The board of commissioners Ocean County, the county which contains Lakewood, New Jersey and it’s surrounding townships, adopted a resolution proclaiming Yud Alef Nissan as Education Day. This resolution was achieved through the hard work of Rabbi Shmuel Naparstek, the Shliach to Jackson, one of the suburbs of Lakewood, NJ • Full Story

A Frum man was stabbed in Lakewood, Tuesday morning. Police responded to the scene at around 9:00AM, after an emotionally disturbed woman stabbed the victim who was walking on Martin Luther King Drive • Full Story

A group of Lakewood Bochurim were on their way to Eretz Yisroel this past week for a ‘Lebedike Torahdike’ summer. Their flight was supposed to leave at 4:50 PM Wednesday afternoon. Partially due to bad weather and mostly due to United Airlines ineptness they did not end up leaving till the next day, Thursday at 1:00 PM • Full Story

Tragedy has struck the Lakewood community on Monday with the tragic Petira of a 20-month-old child. Sources tell YWN that the child was found in a vehicle, apparently forgotten there earlier this morning • Full Story

Purim Night in Lakewood was attended by Jews from all segments of the Jewish world, and was reflected in their Nigunim. Watch the Nigunim being sung in Lakewood the night of Purim • Watch

ChabadInfo recently posted philanthropist Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz‘s emotion-laden and inspiring speech, in which he decries an “elitist” attitude with respect to admitting students to Yeshivos. Today, Thursday, Shlomo Yehuda issued an apology and clarification • Full Story