Lakewood Township, New Jersey (English Wikipedia)

Goldberg, Rabbi Meir. "NJ Orthodox: Lots of variation in Lakewood's Jewish community" Archived September 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, June 27, 2019. Accessed February 6, 2022. "Lakewood's Orthodox Jews have created an economic engine that employs tens of thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike, including construction, tech, health care, real estate, law, medicine, finance, service and home repair industries and more."
Barchenger, Stacey (April 25, 2018) "BMG: How This Orthodox Jewish School and Its Leader Turned Lakewood Into NJ's Boom Town" Archived September 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, app.com. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
Terry, Nicquel. "Shore Catholic schools set to close in 2015", Asbury Park Press. December 2, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015. "Two Shore area Catholic schools will close in 2015, citing declining enrollment in recent years as more families opt to send their children to public schools. Officials from both St. Denis School in Manasquan and Holy Family School in Lakewood confirmed Tuesday that the schools would shut down at the end of this school year." ()
Jordan, Bob; Barchenger, Stacey. "Lakewood Vaad throws endorsement to Phil Murphy, incumbents". Asbury Park Press. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
Edelson, Stephen. "Was Purnell Mincy the Jersey Shore's greatest athlete?" Archived September 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, February 20, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2020. "Purnell Mincy was a three-sport star at Lakewood, graduating in 1937.... I'm beginning to think Lakewood's Purnell Mincy might be the greatest athlete the Jersey Shore has ever produced...."
"From the Money Store to making movies: How a Lakewood native got to Hollywood". Asbury Park Press. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

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Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890, United States Census Bureau, p. 338. Accessed December 26, 2012.

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DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 3, 2012.
DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Lakewood CDP, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 20, 2012.
DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Leisure Village CDP, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 20, 2012.
DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Leisure Village East CDP, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 20, 2012.
GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Ocean County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 26, 2012.
DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 23, 2012.
DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 3, 2012.
GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 26, 2012.

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The White House Announces National Finalists For 1998-1999 White House Fellowships Archived January 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Clinton administration, May 5, 1998. Accessed January 27, 2023. "C.S. Eliot Kang, 35, is a foreign policy analyst at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Kang grew up in Lakewood, N.J."

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Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Lakewood, NJ Archived May 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 14, 2013.

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Pack Family Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine,- Arizona Historical Society. Accessed November 23, 2017. "Arthur Newton Pack was born February 20th, 1893, in Cleveland, Ohio.... He eventually moved to Lakewood, New Jersey where he lived until his death in 1937."

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Toms River Watershed Archived March 24, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Barnegat Bay Partnership. Accessed July 3, 2022.

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Spider Bennett Archived November 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed February 9, 2011.

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Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I Archived July 14, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau, p. 718. Accessed December 26, 2012.
Dershowitz, Yitzchok. The legacy of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler, p. 442. Feldheim Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-58330-875-X. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Footnote 113: Yet, Rebbetzin Taplin, the wife of Rav Yisroel Taplin of Lakewood..."

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Schweitzer, Sarah. "When faith, real estate converge: In Sharon, an eruv boosts house prices" Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Boston Globe, May 29, 2005. Accessed February 10, 2011. "The Sharon eruv was constructed under the supervision of Meir Sendor, the rabbi at Young Israel of Sharon, with continuing consultation from a noted eruv expert, Rabbi Shimon Eider, of Lakewood, N.J."

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A Brief History Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Calvary Academy. Accessed September 5, 2011.

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Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 3, 2012.

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"MONOC transfers operations to RWJBarnabas Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, CentraState Healthcare System". centraljersey.com. April 3, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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General Election Results November 7, 2023 Official Results, Ocean County, New Jersey, updated November 22, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.

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Clerks, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.
Sheriffs, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.
Surrogates, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2022.

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The Nuggets interviews: J.R. Smith Archived February 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Denver Post, February 11, 2007. "J.R. Smith had his parents and a big family growing up, which helped get him through the mean streets of Lakewood, N.J."

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District information for Lakewood Township School District Archived November 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
School Data for the Lakewood School District Archived November 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.

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Haakon Maurice Chevailer Archived December 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Haakon Maurice Chevalier was born on September 10, 1901, at Lakewood, New Jersey."

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FAA Airport Form 5010 for N12 PDF, effective December 20, 2007.

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About Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, Georgian Court University. Accessed September 5, 2011.
Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum Archived February 25, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Georgian Court University. Accessed February 25, 2020. "The arboretum, established in 1989, is named after Sister Mary Grace Burns, who was the chairperson of the biology department and professor of biology from 1927 to 1968. It comprises the entire campus (approx. 155 acres)."

