NJ Dad, Daughter, Son In-Law Among Nearly 100 Missing In Miami's Champlain Towers Collapse NJ Dad, Daughter, Son In-Law Among Nearly 100 Missing In Miami's Champlain Towers Collapse
NJ Dad, Daughter, Son In-Law Among Nearly 100 Missing In Miami's Champlain Towers Collapse A New Jersey couple was among nearly 100 people missing Friday, the day after a 12-story building collapsed in Miami. Harry Rosenberg, his daughter Malky Weisz and husband, Benny, were still unaccounted for, Jewish Breaking News reports. The young married couple from Lakewood was on vacation and had left a neighbor with a key to bring in their mail while they were away, NBC reports. “This is a rescue operation not recovery," U.S. Congressman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) said. "People have survived for days under rubble. “I have spoken to Harry, Benny and Malky’s friend Eli…
Lakewood Mother Admits Leaving Her Baby In Hot Car For 2 Hours, Ocean County Prosecutor Says Lakewood Mother Admits Leaving Her Baby In Hot Car For 2 Hours, Ocean County Prosecutor Says
Lakewood Mother Admits Leaving Her Baby In Hot Car For 2 Hours, Ocean County Prosecutor Says A 27-year-old mother from the Jersey Shore has admitted that she inadvertently left her 21-month-old child in a hot car, authorities said The child died about two-and-a-half hours later, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. Chaya Shurkin of Lakewood pleaded guilty Friday to endangering the welfare of a child in May 2019, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Agreeing that Shurkin faces a lifetime of pain, the prosecution  recommends probation when the mother is sentenced on July 23, he said. "The loss of a child -- under these horrific circumstances…
Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges
Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges Jackson Township officials “weaponized” zoning laws against Orthodox Jews, making it difficult for them to practice their religion while discouraging others from moving in, state authorities charged Tuesday. Mayor Michael Reina and members of the township council, planning board and zoning board of adjustment devised the anti-Semitic scheme to stop what a former official called “the tsunami of orthodoxy that is mounting at the border," alleges a lawsuit filed by the state. The group was trying to appease a number of intolerant residents who complained to them at public meetings and in hatef…
Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say
Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say Lakewood police on Sunday night announced the arrest of a man who they say tried luring a 16-year-old girl who recorded the whole incident on her phone last month. Julio Anchia, 40, of Lakewood, surrendered to local authorities Sunday afternoon, two days after he was identified as a suspect, police said. Anchia is accused of trying to lure the girl into his vehicle with the intent of engaging in sexual acts at the Highpoint Condominium Complex on March 31, authorities said. "The victim, who was not only smart enough to refuse his advances, thought quickly enough to surreptitiously record t…
NJ Native Who Overcame Great Challenges Dead In Iowa State University Rowing Accident NJ Native Who Overcame Great Challenges Dead In Iowa State University Rowing Accident
NJ Native Who Overcame Great Challenges Dead In Iowa State University Rowing Accident A 20-year-old New Jersey native who overcame great challenges at a young age was among two Iowa State University students who drowned this week in a rowing accident. Yaakov Ben-David, formerly of Lakewood, and freshman Derek Nanni, 19, died when the crew skull they were in capsized during practice last Sunday. Ben-David's body was flown to New Jersey Tuesday, and services were held the following morning at the Lakewood Bais Hakvaros. ISU Chabad director Rabbi Leibel Jacobson said Ben-David was heavily involved in the organization, and described him as an outgoing and "all-around great guy…
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most Nearly 40% of all hate crimes reported in New Jersey last year were against Blacks, more than the combined total against whites, Jews, Latinos and Muslims, according to State Police crime figures released Tuesday. The town with the most reported bias incidents in 2020 was Lakewood, the figures show. More than half of all reported bias incidents in New Jersey last year involved straight harassment, as opposed to vandalism and other related crimes. More than 13% occurred at schools, parks or playgrounds. The county with the most, overall, was Monmouth. The preliminary data released Tuesday…
Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set' Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set'
Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set' Authorities say that Sunday's wildland fire, which jumped over the Garden State Parkway in Lakewood, was intentionally set. “We have located the origin of the fire and have concluded that the fire was intentionally set,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said on Friday. No other new details were released by the prosecutor. Earlier news coverage and video of the fire by Daily Voice can be found by clicking here.  About 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service Observation Tower in Lakewood reported a wildland fire in the area of Cedarbridge Aven…
Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers
Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers An ice cream manufacturer has been fined, again, after a worker lost his fingers in a Lakewood company machine, authorities said. The mechanic apparently was repairing an ice cream wrapper when he was seriously injured.  The mishap last September at Fieldbrook Foods' plant marked the second time since 2018 that a Lakewood worker lost fingers in the same machine, federal OSHA officials said on Monday. “Fieldbrook Foods knew that machines must be completely disabled before workers perform service and maintenance," Paula Dixon-Roderick, area director of OSHA's Marlton office, said. "Inst…
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest 'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest A young Jewish man who went missing in Lakewood Sunday evening was found alive Monday morning inside a wooded area, so cold he was unable to move. The man, believed to be 18 years old, was dropped off by friends at a Drake Road Yeshiva Sunday evening, The Lakewood Scoop reports. But when the friends went back to pick him up, he'd gone missing, the outlet says. A massive search utilizing a police K9 was launched and, around 10 a.m. Monday, the man was found approximately 300 feet inside a wooded area off of Whitesville Road, the article says. The young man was not wearing a jacket when he …
NJ Forest Fire: State Responder Critically Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged, GSP Closed NJ Forest Fire: State Responder Critically Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged, GSP Closed
NJ Forest Fire: State Responder Critically Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged, GSP Closed UPDATE (w/VIDEO): A firefighter with the New Jersey Forest Fighter Service was critically injured while responding to what became a destructive forest fire on Sunday, authorities said. The wildfire jumped the entire width of the Garden State Parkway from Lakewood into Brick Township, damaged homes, office buildings and commercial businesses on and around Route 70 and forced the evacuations of a hotel, businesses and an entire neighborhood. Of 29 homes damaged in the Brick Lake Park area, three were deemed uninhabitable, Brick Mayor John Ducey said. Remaining residents were allowed to retur…
BRUSH FIRES: GS Parkway Closed Near Shore, NJ Turnpike Threatened Near Meadowlands BRUSH FIRES: GS Parkway Closed Near Shore, NJ Turnpike Threatened Near Meadowlands
Brush FIRES: GS Parkway Closed Near Shore, NJ Turnpike Threatened Near Meadowlands UPDATE: A forest fire jumped the entire width of the Garden State Parkway from Lakewood into Brick Township while a Meadowlands brush fire stopped short of the New Jersey Turnpike amid Sunday's fierce winds.  They were among no fewer than a half-dozen large brush fires -- and nearly just as many smaller blazes -- that raged at once throughout the Garden State on Sunday, whipped by winds reported at up to 40 miles an hour and low humidity that barely cracked 20%. Several New Jersey State Police troopers gathered on the Turnpike's western awaiting word whether to close the roadway as firefig…
WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $925K Jackpot WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $925K Jackpot
Winners: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $925K Jackpot There are three very lucky Jersey Cash 5 players in Morris, Ocean and Mercer counties, state Lottery officials said.  Their tickets matched all five numbers from Monday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing to split the $925,659 jackpot. The winning numbers were: 25, 28, 35, 36, and 45 and the XTRA number was: 04.  Each ticket is worth $308,553.  The winning tickets were sold at the following locations: Mercer County: Tony’s Deli Grocery, 755 Hamilton Ave., Trenton; Morris County: SHK Food Store, 321 Route 15, Wharton; and, Ocean County: Route 88 Fuel LLC, 1441 Ocean Ave., Lakewood. E…