Lakewood’s school board says it will fight the state’s plan to take over its school district, arguing the unusual move is ...

In Ocean County, the unique Lakewood Township School District is seeing state intervention after years of budget struggles.

With the Feb. 1 deadline for first-quarter 2026 property tax payments looming, officials in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, ...

After steep deficits, longstanding governance issues, and years of monitoring, New Jersey moves for full takeover of Lakewood ...

In one of its final acts before leaving office next week, the Murphy administration is seeking a state takeover of the ...

New Jersey is moving to take control of the Lakewood School District, citing years of fiscal mismanagement, legal disputes, ...

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After nearly a decade of litigation, a federal judge has ruled that the Lakewood Tenants Organization (LTO), the nonprofit ...

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration on Wednesday announced its intention to take over Lakewood’s Board of Education after years ...

For all of those impacted, most especially the students of Lakewood, we are obligated to intervene,” the state’s education department commissioner stated.The post New Jersey cites ‘fiscal concerns’ in ...