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Ocean County Bus Service Archived 2015-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Greater Mercer TMA. Accessed August 10, 2015.

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Mike Gesicki Archived November 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Penn State Nittany Lions football. Accessed December 2, 2016. "Born October 3, 1995 in Lakewood, N.J."

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Kornbluh, Jacob (July 14, 2016). "Trump Names Two Top Advisers to Head 'Israel Advisory Committee'; Jason Greenblatt and David Friedman charged with coming up with alternative solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". Haaretz. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017. Dr. Richard Roberts, a prominent Republican donor from Lakewood, NJ has been appointed as vice chair."

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Stan Kasten keynote speaker page on the Harry Walker Agency Speakers Bureau website Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

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Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed August 5, 2022.

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P., Ken. "An Interview with Armin Shimerman: Deep Space Nine's Quark discusses his career." Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, August 4, 2003. Accessed February 9, 2011. "IGN Filmforce: Am I correct in understanding that you're originally from Lakewood, New Jersey? Armin Shimerman: Yes ... a small town in the mid-section of New Jersey, Ocean County. It was a great, great childhood and it was a terrific town – probably still is. I haven't been there for decades. I keep waiting for them to invite me back to be sort of a VIP at one of their parades, but it hasn't happened yet."

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Sheskin, Ira; and Dashefsky, Arnold. Jewish Population in the United States, 2011 Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Berman Jewish DataBank, 2011. Accessed March 26, 2022.

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Gros, Michael. "The Teshuvah Journey: Making Up For Lost Time" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Press. August 19, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Penina grew up in a turbulent, loosely affiliated Jewish home in Lakewood, New Jersey."

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Klein, Abagail. "Arrivals: Finding their comfort zone" Archived January 23, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010. Accessed January 26, 2022. "Both born in 1975 and raised in New Jersey, Shai Jaskoll (Teaneck) and Shoshanna Keats (Lakewood) first crossed paths here."

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Weiss, Steven I. "U.S. gets another Orthodox mayor" Archived February 7, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, July 12, 2006. Accessed February 6, 2022. "That's certainly the case in Lakewood, where Meir Lichtenstein was inaugurated as mayor in January. Orthodox Jews make up nearly half of the village's 70,000 residents, and they often vote as a bloc, with a council of leaders determining whom they should support."

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Halachic authority Archived 2017-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "after the passing of Rabbi Kotler, Rabbi Abadi became the Posek and the exclusive Halachic authority in Lakewood."

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Services Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood First Aid & Emergency Squad. Accessed September 14, 2013.

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Government , Lakewood Township. Accessed April 17, 2024.
Municipal Manager, Township of Lakewood. Accessed March 16, 2024.
Township Clerk, Township of Lakewood. Accessed March 16, 2024.
http://www.lakewoodnj.gov/department/uez Urban Enterprise Zone Archived December 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Township of Lakewood. Accessed November 19, 2019. "The Lakewood Development Corporation administers Lakewood's Urban Enterprise Zone program and the Lakewood Foreign Trade Zone. Both programs are designed to encourage economic development through the location and/or expansion of businesses to the municipality. The LDC offers business loans and grants to certified UEZ businesses as well as numerous other business encouragement incentives."
2023 Municipal Data Sheet , Lakewood Township. Accessed April 17, 2024.
Police Department Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Township. Accessed September 5, 2011.
Fire Department, Township of Lakewood. Accessed March 16, 2024. "The Lakewood Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1888. The Lakewood Fire Department is a combination department. There are currently 50 active firefighters and support members in the volunteer fire department. The Career Division of the Department was started in the 1950s and currently employs 33 firefighters and officers, which includes the Chief of Department."
Emergency Medical Services Archived October 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Township, Accessed October 15, 2017.

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Lakewood Early Childhood Center Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Ella G. Clarke School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Clifton Avenue School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Oak Street School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Piner Elementary School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Spruce Street School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Lakewood Middle School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.
Lakewood High School Archived August 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Lakewood Public School District. Accessed August 22, 2023.

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Staff. "Steve Tisch" Archived March 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Los Angeles Times. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Born in Lakewood, N.J., Tisch graduated from Tufts University and began his entertainment career as Peter Guber's assistant at Columbia Pictures."

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Biography Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, LewSoloff.com. Accessed September 5, 2011. "Born in Brooklyn, on February 20, 1944, Soloff was raised in Lakewood, New Jersey and started studying piano at an early age."

