ImpactTaxpayers Say: Sewer Line Stinks!
Posted: Sep 4th, 2012 12:12 AM
By Harold Herskowitz
I was asked by a group of local citizens to write about this subject.
What if Township Officials including Committeemen, members of the UEZ, the VAAD, and other community leaders, decided to take a half a million dollars from taxpayers and instead of hiding it, they had a celebration?
That is just what we got. A sewer ... Read More
ImpactIn The Case of NJDEP vs. Chaim Abadi
Posted: Sep 1st, 2012 10:36 PM
Dear Deputy Attorney General Greenhouse,
Several Lakewood residents along with myself have been to the illegal dumpsite to monitor the removal of the trash there. So far, a lot of top sand has been pushed around into piles but no actual contents removed. I continue to take photos of this removal and would hate to have to post another video of nothing ... Read More
ImpactResidents Fear Lakewood Dump Will Contaminate Their Water
Updated: Aug 31st, 2012 5:37 AM
A rabbi responsible for an illegal landfill that could contaminate nearby water wells has informed state authorities that he has begun the cleanup of the site, officials said Tuesday.
Rabbi Chaim Abadi has made arrangements with the state Department of Environmental Protection to stave off a looming court ordered $1,000-a-day fine set to begin this week ... Read More
Business, OpinionJudge Noach Dear wipes out ‘millions’ in credit card debt
Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 9:57 PM
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Politics, Local NewsLt. Governor Kim Gaudagno to Address Businesses in Lakewood – From Fran Kirschner at Frantasy Enterprises
Updated: Aug 30th, 2012 1:49 PM
The Lakewood Development Corporation (LDC), the administrative arm of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), and the New Jersey State’s Business Action Center (BAC) are hosting the workshop, “N.J. Resources for Business Growth” followed by business-to-business networking, Wednesday, September 5, 2012, beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the ... Read More
ImpactBOE Contract To Advertise On Lakewood Scoop & Lakewood Shopper
Posted: Aug 25th, 2012 11:44 PM
Addendum #5 – Approve to contract with Lakewood Shopper to advertise a half-page two times a month on Lakewood Board of Education at a cost of $300.00 per month with a maximum of $3,600.00 per year. This looks like an unneeded expense. The BOE contends that it will be a source for placing RFP’s for broader circulation.
Addendum #6 – Approve to ... Read More
Opinion, Local NewsMikor Hatorah School at 1536 Massachusetts Avenue By Bill Hobday
Posted: Aug 25th, 2012 11:12 PM
Mikor Hatorah School at 1536 Massachusetts Avenue
Much has happened this week. The application before the Lakewood Township Planning Board was approved and a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, September 11, 2012. The Fairways Homeowner Association was represented by Attorney, Ron Gasiorowski. Steven Langert wrote the following email to multiple ... Read More
Impact, Local NewsElad Parent Accuses City Officials of Taking Revenge at his Daughter’s Expense
Posted: Aug 16th, 2012 10:12 PM
(Wednesday, August 15th, 2012)
According to Elad resident Asher Schnitzer, his daughter, who is entering first grade this Elul, was not accepted to a Chinuch Atzmai school as she should be because Deputy Mayor Rav Yisrael Porush and his office manager Yishai Klein are taking revenge against him for “daring” to open a kindergarten that competes with ... Read More
EntertainmentQuotes of the Week - by Bill Hobday
Posted: Aug 16th, 2012 5:15 AM
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ? Dr. Seuss
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ? Mae West
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ? Robert Frost
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as ... Read More
Politics, Local NewsWho is Lawrence Bathgate II?
Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 11:05 AM
As was reported, Mitt Romney is coming to a fundraiser hosted by our very own, oftentimes township attorney, Larry Bathgate. But who is Lawrence Bathgate really? We know he was the lawyer that represented lakewood in the blue claws deal. He has together with his close comrade, Atorney George Gilmore, and Bob singer controlled much of Ocean County for the ... Read More
Israeli NewsProtest for R' Shteinman's honor
Updated: Aug 5th, 2012 12:53 PM
The following protest letter was printed in the Israeli newspaper Yated Neman. It is signed by many prominent Rabbis in protest to those that have criticized R Shteinman supposedly for his views on military service of Yeshiva students in Israel. Perhaps they were Also upset about those that brought our own local politician, Bob Singer to shake hands with ... Read More
Front PageNYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Locks up Formula in Hospitals to Encourage Mothers to Nurse
Updated: Aug 3rd, 2012 6:36 PM
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Entertainment, WorldIDF Says ‘No’ to Meshichist ‘Yechi’ Yarmulkes
Posted: Aug 2nd, 2012 11:19 PM
Chabadnikim serving in the IDF who identify with the Meshichist element received a new guideline from the military today. They may no longer wear the so-called ‘Yechi’ yarmulkes.
Chief of the Conduct and Discipline Unit Lt. Colonel Oren Avraham issued the new order, Ladaat.net reports. The lt. colonel explains that all yarmulkes with writing are ... Read More
World, Israeli News, US News Governor Christie: New Jersey Will Continue To Stand WIth Israel
Posted: Aug 1st, 2012 5:46 PM
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Local NewsLocal pair charged in bogus 9/11 charity scheme
Posted: Jul 31st, 2012 11:42 PM
NEWARK — Two area residents are being sued by the state for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in donations for a bogus 9/11 foundation.
Mark Anthony Niemczyk, 66, of Tinton Falls and Thomas J. Scalgione, 40, of Manahawkin used money raised for their own personal gain, according to a news release from the state Office of the Attorney ... Read More
Front PageOver 100 Boys still Without School
Updated: Sep 3rd, 2012 12:43 AM
If R' Malkiel Kotler had the power to make sure no school accepted my children, why can't he make sure that all the schools accept the boys from Nesivos Ohr?
