CORONAVIRUS info & assorted links


Sussex County COVID 19 posts all the daily NJ updates
 and local county information.

All NJ stores are now required to have customers to have on a face covering and limit the # allowed in. 
One should do this at any location where maintaining a 6 foot distance apart many be difficult, such as at our Post Office. 
Do everything to help us see a downturn in the # of cases locally!

Sussex County 4/14 has an updated Food Pantry listing for April.

Montague Township Elementary teachers offer evening taped storybook readings school nights at 6PM.

Sussex County Fairgrounds has posted that they currently are not certain if the NJ State Fair will be able to occur this year.
Their Facebook site includes these links:
4/14 - children : games for different grade levels 
 4/9  -  No sewing machine?  A way to make a face mask using a bandana.
 4/4  -  videos and coloring pages for kids from John Deere.

 NPS Northeast Museum Services Center has a few story hours taped - see VIDEOS.
Virtual Tour: Wallace House Historic Site
The largest home built in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.


Self-Quarantined and Bored?
During the present COVID-19 pandemic 
it is critical people listen to medical experts 
and abide by the recommended "social distancing" rules.
 If self-quarantining has you bored : 
Garden State Legacy archives hold nearly 250 articles on New Jersey history - or, take a virtual museum tour of Treasured Artifacts of the Garden State!
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Telling Her Stories: Fascinating Women History Forgot
Holding a free virtual workshop on woman suffrage with the National Women’s History Project on Thursday April 16 at 7 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. PDT.
AND ALSO  offers 
home-view versions of:
Pickets & Persistence: War Service & Woman Suffrage,
Remembering the Ladies: From Patriots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates and Reclaiming Our Voice, 
New Jersey’s Role in the Fight for Woman Suffrage.  
In commemoration of the centennial of woman suffrage and in light of the COVID-19 stay-at-home order keeping many families cooped up and is affecting many family’s finances,  book Remembering the Ladies is being made available as a free e-book from which you can print and color pages. 

Looking for ideas for reading, math, science, history, art, theater, music, magic and fun for kids in your life during this time of COVID-19?  Check out her family learning guide. 


Clipping from Evening Gazette Oct. 11th, 
 during 1918 Epidemic

Almost 102 years years later,
we are experiencing similar restrictions.
The Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle 
is live streaming today's Mass at 11AM

go to


or

3/27/20  Notification

Montague's Branch is now open for Drive-Thru ONLY!


The Montague Post Office is not doing business transactions directly at the counter, so please limit one person inside the Post Office space with others waiting outside - keeping 3 feet apart.

There is now a case in Montague,
and the total # in Sussex County has risen!

3/27            One death reported in Sussex County. 
 Ages of those confirmed range from 19 - 82 years of age.

The Sussex County Division of Health is urging residents to continue monitoring their health and exercise good habits.
  • Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
  • Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze.
  • Avoid close contact (minimum 3 feet) with people - 6 feet is ideal - in home if anyone is ill, or when out.
  • Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell.

Do not touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands!!

Keep up with the latest information and updates at

Pike County, PA has 23 cases & is also under stay-at-home.
Orange Cty NY jumped to 756 confirmed cases  - 3 deaths.

Sandyston (as of Thursday) and Montague ( Friday's report) now each have one individual diagnosed with the COVID-19.

Our county had 47   -  but increased at last report to 72. 

Stay safe & follow ALL the guidelines.

 
                  CORONAVIRUS 

        NJ Governor's updated declaration 
 includes mandating 8 p.m. closure of non-essential retail,   recreational, and entertainment businesses.
           https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-104.pdf

             Also check these sites for frequent updates:

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