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"Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen On NJ Toeivah Vote: Call Senators and Be Mosif in Tefillah and Torah" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Matzav.com, January 7, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011.
"Rav Yehuda Jacobs zt'l" Archived June 4, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Matzav.com, April 27, 2020. Accessed May 31, 2020. "Settling in Lakewood with his wife, Mrs. Ruthie Jacobs, he grew along with the yeshiva, eventually being instated as one of the mashgichim."

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Benjamin, Hill (October 21, 2020). "Shore thing: BlueClaws adopt beachy keen look". Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

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"Bearing Witness: The New York Photo League and Sonia Handelman Meyer" Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Mint Museum. Accessed December 6, 2019. "The exhibition features a special spotlight on the work of Sonia Handelman Meyer. Born in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1920, Meyer spent most of her life in New York City."

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Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Archived November 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.

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Areas touching Lakewood Township Archived April 7, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. MapIt. Accessed February 25, 2020.

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"Township of Lakewood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
"Township of Lakewood (Ocean County, New Jersey)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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Fox, Joey. "Who is N.J.’s most bipartisan member of Congress, really?", New Jersey Globe, July 28, 2022. Accessed March 21, 2023. "As for Republicans, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) voted with Biden 37% of the time, "

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Brandon Carter Archived 2017-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, New Orleans Saints. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Born Brandon Scott Carter Sept. 10, 1986 in Lakewood, N.J."

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via United Press International. "Bulls' Bid Denied" Archived November 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Times-Union, July 12, 1972. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Robert Schmertz, a real estate executive from Lakewood, has received unanimous approval from the National Basketball Association Board of Governors to purchase the Boston Celtics, but another group was rejected in its bid to buy the Chicago Bulls."

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Ducibella, Jim. "Beach Open" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Virginian-Pilot, May 5, 2002. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Kresge, a Lakewood, NJ, native, worked short-game magic the entire back nine..."
Lowe, Herbert. "A Game Of Musical Chairs When A Senator Died This Summer, An Assembly Candidate Replaced Him In The State Senate." Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1993. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Republican Robert W. Singer, a former mayor of Lakewood Township, is seeking his first term as state senator. Singer, 45, was serving his third two-year term in the Assembly until moving over to the Senate on October 14 to succeed John Dimon, who died in September."

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Cervenka, Susanne. "Ocean no longer among state's oldest counties; Affordable housing, access to Parkway behind population shift" Archived January 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Home News Tribune, August 5, 2022. Accessed June 27, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood leads Ocean County's youth movement. The township, which is New Jersey's fastest growing community, saw its median age drop from 24.6 years in 2010 to 18.5 years last year, the most recent year for which data is available. Much of its growth, and the decline in median age is a result of the burgeoning Orthodox Jewish community.... Families are also typically large in the Orthodox community, and state data shows Lakewood has been experiencing a baby boom for much of the last 20 years."
"Success is habit forming to Goldstein" Archived February 12, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, October 22, 1980. Accessed February 11, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Success is getting to be a habit with William Goldstein, a film composer and arranger who grew up in Lakewood.... Goldstein was graduated from Lakewood High School, Trenton State College, the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard School of Music."
Staff. "Haines picked to head lottery" Archived September 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, May 19, 1994. Accessed August 30, 2016. "Education: Graduated from Lakewood High School in 1964; attended Ocean County College."
Price, Toby. "Medina will take his talents to Cornell", Asbury Park Press, May 18, 1988. Accessed May 27, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Rich Medina, a 6-7 forward from Lakewood, will attend Cornell University in the fall and continue his basketball career for the Ivy League champion Big Red."

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Jones, Abigail. "In Orthodox Jewish Divorce, Men Hold All the Cards" Archived December 14, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Newsweek, April 8, 2015. Accessed December 14, 2021. "'Basically, what we are going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple of hours and beating him up and torturing him and then getting him to give the get," Rabbi Mendel Epstein told two potential clients. It was August 14, 2013, and he was sitting in his home in Lakewood, New Jersey, with a young Orthodox Jewish woman and her brother."

