Gail Szeluga Manalapan, Marlboro & Monmouth County

"Bridge of Books" Book Drive

May 9, 2009

"Bridge of Books" Book Drive

Saturday, May 9, 2009

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Drop off location: Municipal Court Parking Lot

The "Bridge of Books Foundation" provides new and used books directly to children and children's organizations.

We accept the following:

New and gently used children books

If a book makes sounds, it must work

If a book has parts, it must be complete

Parenting books

We do not accept the following:

Adult books

Magazines

Textbooks

Encyclopedias

Used coloring books

Used workbooks

Manalapan Parks and Recreation is proud to present:

The Manalapan Project

A volunteer club designed to better our community!

Available to ages 12 and above, who are looking for a

fun way

to work with other volunteers who share their interest

in enriching their own lives by giving to others.

This project will not only focus on volunteering,

but will expose participants to community activities,

as well as various organizations.

Prior projects include: Salvation Army, Special Olympics,

Manalapan Township Special Events, Monmouth County

Parks Special Events and more!

Interested volunteers

should return application to

Manalapan Parks and Recreation

120 Route 522, Manalapan

All volunteers are notified of

opportunities via email!

Be sure to list an e-mail contact!

Recreation Keeps You

Fit For Life!

Hot off the presses!!! This was just sent to me from Manalapan Township. Very useful for all the after-hours folks!!

Township of Manalapan

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

120 Route 522

• Manalapan, NJ 07726 • 732-446-8307 •

Fax 732-446-9615

The Tax Collector's Office now has a drop box located on the front of the office door. You may now drop off

your tax payment between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Saturday.

Please use the drop box when:

• You cannot get to our office during our normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Saturday is more convenient to drop off your payment.

• It is close to the 10th and you are not sure if you mail your payment that it will arrive in time to avoid

interest charges.

• It is more convenient to drop off your payment during normal business hours.

If you are dropping off a check with no stub, please be sure to include your block and lot number with payment.

GUIDELINES

• All payments received by 4:00 p.m. will be considered received as of that business day.

• Any payments dropped off after 4:00 p.m. will be considered received as of the next business day.

Please keep this in mind when dropping off your payment on the 10th of February, May, August and

November, as interest accrues on the 11th day calculated back to the 1st.

THE DROP BOX IS FOR PAYMENTS MADE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY.

NO CASH PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Richard Klauber

Manalapan Township

Mayor

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the fares for commuters who ride the NY Waterway ferries from Monmouth County are going down again. Since December the fares have decreased $51.00.

Effective Monday March 30, 2009 the price of a monthly pass is reduced to $605 down from $635. The 40-trip pass is reduced to $615, down from $646. Ten-trip passes are $190, down from $197. One-way fares are $20, down from $20.50. The company eliminated a fuel-surcharge in December. In addition to the reduction in fuel prices, NY Waterway officials have made changes to maintenance and operations to increase effieiency.

I walk my dog every morning for a half hour. We walk all around the development and in doing so I observe a lot. I notice when neighbors get new roofs, new windows or when the hot water heaters have died. I take notice and try to keep a tally in my head. This way I know what to personally expect next as far as my own home maintenance goes plus I see who is putting out a large amount of garbage. Maybe they are cleaning out to sell. I beef up my contact with them.

Anyway, today is recycling day in my neighborhood. One week glass and plastic and the alternate week is newspapers. This week in newspapers. We have all heard that newspapers are losing readers left and right. I always found that hard to believe because I absolutely can not start my day without reading my newspaper. I still bundle up to go outside and retrieve it from the curb. My father always read the paper everyday and just about every day of my adult life, I have done the same. Well today, it finally hit me! I walked past house after house with NO newspapers at the curb. I thought maybe the garbage men already came but then I saw 1 or 2 houses with papers waiting to be picked up.

Of the 50 houses that I walked past today maybe 6 houses had newspapers at the curb. I find that very sad. I understand that people read the news on the internet. I don't like to do it because I don't think it is the same experience. Recently I wanted to make a copy of a very good real estate related article and decided to go on the internet and print a clean copy instead. I was all over that site and could not find the article I wanted. Now, I was looking for and couldn't find it. How do people read news online? I think you miss so much by not seeing it in the paper. You might see national topics or big stories but local news is lost.

Many people say that they "look" at the local free newspaper that gets thrown on our driveways every week. I tend to disagree because as I walk I also notice that most of them are left in the street or driveway until they are unrecognizable piles of rubble that become an oily mess and create a terrible stain!!!