Month November 2023
Earlier this month, TLS reported that the Lakewood Police Department has seen an extreme surge in gun permit and CCW applications. In response to an inquiry by TLS, Police Chief Greg Meyer says the Department has received the most applications… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy today ordered that U.S. and New Jersey flags fly at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities on Friday, December 1, 2023, in recognition and remembrance of former Congressman Herb Klein, who passed away on November 24,… Continue Reading →
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Recognizing that teachers spend significant amounts of their own money to supply their classrooms, the New Jersey Senate Education Committee advanced legislation today which would provide teachers with a tax deduction for such purchases. “It is no secret that teachers… Continue Reading →
Miriam Kaplan is not being held hostage in Gaza. Her face isn’t plastered on buildings across the world. But don’t be fooled; Her life is in grave danger. For two achingly long years, since she was a tiny 5-year-old, Miriam… Continue Reading →
[Link to online Tehillim thread] [UPDATE Tuesday, November 27] 11 more Israeli hostages have been released from Hamas captivity as the temporary ceasefire agreement continues. pic.twitter.com/aHVBKJmFkI — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) November 27, 2023 [UPDATE Monday, November 26] Chasdei Hashem:… Continue Reading →
While going through the cash in their registers, a Yapchik employee found the attached bill.
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New Jersey’s acting Commissioner of Education, Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, will depart her position in January, Governor Murphy announced today. “After nearly three decades of service as a New Jersey educator, Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan took the helm of the New Jersey… Continue Reading →
The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee approved legislation today sponsored by Senator Robert Singer that would establish the “Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program” along with a special non-lapsing State fund that would receive an appropriation of $10 million to… Continue Reading →
Submitted: Good morning, I am hoping you can help with something last night between 530pm and 7pm our pup went missing in the area of oak street and Albert Ave. She was found on albert Ave just a couple houses… Continue Reading →
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The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: When trying to make a left turn from Cedar Bridge (eastbound) onto Swarthmore there is no… Continue Reading →
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry. Russian state agency Tass and independent news outlet Mediazona first… Continue Reading →
Montreal Police are investigating an incident where a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Jewish community center in the Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough early Monday morning. According to Jean-Pierre Brabant, a spokesperson for the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Assembly Transportation Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill this week which would allow school districts to mount cameras on school buses and provide those recordings to police cite drivers who pass illegally while students are getting… Continue Reading →
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie has attributed the recent surge in antisemitism in the United States to what he describes as former President Donald Trump’s “intolerant” rhetoric. “When you show intolerance towards everyone, which is what he does, you give… Continue Reading →
A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country’s health ministry said Sunday. Recent clusters… Continue Reading →
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Javier Milei, the pro-Israel pro-Jew president-elect of Argentina, met with the Jewish community Buenos Aires on Motzei Shabbos, and even participated in Havdala led by Rabbi Chananya David Pinto. Milei, who won the presidency in an upset victory last week,… Continue Reading →