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Steve Strunsky (April 16, 2019). "Lakewood yeshiva looks to use old golf course for new campus". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019. Beth Medrash Gohova is said to be the world's largest Jewish-affiliated university outside of Israel.
Stephen Stirling (August 3, 2017). "10 ways Lakewood is unlike anywhere else in N.J." NJ Advance Media. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019. The sea change can be pinned to one event: The founding of the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva in the mid-20th century. The Orthodox Jewish community has set down roots en masse around the religious school, which is now the largest yeshiva in North America.
Rundquist, Jeanette. "Lakewood, N.J.'s fastest-growing town, is defined by its diversity" Archived February 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, February 6, 2011. Accessed September 5, 2011. "The 54 percent population increase, according to residents and community leaders in Lakewood, was fueled by growth in the Jewish community, the Latino community, and a third group, senior citizens. The town's African-American population, meanwhile, dropped slightly."
Di Ionno, Mark. "How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews" Archived May 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, May 7, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017. "It is Friday in Lakewood. A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel... The yeshiva has about 6,500 students, equal in enrollment to the College of New Jersey."
Strunsky, Steve. "Lakewood's Orthodox population keeps growing. We talk to a rabbi about why, and what it means." Archived March 25, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 26, 2018, updated September 24, 2019. Accessed March 26, 2022. "With more than 100,000 residents, two thirds of them Orthodox, Lakewood is now the fifth most populous municipality in New Jersey, trailing only Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Elizabeth -- and it's still growing."
Strunsky, Steve (July 2019). "UPDATE: Lakewood schools shut down, then reopen after state steps in". NJ.com. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
Heyboer, Kelly (August 8, 2017). "Why is Lakewood spending $32M to send kids to private school?". NJ.com. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
Home, sweet home: Bob Menendez back in Hudson County. nj.com. Accessed April 30, 2021. "Booker, Cory A. - (D - NJ) Class II; Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ) Class I"
"See how your town voted in the 2016 presidential election". NJ.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
Higgs, Larry. "Parkway exit to close permanently Monday night" Archived May 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 10, 2014, Update as of April 8, 2015. Accessed May 17, 2015. "Exit 88 is scheduled to close permanently at 7 p.m., Monday and traffic to Route 70 will diverted to a new service road at Interchange 89."
Di Ionno, Mark."How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 7, 2017. Accessed May 4, 2024.
Staff. "N.J. corruption arrests strike core of Deal's Syrian Jewish community" Archived May 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, July 23, 2009. Accessed February 10, 2011. "'These are only allegations. All these people are innocent until proven guilty,' said Yosef Reinman, a rabbi and author in Lakewood's sizable Orthodox Jewish community, which is less than 20 miles from Deal."

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Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities Archived February 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.
Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021 Archived March 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
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Table 1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses Archived March 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 19, 2022.
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Urban Enterprise Zone Program Archived July 21, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"
Urban Enterprise Zones Effective and Expiration Dates Archived September 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed January 8, 2018.
Plan Components Report Archived February 19, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District Archived November 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.

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2009 Governor: Ocean County Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2012.

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Lakewood Fire District 1, NJ Fire Districts. Accessed March 16, 2024. "The Lakewood Fire District is comprised of a combination volunteer and career fire department under the leadership of Chief Jonathan Yahr and Deputy Chief David Wolf who report to the Board of Fire Commissioners. The volunteer department was established in 1888 and has grown to include seven strategically placed fire stations.... The career department fire stations are manned 24/7 and employ thirty-two career firefighters."

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Ocean County Map Archived March 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed February 25, 2020.

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Rinde, Meir. "Is Lakewood on the Verge of a Meltdown?" Archived June 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, NJ Spotlight, June 21, 2016. Accessed April 6, 2017. "State and local educational funding systems aren't built to handle a town with 25,000 children in religious institutions and 6,000 in the public schools, says Rev. Glenn Wilson."

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Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905 Archived February 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State, 1906. Accessed August 5, 2013.

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Staff. "Blueclaws Lead League In Attendance For 11th Straight Year" Archived November 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, News Record, September 6, 2011. Accessed August 20, 2012. "For the 11th time in as many years, the Lakewood BlueClaws minor league baseball team has led the South Atlantic League in attendance. With 6,263 fans per game coming to FirstEnergy Park – 93 fans per game more than 2010 – the BlueClaws wrapped up their 11th straight attendance title and now begin the push towards five million fans, which will happen early in 2012. The BlueClaws drew 382,070 to FirstEnergy Park this year, bringing their 11-year total to 4,838,603 fans, 161,397 shy of 5-million."

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Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Archived September 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, NJ Transit. Accessed October 15, 2017.

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Ahearn, James. "Opinion: In Central Jersey, a school imbroglio" Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Record, June 5, 2012. Accessed April 6, 2017. "The answer was eye-opening. Eighteen thousand kids. That is, to repeat, 18,000. They attended 74 yeshiva schools, served by 14 bus companies, on 400 routes, more than any other district in the state."

