Local NewsParalyzed Man Claims CHP Officers Left Him Stranded in His Wheelchair After Towing His Car
Posted: Oct 28th, 2011 1:35 AM
When a law enforcement officer tells you to get out of the car, if you've ever seen even just one episode of "COPS," you know you'd damn well better get out. But what if you are a disabled motorist? Should you be treated any differently? A 23-year-old Orange County man says that California Highway Patrol officers mistreated him ... Read More
Local NewsMonsey, NY - 4 injured When Their Car Hits Telephone Box, Many Residents Without Service
Posted: Oct 15th, 2011 9:32 PM
MONSEY - Four teens were injured after their car crashed first into a telephone junction box and then into a parked vehicle Friday evening, Ramapo police said.
The crash occurred about 10:26 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Routes 59 and 306, near the Monsey Plaza.
Many residents in the area are reportedly without phone ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood, NJ - Vehicle Flips In Front Of Car Dealer Damaging New Cars, No Injuries
Updated: Oct 10th, 2011 4:03 AM
LAKEWOOD - A Car flipped over on New Hampshire ave and RT 88 this evening in front of the car dealership, damaging 7 unoccupied brand new vehicles.
Hatzolah,PD fire department and LCSW responded to the scene, where they determined that Buruch Hashem there was no extraction needed, and all occupants of the vehicle got out ... Read More
Local NewsNew Jersey - Gas Prices Fall
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 3:45 AM
NEW JERSEY - With all the dreary economic news, New Jersey motorists can be thankful for one thing: the pain at the pump is not at painful as it has been.
According to AAA-Mid-Atlantic, the average price of a regular gallon of gas across the Hudson as of Friday was $3.31, off 7 cents since last week. This is the fourth ... Read More
Local NewsWATCH: President Obama's Rosh Hashanah Message
Posted: Sep 27th, 2011 9:43 PM
Below is a transcript of the President’s videotaped remarks on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah. The Video follows the transcript.
Hello, everybody. Shana Tova.
The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a time for repentance and reflection. An opportunity to reaffirm our friendships, renew our commitments, and ... Read More
Local NewsChris Christie Reconsidering 2012 Run, Will Decide in Days
Updated: Sep 24th, 2011 9:14 PM
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Local NewsNew lot could help ease Lakewood parking woes
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2011 9:21 AM
Finding a parking spot in the township’s congested downtown could become easier as one of three new lots opens Friday.
The parking lot is in the township’s Urban Enterprise Zone, where companies are encouraged to locate through certain incentives and help rejuvenate the area. The Lakewood Development Corporation, the ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood Ranks 15th On List Of Worst Air Quality In America
Updated: Sep 21st, 2011 8:57 PM
Monmouth and Ocean counties rank 15th on a new list of American metropolitan areas with the worst air quality, with 18 days when smog exceeded national health standards, according to a new report issued Wednesday by the group Environment New Jersey.
“The problem is even worse than the public thought” when the group ... Read More
Local NewsOrthodox Jew Files Suit Over Port Authority Toll Hikes
Posted: Sep 21st, 2011 11:18 AM
New Milfod, NJ - A New Jersey man has filed a federal lawsuit in New York over the Port Authority's toll increase.
Yoel Weisshaus of New Milford claims the increase is an abuse of power and discriminates against him because he is poor.
Cash tolls on the George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Goethals ... Read More
Local NewsSchool lunch investigation in Elizabeth leads to 3 arrests, including school board president
Updated: Sep 20th, 2011 8:44 AM
The president of the Elizabeth, NJ, Board of Education and two others were arrested yesterday and charged with defrauding the district’s free-lunch program, authorities said.
The state Attorney General’s Office said the theft cost the district $7,000 over five years.
Board President Marie Munn and two others with ... Read More
Local NewsIdling Truck With Arabic Newspapers Under Investigation
Updated: Sep 15th, 2011 5:29 PM
A police officer on patrol discovered an idling, unoccupied tractor cab that had been reported stolen and contained newspapers with Arabic writing at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday, said Police Chief Robert C. Lawson.
The Kenworth tractor was parked on Health Care Way off New Hampshire Avenue, Lawson said.
The officer who ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood to Mark 9/11
Posted: Sep 8th, 2011 8:05 PM
Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller and the Lakewood Township Committee have enacted a resolution to join the national Moment of Remembrance recognizing the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Township officials will hold a 9/11 memorial observance beginning at 12:45 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lakewood Township Municipal ... Read More
Local NewsGPS to be installed in some Lakewood school buses
Posted: Sep 8th, 2011 8:03 PM
Some of the buses serving the Lakewood School District will be operating with Global Positioning Systems that will record locations, speed, and a host of information that will make the delivery of children safer, officials said.
The devices insure the locations of the buses are known at all times, said Gus Kakavas, the ... Read More
Local NewsN.J. gas prices up sharply
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2011 8:52 PM
Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline in New Jersey on Friday was $3.56, up 7 cents from last week. That's also much higher than it was a year ago, when motorists were paying $2.51.
Meanwhile, the national average price rose for ... Read More
Local News96-year-old man found in woods near his Lakewood home
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2011 8:50 PM
A 96-year-old man who may have been missing for several days was found in woods near his home Friday by rescuers, police said.
Police said the man may have been missing since Monday, but he wasn’t reported to police as missing from his Leisure Village assisted living community until Thursday.
