Gail Szeluga's Local Marlboro & Manalapan Blog

  Let me preface this post by saying that New Jersey is divided into 24 boards of real estate. We have too many different boards that cover the small state of New Jersey. Even though we are small in size New Jersey it is the densest state in the union. We have tons of people and tons of people ne...

  I can not wait for February 17, 2009. In case you live under a rock that is the date that the television stations must begin broadcasting exclusively in digital format. People who are still using a TV antenna must get a converter box or risk losing their signal.   I have heard this 20 times a d...

Mulchfest 2009 The Manalapan Township Environmental Commission invites you to Recycle Your Christmas Tree! Pick-up and Drop-off will be available to all Manalapan residents who wish to mulch their Christmas trees.  Central Jersey Waste and Recycling will be picking up trees to recycle this Thursd...

It's that time again: time to renew your Dog Licenses. The Manalapan Township Board of Health has mandated that all 2008 Dog Licenses expire January 31, 2009. All dogs over 6 months of age are required to be licensed annually in Manalapan Township.   Failure to renew the license before February 2...

I just got this from a colleague and it is so hysterical that I had to share it.  We can all relate to all of these points.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAGq1u5R9mw   Wishing you all Happy Holidays and a Prosperous New Year!!

Congratulations to Freehold High School for being named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best high schools in the nation for the second straight year.  According to the magazine, evaluation criteria was based on the ideas that a great high school must serve all students well, not just co...

Just a quick note to let you know that all Manalapan Township after school and recreation sponsored programs are cancelled for this evening 12/19/2008 due to the inclement weather. This does not affect Saturday 12/20/2008.    

I always have so many ideas as to what I want to blog about. I get them in the shower, when I'm driving or when I lie down to go to sleep.  I always get great ideas when I have no way to write them down and I  NEVER can remember them. The other day I actually left myself a voice message on my bla...

Is it just me or has Active Rain been acting really weird today? I spent a considerable amount of time on here today and I know I made quite a few comments but NONE of them are showing up on my list of comments. Many of them did take a really long time to load.

MERS Restructuring Plan Approved As many of you know the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School System was working on a plan to restructure the elementary schools. Last night, the Board of Education approved the Restructuring Plan for the 2009-2010 school year. The grade levels and school times ar...