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Hegedus, Eric. "Shooting from the lip: 'Southland' cop sounds off on NBC cancellation and TNT rescue" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, New York Post, February 28, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Cudlitz, 45, has moved on. The Flushing native and former Lakewood, NJ, resident, has aroused a lot of interest in his portrayal of Cooper, who has many personal issues, including his developing gay identity, a prescription drug dependency and a job-threatening back injury, and an ex-wife who figures into his pill-popping problem."

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Peterson, Iver. "Tragedy Forces Town To Face Its Divisions; Breaching Barriers of Creed and Culture" Archived February 7, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 19, 1995. Accessed June 20, 2016. "The community is not withdrawn in politics, however. The Orthodox vote as a nearly solid bloc, making them the dominant political power in Lakewood, and a power that can only grow: Leaders of the yeshiva community, which had about 400 members in 1968, expect their numbers to top 27,000 by the turn of the century."
Staff. "Lakewood A Winter Home.; Pure Air For Weak Lungs Among The New-Jersey Pines." Archived June 13, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 23, 1882. Accessed August 30, 2015. "We have here the purest of air, filtered through miles of pine forest; the purest of water, and the best possible soil for the purpose, with perfect drainage, and a climate always at least 10° warmer than that of New York and from 20° to 30° warmer than New-England."
"Holidays At Lakewood; Balmy Christmas Weather a Boon to Outdoor Sports. Social Events Were Also Abundant Hotels Liberally Decorated and Extra Efforts to Entertain Guests -- Recent Arrivals from New-York." Archived June 13, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 29, 1895. Accessed August 30, 2015. "These observations have proved that Lakewood possesses an average temperature warmer than that of many a place much further south, a point on which many persons previously had doubts."
Fahim, Kareem. "As Orthodox Population Grows, So Do Tensions" Archived October 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 10, 2007. Accessed September 5, 2011. "Many Orthodox Jews have been drawn to Lakewood by the prestige of the town's yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the largest rabbinical colleges in the world. The yeshiva was founded in 1943 by a Polish-born rabbi, Aaron Kotler. In 1962, when Rabbi Kotler died, the school had 250 students. It now has about 5,000. The wider yeshiva community includes more than a hundred temples, and about 50 schools."
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Staff. "Arthur Siegel, Song Composer And Pianist, 70" Archived September 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, September 17, 1994. Accessed August 5, 2013. "Mr. Siegel, whose career in show business spanned nearly five decades, was born in Lakewood, N.J., on Dec. 31, 1923, and grew up in Asbury Park, N.J. He came to New York City in the 1930s and studied at the Juilliard School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he met the entertainer Eddie Cantor's daughter and got his first big break as Cantor's accompanist."
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Stilton, Phil. Jack Ciattarelli visits Lakewood, making a pitch for the Lakewood bloc vote Archived February 7, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Shore News Network, May 31, 2021. Accessed February 6, 2022. "New Jersey candidate for Governor Ciattarelli this week visited Lakewood to lobby for that town's large and highly coveted 'bloc vote'. In politics, the Lakewood Orthodox Jewish community often votes as a bloc, but not always, guided by a council of rabbis and business owners in the growing city called 'the VAAD'. The Lakewood vote can often make or break a candidate's campaign and Ciattarelli knows that."

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The History of The Strand Archived 2015-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Strand Center of the Arts. Accessed September 15, 2014. "The famous theater architect Thomas Lamb was commissioned in the early 1900s by the Ferber Amusement Company to design a theater in Lakewood, New Jersey.... In 1922, The Strand opened in a time when Lakewood was a popular playground for the rich and famous, including Grover Cleveland and John D. Rockefeller."

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History of Lakewood Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, VillageProfile.com. Accessed September 2, 2015. "Because the name of the town did not suit the visions its promoters had for it, Samuel D. Davis suggested the name 'Brightwood'. Erastus Dickinson suggested 'Lakewood' and the times and Journal conducted a house-to-house canvass of the citizens, who voted for 'Lakewood' by a large majority. On March 20, 1880, the Post Office officially recognized the name of the village as 'Lakewood.'"

