied nearly $640,000 in fines against 13 employers in New Jersey who failed to ensure that their workers were eligible to work in the United States, reports the Newark office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. That amount is about 15 times...

Internet upgraded to foil cyber criminals from downloading viruses

The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data. The agency in charge of managing Internet addresses teamed with online security services firm VeriSign and the US Department of...

People sue Apple over ‘overheating’ iPads

Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reader. The group has filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the Northern California district to “redress...

Planned NY Tunnel Will Increase Property Value

NEW YORK (CBS) A planned railroad tunnel between New York and New Jersey will increase property values in both states and double the number of people who can quickly get to Manhattan. That’s according to a study released Thursday by the Regional Plan Association. The urban research and advocacy group...

Halachos for Thursday, 18 Menachem Av 5770 , July 29 2010

1) It is a Mitzvah for Jewish males to hold their Tzitzis in their left hands, near the heart, during the recitation of Krias Shma [of Shacharis]. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 24:2) The reason for their being held in the left hand is due to the Posuk (Devarim 6:6) V’Hayu HaDevarim Ha’eileh…Al...

Tefillin Awareness Project is coming to Deal Aug 1st

Deal, New Jersey’s Park Avenue Shul (Ohel Simha) will be hosting the internationally acclaimed Tefillin Awareness Project this Sunday morning, August 1st. Rabbi Shwekey, The Rav of one of the largest shuls in the community, understands very well the need for this program and has endorsed the program...

State Issues Cannot Be Determined by the Lakewood Government

Just about everyone in Lakewood is frustrated and upset with the tax situation not only in New Jersey, but especially in Lakewood. Lakewood residents have had some suggestions for reducing taxes that sound reasonable on the surface. Some of these tax “fixes,” however, are not up to local government, the...

Small Business Lending Bill In Jeopardy

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A bill to increase small business lending is in jeopardy in the Senate as lawmakers struggle to reach agreement on a series of Republican amendments. Democratic leaders have scheduled a key test vote Thursday on the legislation. But the bill won’t advance unless Democrats can...

County to Save about $2.1 Million with Bond Sale

TOMS RIVER – With a bond rating that is now at the highest grade possible – AAA – combined with Ocean County’s continuing conservative approach to finances, a recent bond refunding will net the county $2.1 million in savings. “We are very pleased with the outcome of this bond...