By Hershel Herskowitz
The phone call tonight from Rav Shmuel was heart rending. Nechamas Yisroel wants you to help rescue a Jewish child from being lost to public school. The message tells us ... Read More
Front PageMessage To The Loyal Readers Of The Lakewood View
Updated: Sep 11th, 2012 8:53 PM
You may have noticed the website has been slower in the summer months as I was away from lakewoood and wasn't on top of all the latest issues. Now that summer is finished, I am back and since the elections are coming up, I will be focusing on Lakewoods political arena. Even though two candidates are running unopposed, I want to hear from all of our readers. ... Read More
Local NewsLakewood Officials Look To Resolve Controversy Over Neighborhood School
Updated: Aug 31st, 2012 5:37 AM
A house at 1536 Massachusetts Ave. — once a four-bedroom home of a local veterinarian and now an Orthodox Jewish school — is at the center of a controversy.
Purchased in 2002 for $850,000 by Somerset Development Corp., the company received zoning approval in 2008 to include a school on the property. Since then, the house and its barn became an ... Read More
PoliticsIPAD Controversy Continues
Updated: Aug 28th, 2012 6:13 PM
It seems that the Board of education of Lakewood decided to get those IPADS after all. Taking money from monies earmarked for private schools, they decided that the convenience of having their agenda sent by email and read on an IPAD in order to save a few dollars was worth taking a few thousand d ollars from the children it was meant for. Some people even ... Read More
Politics, Local NewsLakewood School Board Gets IPads
Posted: Aug 27th, 2012 4:55 PM
The township’s Board of Education approved spending up to $9,000 on iPads for its nine-member board hoping to cut costs for printed materials by developing a primarily paperless system, officials said.
The money to pay for the tablets will come from a state grant for private school students. Lakewood has more than 80 private schools within its borders ... Read More
OpinionIs ‘Gotcha!’ A Jewish Value?
Posted: Aug 25th, 2012 11:15 PM
By: Meir Weingarten
Earlier this month, a pricing error in El Al’s reservations system resulted in tickets to Israel being sold online for prices as low as $325, all included.
Word of the fare went viral via consumer websites, tweets and e-mails. Before El Al could fix the error, some four hours later, somewhere between 5,000 and 8,000 people were ... Read More
Impact, Local News Disappointing Turnout For Lakwood Downtown Development Forum
Posted: Aug 24th, 2012 3:25 PM
The rift between the Downtown Lakewood business community and Township continues to be evident as a meeting held by officials to gather input on how to expand the business district was met with little turnout, and a heavy dose of cynicism.
Lakewood municipal building (TheLakewoodScoop.com)
The meeting held Monday at 6:30 pm in the main hall of the ... Read More
Politics, Opinion, US NewsThe rolling snowball called "budget"
Posted: Aug 16th, 2012 5:49 AM
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Politics, ImpactSheldon's $60M Waste of Time
Posted: Aug 12th, 2012 7:30 PM
By Josh Nathan-Kazis
Sheldon Adelson’s libel lawsuit against a Democratic Jewish group has little chance of success because the casino billionaire is a public figure and the claims in question appeared in court documents, two media law experts told the Forward.
The $60 million lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in New York accuses the ... Read More
US NewsA mother uses her own child to abduct her father
Updated: Aug 6th, 2012 2:58 AM
On Tisha B’av, a vicious attempted abduction of Aharon Friedman took place in on the property of Mrs. Cheryl Epstein, where Tamar Epstein and Aharon and Tamar's child currently reside. The attempted abduction took place as Aharon was leaving the property having returned his child to Mrs. Cheryl Epstein’s residence, pursuant to a court order. This ... Read More
Politics, OpinionBOE IPAD purchase cancelled
Posted: Aug 5th, 2012 4:53 AM
It looks like the BOE has decided to not get IPADS after all. Besides for being a question whether it was an allowed purchase from private school funds, it was obviously not needed. The idea was that the iPad was a way for them to have the agenda emailed to them before the meetings instead of having papers printed out. It seems that people must have ... Read More
Entertainment, OpinionObama speaks with world leader on phone while holding baseball bat
Posted: Aug 2nd, 2012 11:24 PM
(CNN) - It's still a mystery why President Barack Obama was holding a baseball bat during his telephone conversation with Turkey's prime minister earlier this week. An official White House photo shows the president with the bat in one hand and a phone in the other.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about the photo on Tuesday and ... Read More
Impact, Local NewsLakewood rabbi gets 30 days to clean up or pay up
Updated: Aug 2nd, 2012 11:14 PM
LAKEWOOD — An Ocean County Superior Court judge has given Rabbi Chaim Abadi 30 days to remove materials from a Vermont Avenue dump site or pay $1,000 for each day the religious items remain buried there.
For two years, Abadi of Miller Road and the state Department of Environmental Protection have been battling over the dump site. The DEP has ordered ... Read More
Local NewsVideo: Christie On Lakewood School Visit
Posted: Aug 1st, 2012 1:10 PM
Governor Chris Christie denies that his visit last week to a high-tuition private school in Lakewood was an indication that he’s ignoring the township’s struggling public school system. VIDEO COURTESY OF NEWS12 Read More
Impact, Local NewsBOE GAMES Part 2
Updated: Jul 31st, 2012 2:49 AM
By Harold Herskowitz
It was a good thing that our BOE members have finally gotten those IPADs that were needed so desperately to manage our Public School system. Now that it was voted on and approved, any day now they each should be unpacking their new IPAD in the color of their choice. Not sure if they chose the 16 32 or 64 gig models. I hope they made ... Read More
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