The Future of Lakewood

[aygart]

Westgate?

He can clarify, but I assumed he meant the "At-risk/OTD" population.

[drosenberg88429]

What's with these "Westgate teens" is this the new thug life in Lakewood?

Just say Mizmor Lesoda that it's not your immediate family, and Psalm 130 because it is your extended family. Let's not condemn, badmouth, or judge any community without walking a mile in their shoes (and for the most part, we very much do not want to walk a meter in the shoes of these parents or children). Obviously we have to do whatever is possible to stop dangerous and damaging behavior, and to protect innocent people who are being hurt and damaged and terrorized. However, let's try to use whatever time we'd spend "hocking" about it to instead daven for all those involved and for Klal Yisroel. It's a few days to Rosh Hashanah, Parshas Nitzavim, in middle of the Yemei Ratzon of Elul and Selichos for teshuva, and the Chafetz Chaim's yartzeit. May HKBH have mercy on all those in pain and experiencing difficulty and bring them from darkness to light.

I'm talking to myself here, not criticizing or judging anyone.

[WonderingYid]

I know the family of the teen who was the main perp in the stabbing MS very well. They have several troubled children in the family but the parents are fantastic people who are very proactive with their children. There were unfortunately circumstances beyond their control in one or more of the children’s lives and it had a ripple effect on the whole family. It’s unfair to insinuate that any troubled child must come from a neglectful or abusive home, and it’s totally untrue.

The mother is considered a top-notch Morah who is extremely sought after.

Can we hear some details about these "circumstances"?

[S209]

Can we hear some details about these "circumstances"?

There were several things and because some people know who the family is I won’t say it in a public setting.

[aygart]

Can we hear some details about these "circumstances"?

What difference does it make?

[Lurker]

What difference does it make?

+1000. The only purpose it serves is for people to judge whether, in their opinion, they believe those circumstances warrant the effects. That and tragedy porn.

[aygart]

+1000. The only purpose it serves is for people to judge whether, in their opinion, they believe those circumstances warrant the effects. That and tragedy porn.

Yup. While I almost certainly know the family, I have no idea at all who or what @S209 is referring to since

What difference does it make?

[YitzyS]

The Appellate Division agreed to hear the prosecutor's appeal in the Eisemann case. 

https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/first-report-appellate-court-to-allow-states-appeal-in-eisemann-case-to-move-forward/
https://lnnnews.com/2022/09/21/breaking-court-agrees-to-hear-prosecution-appeal/

[Pony]

The Appellate Division agreed to hear the prosecutor's appeal in the Eisemann case. 

https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/first-report-appellate-court-to-allow-states-appeal-in-eisemann-case-to-move-forward/
https://lnnnews.com/2022/09/21/breaking-court-agrees-to-hear-prosecution-appeal/

If the appeals court ch”v agrees with the prosecution, what happens next? Sentencing?

[YitzyS]

If the appeals court ch”v agrees with the prosecution, what happens next? Sentencing?

That would be the next step.

Some have hoped that if this ch"v plays out, the judge will go easy, because he essentially holds that he's innocent. But there's no way of knowing if they will ask for a new judge, or if the judge will consider his hands tied.

[Pony]

That would be the next step.

Some have hoped that if this ch"v plays out, the judge will go easy, because he essentially holds that he's innocent. But there's no way of knowing if they will ask for a new judge, or if the judge will consider his hands tied.

The real court case is in a few days... Eerie how this came out right before Rosh Hashana. We have the כח of the קול יעקב to overcome the ידי עשו. Everyone should have in mind Osher ben Chana Frumit, the korbon tzibbur of Lakewood, this Rosh Hashana.

[yesitsme]

Did the property listed above have more than one unit? *

what are Lakewood duplexes with basements considered for ANCHOR?

You will also be asked if:

You owned the property with someone who is not your spouse/CU partner. If yes, what percentage did you own?
The property had more than one unit. If yes, what percentage of the property did you use as your main home?

[aygart]

New Jersey 101.5 FM: 'Intentional' fire set near reporter's home in Lakewood, NJ.
https://nj1015.com/intentional-fire-set-near-reporters-home-in-lakewood-nj/

[Euclid]

New Jersey 101.5 FM: 'Intentional' fire set near reporter's home in Lakewood, NJ.
https://nj1015.com/intentional-fire-set-near-reporters-home-in-lakewood-nj/

To be clear, despite the insinuation, I doubt this had anything with the reporter. It was in the woods behind his townhouse, not in his literal backyard.

[aygart]

To be clear, despite the insinuation, I doubt this had anything with the reporter. It was in the woods behind his townhouse, not in his literal backyard.

But SIMS Ave isn't near West Gate?

[YitzyS]

This story just shows the tactics of NJ101.5 in creating headlines out of nothing.

[aygart]

This story just shows the tactics of NJ101.5 in creating headlines out of nothing.

Well, a brush fire set intentionally set by kids is not nothing.

[YitzyS]

Well, a brush fire set intentionally set by kids is not nothing.

It's nothing compared to a fire intentionally targeting a reporter, which is what their headline insinuated.

[aygart]

It's nothing compared to a fire intentionally targeting a reporter, which is what their headline insinuated.

true

[Euclid]

https://lnnnews.com/2022/10/02/supreme-court-could-free-hundreds-of-acres-for-development/