Joe Strupp
Reporter at Asbury Park Press
Reporter, author, news junkie, adjunct professor.
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1 week ago |
app.com | Joe Strupp
LAKEWOOD – Thousands of Orthodox residents gathered throughout the township Friday, the day before Passover, to partake in the annual Chametz burning ritual that dates back centuries. That symbolic tossing of items into fire celebrates the liberation of Jewish people from slavery in ancient Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Back then, Jews escaped in such a haste that there was no time to leaven the bread, observers say.
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2 weeks ago |
app.com | Joe Strupp
Click here for important updates to our privacy policy. The majority of the increase affected the middle school, which saw the number of violent incidents rise from 8 in 2021-2022 to 49 in 2023-2024. The new data comes as middle school teachers and Lakewood Education Association leaders have been campaigning for more than a year for improved response to student misbehavior.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Joe Strupp
LAKEWOOD ― Violent incidents at Lakewood Middle School nearly quadrupled last year, according to recently released data, apparently backing up teacher claims that student behavior is worsening and their safety is at risk. But while the number of incidents has skyrocketed in the past two years, police calls have remained about the same and no students have been suspended in that time, according to reports.
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2 weeks ago |
app.com | Joe Strupp
Since 2014, Lakewood Schools paid state monitors nearly $2 million. Most monitors have pocketed $100,000 as at least two receive about $500,000 each. At the same time the district has financed the monitors, its debt has climbed to $200 million. Information about the monitors' invoices are spotty at best. And their reports to the state about progress and plans to address the "deficiencies" are spotty were not provided by officials.
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3 weeks ago |
app.com | Joe Strupp
MATAWAN – A man who allegedly stole a pride flag from a local donut shop and made a Nazi salute before scuffling with the store’s owner has been arrested and charged with several crimes, including bias intimidation, police said. Maciej Wojciak, 61, of Holmdel also allegedly “simulated sexual acts in the roadway” and threatened to burn down the shop, according to a police statement.
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