Police withheld the name of ... Read More
Local NewsNew York, NY - 'Ground Zero Mosque' Faces Eviction
Posted: Oct 16th, 2011 11:36 AM
NEW YORK - Con Edison (Con Ed) has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum -- pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we will terminate your lease and take back our property.
Con Ed and mosque developer Park51 have an unusual, uneasy alliance, sharing ownership of a site slated to be one of the most controversial ... Read More
Local Newslakewood, NJ - Massive Ticket Blitz on RT 9
Posted: Oct 10th, 2011 2:52 PM
LAKEWOOD - Apparently, Cops have decided upon a Ticket Blitz right now Erev Yom Tov, when people are most busy & by chance can leave their Cars parked illegally while running into a store.
There are at least 6 cop cars reportedly giving out tickets now at Rt 9 and John st.
A Reader tells TheLakewoodView that the ... Read More
Local NewsQueens, NY - iPhone App Helps Police Catch Thief
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 4:00 PM
QUEENS - Police say they've nabbed an iPhone thief thanks to an app that snapped his picture and e-mailed it to the phone's owner.
The iPhone was stolen from a woman in Ozone Park, Queens on Monday.
The iPhone had an app on it called iGotYa and police say it took a picture when the thief tried to use the phone; sending it ... Read More
Local NewsWATCH: Chris Christie Contrasts Himself With Obama In Speech
Posted: Sep 28th, 2011 10:16 AM
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie all but announced himself as the next coming of Ronald Reagan and cast President Obama as Jimmy Carter in a speech Tuesday night that will only inflame speculation that the Republican plans to run for president.
Christie's long-planned speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in ... Read More
Local NewsBaruch Dayan Haemes: R’Avrohom Yisroel Zweiback Z’l
Updated: Sep 24th, 2011 11:31 PM
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Local NewsLakewood-based developer Weinstein's bail hearing pushed to Oct. 6
Updated: Sep 24th, 2011 9:13 PM
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Local NewsRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin to Speak before Slichos at Yeshiva Gedolah of South Lakewood
Posted: Sep 22nd, 2011 8:41 AM
Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe and Mesivta of Lakewood, will be delivering the sichas mussar before Selichos , at Yeshiva Gedolah of South Lakewood, Rav Yosef Dovid Korbman's yeshiva, this Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech. The yeshiva is located at 1450 Cedarview Avenue, off of 14th ... Read More
Local NewsEliyahu Weinstein: Feds Want To Revoke Alleged Lakewood Ponzi Schemer's Bail
Posted: Sep 21st, 2011 4:01 PM
Alleged Ponzi schemer Eliyahu Weinstein should have his bail revoked because he has continued to swindle people out of money and has committed other violations of his bail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in court papers filed this week.
The Lakewood real estate developer has been free on $10 million bond since August ... Read More
Local NewsJCP&L president admits company's communication with customers following Hurricane Irene wasn't good enough
Posted: Sep 20th, 2011 12:07 PM
Jersey Central Power & Light's president says damage caused by Hurricane Irene in New Jersey was unprecedented.
More than 750,000 of the 1.1 million homes and businesses served in the Garden State were without electricity at some point.
Donald Lynch told The Daily Record of Parsippany there were 21,000 reports of ... Read More
Local NewsMan Sentenced In Stabbing Death At Adult Rest Home
Posted: Sep 18th, 2011 11:08 AM
A resident of an adult home was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison for the manslaughter of his roommate in the Lakewood facility where he had resided.
Superior Court Judge James M. Blaney imposed the prison term on George M. Russ, 57, for stabbing his roommate, Keith McMahon, during a scuffle at the Lexington ... Read More
Local NewsOfficials: Two Arrested After $250K In Cocaine Found In Lakewood Bust
Posted: Sep 15th, 2011 5:21 PM
A multi-agency investigation yielded more than 10 pounds of cocaine with a street value of about $250,000 hidden in a sport utility vehicle and picture frames at a Lakewood apartment, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday.
Two were arrested in the bust and are accused of intending to distribute the drug, ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood supe scrambles to fill jobs as school year begins
Posted: Sep 8th, 2011 8:04 PM
Filling the nearly three dozen positions in the township’s public school district left vacant via firings and resignations is almost complete, said Superintendent Lydia R. Silva.
While the district is staffed to about 99 percent, the school year will begin using “a few substitutes” for a few positions that remain ... Read More
Local NewsChris Christie 'Actively Considering Getting In This Race': Bush Aide
Posted: Sep 4th, 2011 11:39 AM
WASHINGTON -- The speculation simply won't die. On Sunday, former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was "actively" weighing the option of jumping into the Republican presidential race amid voter discontent with the current field.
"I don't think Republicans regard this as ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood man hospitalized after being burned
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2011 8:51 PM
A 60-year-old homeless man was hospitalized for burns Friday after residents saw him on the street with his pant leg on fire, police said.
The victim, whose name was withheld by police, had apparently been living out of his vehicle, which was later found parked in a lot on Route 9, according to Lt. Louis Sasso of the ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood Schools Changing Busing Policy
Posted: Aug 31st, 2011 12:43 PM
The Board of Education is changing a busing policy that allowed parents to send their children to elementary schools closest to where the child’s babysitter happens to be located.
The change was introduced at the Aug. 18 board meeting.
Gus Kakavas, the district’s transportation coordinator, pointed out that the state ... Read More
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