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Cervenka, Susanne. "Ocean no longer among state's oldest counties; Affordable housing, access to Parkway behind population shift" Archived January 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Home News Tribune, August 5, 2022. Accessed June 27, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood leads Ocean County's youth movement. The township, which is New Jersey's fastest growing community, saw its median age drop from 24.6 years in 2010 to 18.5 years last year, the most recent year for which data is available. Much of its growth, and the decline in median age is a result of the burgeoning Orthodox Jewish community.... Families are also typically large in the Orthodox community, and state data shows Lakewood has been experiencing a baby boom for much of the last 20 years."
Di Ionno, Mark. "How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews" Archived May 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, May 7, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017. "It is Friday in Lakewood. A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel... The yeshiva has about 6,500 students, equal in enrollment to the College of New Jersey."
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Peterson, Iver. "Tragedy Forces Town To Face Its Divisions; Breaching Barriers of Creed and Culture" Archived February 7, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 19, 1995. Accessed June 20, 2016. "The community is not withdrawn in politics, however. The Orthodox vote as a nearly solid bloc, making them the dominant political power in Lakewood, and a power that can only grow: Leaders of the yeshiva community, which had about 400 members in 1968, expect their numbers to top 27,000 by the turn of the century."
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Halachic authority Archived 2017-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "after the passing of Rabbi Kotler, Rabbi Abadi became the Posek and the exclusive Halachic authority in Lakewood."
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Grimes, William. "Joseph Baum, American Dining's High Stylist, Dies at 78" Archived April 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, October 6, 1998. Accessed February 9, 2011. "After graduating from high school in Lakewood, N.J., in 1937, he worked for two years as a busboy, waiter and cook in hotels in New Jersey and Florida to earn tuition money to attend Cornell University, where he earned a degree in hotel administration in 1943."
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Ben Dov, Reuven. "Through the Maze" Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Jerusalem Post, January 3, 1992. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Halachos of Brochos by Yisroel Pinchos Bodner, Lakewood, New Jersey."
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Haakon Maurice Chevailer Archived December 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Haakon Maurice Chevalier was born on September 10, 1901, at Lakewood, New Jersey."
"Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen On NJ Toeivah Vote: Call Senators and Be Mosif in Tefillah and Torah" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Matzav.com, January 7, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011.
Hegedus, Eric. "Shooting from the lip: 'Southland' cop sounds off on NBC cancellation and TNT rescue" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, New York Post, February 28, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Cudlitz, 45, has moved on. The Flushing native and former Lakewood, NJ, resident, has aroused a lot of interest in his portrayal of Cooper, who has many personal issues, including his developing gay identity, a prescription drug dependency and a job-threatening back injury, and an ex-wife who figures into his pill-popping problem."
"The Beleaguered Man", Time, April 4, 1955. Accessed March 27, 2008. "For the best part of two years (1951-1953) he made his home at the Maryknoll Junior Seminary in Lakewood, N.J.. often going down to Washington to buttonhole State Department men and Congressmen and urge them not to support French colonialism."
Walker, Rob. Cul-de-Sac Cred Archived November 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 10, 2005. Accessed January 3, 2012. "Marc Milecofsky grew up in Lakewood, N.J., about an hour and a half south of Manhattan."
Schweitzer, Sarah. "When faith, real estate converge: In Sharon, an eruv boosts house prices" Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Boston Globe, May 29, 2005. Accessed February 10, 2011. "The Sharon eruv was constructed under the supervision of Meir Sendor, the rabbi at Young Israel of Sharon, with continuing consultation from a noted eruv expert, Rabbi Shimon Eider, of Lakewood, N.J."
Jones, Abigail. "In Orthodox Jewish Divorce, Men Hold All the Cards" Archived December 14, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Newsweek, April 8, 2015. Accessed December 14, 2021. "'Basically, what we are going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple of hours and beating him up and torturing him and then getting him to give the get," Rabbi Mendel Epstein told two potential clients. It was August 14, 2013, and he was sitting in his home in Lakewood, New Jersey, with a young Orthodox Jewish woman and her brother."
Mike Gesicki Archived November 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Penn State Nittany Lions football. Accessed December 2, 2016. "Born October 3, 1995 in Lakewood, N.J."
Horner, Shirley. "No Headline" Archived January 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 26, 1984. Accessed March 24, 2016. "'Lottery losers might soon end up winning books here, too,' Hazel Gluck of Lakewood, director of the New Jersey Division of the State Lottery, said the other day."
"Success is habit forming to Goldstein" Archived February 12, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, October 22, 1980. Accessed February 11, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Success is getting to be a habit with William Goldstein, a film composer and arranger who grew up in Lakewood.... Goldstein was graduated from Lakewood High School, Trenton State College, the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard School of Music."
