Dear Neighbors and Friends,
In these difficult times of physical separation, we would like to remind all residents and guests in New Suffolk to please check on your neighbors and friends regularly. This can be a phone call, text message, email or similar. If you neighbor has access to a computer or smart phone, try and encourage a video chat to keep them engaged! And don’t forget to use the library’s many resources, which are listed below.
As a practical reminder, our nearest medical facility equipped to deal with acute COVID-19 cases is Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. Please call them first at 631-477-1000 before going to the Emergency Department. For general COVID-19 information, or how to get tested, please call the Department of Health 631-854-0333. If you are having a medical emergency possibly due to COVID-19, please advise 911 when you call.
Currently we are cancelling all NSCA events through mid-May. At this time, the NSCA Yard Sale is still scheduled for 5/23/20. We will keep you updated about rescheduling of events through emails, Facebook, and our website newsuffolkcivicassociation.com. And make sure to ‘like’ our Facebook posts to keep them visible in your feed.
To all of our small business owners, who pour their hearts and souls into providing us with quality local services and goods, we will all be out in full force as soon as it is possible again. For those of you still open, we will continue to patronize your businesses as safely as we can.
The joint North Fork Civic Associations have collaborated to form a group website to have a central place for information. The website is www.nfcivics.org/ and the Facebook link is @NoFoCivicResilience. Please ‘like’ the facebook site and look at the website, it has a great amount of current information.
Here are some Very Important Things to remember:
1. Please maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others.
2. Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer BEFORE and AFTER entering a building, store, and your home.
3. At the Post Office, please wait until there is less then 1-2 people in the lobby before entering. Respect distance so that we can keep each other safe. Wait until you are outside, and far enough apart, to speak with neighbors safely.
4. Limit your trips to all stores to as infrequent as possible. Clean all items before bringing them into your home if possible. If a neighbor is at high risk for Covid-19, please offer and arrange to pick up items for them at the store, and clean those items before delivery. If they do not have access to online shopping, perhaps add things to your order for them, or help them set up online shopping. Southold Town will now deliver hot meals to all seniors over 60, 5 days a week, and frozen ones for the weekend. Contact Karen at 631-298-4460 for these meals.
5. Please remember to SLOW DOWN when driving! There are many more pedestrians, cyclists and children on our roadways now, so give them plenty of room when passing in a car. It is also very important to remember the ‘rules of the road!’ Cyclists are ‘going with traffic,’ and pedestrians are ‘ walking against traffic.’
6. Since many of us are starting Spring yard work early, please keep the area of your property near the street clear of leaves, branches and bushes so that it is safe for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Southold Town Waste Facility is now accepting all brush, and fees are currently waved. Please see the Southold Town Facebook or website for further information.
7. If you are in need of a good book, magazine, or movie, or even learn a new language, the Cutchogue New Suffolk Library has online access for all of these for free!!! The library is closed until further notice, but if you need assistance from the Library, visit their website or email them at askus@cnsfl.org
We sincerely hope that you are all staying safe, and taking all precautions to remain that way.
Sincerely,
NSCA