Staff. "Goulds Wed In June At Georgian Court; Sailed Together After Lakewood Ceremony, and Are Now at Aix-les-Bains. No Mystery, They Declare Their Chief Desire, They Say Now, Was for Quiet Wedding and Peaceful Honeymoon." Archived July 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 14, 1922. Accessed February 9, 2011. "It will surprise some of their neighbors at Lakewood to learn that the wedding took place at Georgian Court, the Gould house at Lakewood... "
Staff. "Haines picked to head lottery" Archived September 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, May 19, 1994. Accessed August 30, 2016. "Education: Graduated from Lakewood High School in 1964; attended Ocean County College."
"Rav Yehuda Jacobs zt'l" Archived June 4, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Matzav.com, April 27, 2020. Accessed May 31, 2020. "Settling in Lakewood with his wife, Mrs. Ruthie Jacobs, he grew along with the yeshiva, eventually being instated as one of the mashgichim."
Staff. "Serge Jaroff" Archived November 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, October 8, 1985. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Serge Jaroff, founder and director of the Don Cossack Chorus, died Saturday in the Paul Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood, N.J. He was 89 years old and lived in Lakewood."
The White House Announces National Finalists For 1998-1999 White House Fellowships Archived January 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Clinton administration, May 5, 1998. Accessed January 27, 2023. "C.S. Eliot Kang, 35, is a foreign policy analyst at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Kang grew up in Lakewood, N.J."
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Klein, Abagail. "Arrivals: Finding their comfort zone" Archived January 23, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010. Accessed January 26, 2022. "Both born in 1975 and raised in New Jersey, Shai Jaskoll (Teaneck) and Shoshanna Keats (Lakewood) first crossed paths here."
The George Jay Gould Estate, Georgian Court University. Accessed February 9, 2011. "The health benefits of Lakewood enticed George Jay Gould, son of railroad magnate Jay Gould, to build Georgian Court in 1896. The construction began ten years after his marriage to a lovely young actress named Edith Kingdon. Edith and George Gould believed Lakewood would be an ideal spot in which to rear their two sons and four daughters."
Caldwell, Dave. "In the Minor Leagues, It's Not Just About the Baseball" Archived September 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 1, 2005. Accessed August 20, 2012. "Then, in 1944, a prominent rabbi named Aron Kotler moved to Lakewood from Eastern Europe, and a large Orthodox Jewish community evolved that still numbers about 20,000."
Staff. "Rabbi Shneur Kotler, 64, Head Of Rabbinical School in Jersey" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, June 27, 1982. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Rabbi Shneur Kotler, dean of Beth Medrash Govoha, a postgraduate rabbinical school in Lakewood, N.J., died Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. He was 64 years old and a resident of Lakewood."
Ducibella, Jim. "Beach Open" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Virginian-Pilot, May 5, 2002. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Kresge, a Lakewood, NJ, native, worked short-game magic the entire back nine..."
Staff. "Joseph Mayer; Former Mayor of Belmar Was Director of Freeholders" Archived November 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, November 19, 1942. Accessed February 9, 2011. "He was born in Hazelton, Pa., Where he was elected to the Common Council at the age of 21 and later served as its president. He moved to Belmar in 1908 after residing in Lakewood."
"Bearing Witness: The New York Photo League and Sonia Handelman Meyer" Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Mint Museum. Accessed December 6, 2019. "The exhibition features a special spotlight on the work of Sonia Handelman Meyer. Born in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1920, Meyer spent most of her life in New York City."
Edelson, Stephen. "Was Purnell Mincy the Jersey Shore's greatest athlete?" Archived September 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, February 20, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2020. "Purnell Mincy was a three-sport star at Lakewood, graduating in 1937.... I'm beginning to think Lakewood's Purnell Mincy might be the greatest athlete the Jersey Shore has ever produced...."
Staff. "Charles W. Morse's Marriage Annulled; Divorce Mrs. Morse Secured from First Husband Pronounced Illegal." Archived July 30, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, January 8, 1904. Accessed February 10, 2011. "They gave up that house a few months ago, and have been living at their home in Lakewood, N.J., and at their Summer cottage at Bath, Me."
Staff. "Loren Murchison, 80, Track Star" Archived July 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, June 14, 1979. Accessed February 9, 2011. "For the last 16 years he had resided in Leisure Village, a retirement community in Lakeville [sic]."
Pack Family Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine,- Arizona Historical Society. Accessed November 23, 2017. "Arthur Newton Pack was born February 20th, 1893, in Cleveland, Ohio.... He eventually moved to Lakewood, New Jersey where he lived until his death in 1937."
Thomas Jr., Robert McG."Haydn Proctor, 93, a Judge And New Jersey State Senator" Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, October 5, 1996. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Haydn Proctor, a longtime New Jersey official who operated at the highest levels of all three branches of state government, died on Wednesday at a hospital near his home in Lakewood, N.J."
Staff. "N.J. corruption arrests strike core of Deal's Syrian Jewish community" Archived May 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, July 23, 2009. Accessed February 10, 2011. "'These are only allegations. All these people are innocent until proven guilty,' said Yosef Reinman, a rabbi and author in Lakewood's sizable Orthodox Jewish community, which is less than 20 miles from Deal."
Kornbluh, Jacob (July 14, 2016). "Trump Names Two Top Advisers to Head 'Israel Advisory Committee'; Jason Greenblatt and David Friedman charged with coming up with alternative solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". Haaretz. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017. Dr. Richard Roberts, a prominent Republican donor from Lakewood, NJ has been appointed as vice chair."
Ocean County Park Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ocean County Department of Parks & Recreation. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Ocean County Park was originally part of Financier John D. Rockefeller's vacation estate."
via United Press International. "Bulls' Bid Denied" Archived November 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Times-Union, July 12, 1972. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Robert Schmertz, a real estate executive from Lakewood, has received unanimous approval from the National Basketball Association Board of Governors to purchase the Boston Celtics, but another group was rejected in its bid to buy the Chicago Bulls."
P., Ken. "An Interview with Armin Shimerman: Deep Space Nine's Quark discusses his career." Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, August 4, 2003. Accessed February 9, 2011. "IGN Filmforce: Am I correct in understanding that you're originally from Lakewood, New Jersey? Armin Shimerman: Yes ... a small town in the mid-section of New Jersey, Ocean County. It was a great, great childhood and it was a terrific town – probably still is. I haven't been there for decades. I keep waiting for them to invite me back to be sort of a VIP at one of their parades, but it hasn't happened yet."
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Staff. "Arthur Siegel, Song Composer And Pianist, 70" Archived September 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, September 17, 1994. Accessed August 5, 2013. "Mr. Siegel, whose career in show business spanned nearly five decades, was born in Lakewood, N.J., on Dec. 31, 1923, and grew up in Asbury Park, N.J. He came to New York City in the 1930s and studied at the Juilliard School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he met the entertainer Eddie Cantor's daughter and got his first big break as Cantor's accompanist."
Lowe, Herbert. "A Game Of Musical Chairs When A Senator Died This Summer, An Assembly Candidate Replaced Him In The State Senate." Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1993. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Republican Robert W. Singer, a former mayor of Lakewood Township, is seeking his first term as state senator. Singer, 45, was serving his third two-year term in the Assembly until moving over to the Senate on October 14 to succeed John Dimon, who died in September."
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Gros, Michael. "The Teshuvah Journey: Making Up For Lost Time" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Press. August 19, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Penina grew up in a turbulent, loosely affiliated Jewish home in Lakewood, New Jersey."
Staff. "Steve Tisch" Archived March 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Los Angeles Times. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Born in Lakewood, N.J., Tisch graduated from Tufts University and began his entertainment career as Peter Guber's assistant at Columbia Pictures."
Staff. "Harry L. Towe, 92, A Former Congressman" Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 10, 1991. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Harry Lancaster Towe, a former Congressman and deputy attorney general of New Jersey, died on Friday at his home in Lakewood, N.J. He was 92 years old."
"From the Money Store to making movies: How a Lakewood native got to Hollywood". Asbury Park Press. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
"The Story of Jake Turx - From Borough Park to the White House | Meaningful People" Archived April 2, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Lakewood Scoop, March 30, 2022. "Turx resides in Washington, DC during the week; his family lives in Lakewood, NJ."
Staff. "Col. Charles Waterhouse of Ocean County has spent a lifetime painting the faces of those who fight our wars." Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, December 16, 2006. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Waterhouse, a Perth Amboy native who now lives in Lakewood with his wife, spoke from the museum at 17 Washington St. in Toms River."
Vecsey, George. "Sport Of The Times; Building Toward the Days of October" Archived November 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 29, 1988. Accessed August 20, 2012. "Shortly after his classic time at bat in the sixth game of the 1986 World Series, Wilson and his wife, Rosa, started an educational center for girls, Mookie's Roses, near their home in Lakewood, N.J."
Nahshoni, Kobi. "Bnei Brak gets twin sister; Ultra-Orthodox city in central Israel signs Twin City Alliance with Lakewood, New Jersey, which has large haredi community" Archived June 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Ynetnews, May 31, 2011. Accessed March 24, 2016. "The ultra-Orthodox central city of Bnei Brak has found a twin sister overseas – Lakewood, New Jersey, which also has a very large haredi community."

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2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government Archived November 5, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.

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Barnett, Bob. Population Data for Ocean County Municipalities, 1850 - 2000 Archived September 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, WestJersey.org, January 6, 2011. Accessed December 26, 2012.

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