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Issue 29— Thursday, February 13, 2020
 


 

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Forty Years

MILFORD — Although it has been publishing much, much longer, the Pike County Dispatch has been the newspaper of record for the County of Pike for more than 40 years. That means the Dispatch is the place to go to find out about public meetings, estate notices, bids, public hearings, real estate sales and transactions, and Sheriff sales.

The Pike County Commissioners listed the Dispatch as an official newspaper for legal notices during their opening meeting of 2014, and once again, during their annual reorganization meetings on the first business day of the New Year, most of the other municipalities in Pike County followed suit. So far, Milford and Matamoras Boroughs, and Westfall, Dingman, Delaware, Shohola, Blooming Grove. Milford and Lehman Townships have made it their business to have the Dispatch as an official newspaper.

So make it your business to keep up with all the news in Pike to print, including official business and legal notices from your town.

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The Voice Of Pike County
Since 1826

The Pike County Dispatch is not only Pike County's largest circulation weekly newspaper, it is also the oldest.

Founded as the Eagle of the North, it has been in continuous operation reporting news and covering local events since 1826. It is, and always has been, the mainstay in keeping the local citizenry informed. Today, subscribers are as far afield as California and Florida

The Dispatch has covered the historic events that have shaped Pike County for almost as long as that history has been in the making.

Over the years, hometown news has shared pages with national and world events, and world events were sometimes right here in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Its pages carry news of joy and sorrow, homespun advice, births, deaths, marriages, spats, feuds, political controversy, scandals, murders, heists, social affairs, dedications--in short, all the news in Pike to print.

Look for the Pike County Dispatch at local news dealers, and read all about it!

 

Pike County Copied To CDC's Coronavirus Risk Assessment Plan

By Chris Jones

MILFORD — Pike County has been included in the distribution of a Coronavirus Risk Assessment Plan, a local official said last week. The plan was issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Pa. Dept. of Health.
Pike County Emergency Management Director Timothy Knapp said that Pike County, like Philadelphia and Allentown, was included in the distribution because of its proximity to the New York Metropolitan Area and other population hubs.
The plan is entitled, "Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Exposure in Travel-associated or Community Settings."
"The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is releasing the following updated guidance based on guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 3, 2020, for assessing and managing patients and travelers with potential 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) exposure."
The plan goes on to say the transmission is a Health Advisory that provides important information for a specific incident or situation, but it may not require immediate action.
CDC is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (named by the World Health Organization as "2019-nCoV") that was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and which continues to expand. Chinese health officials have reported thousands of infections with 2019-nCoV in China, with the virus reportedly spreading from person-to-person in many parts of that country. Infections with 2019-nCoV, most of them associated with travel from Wuhan, also are being reported in a growing number of international locations and the United States. The first confirmed instance of person-to-person spread of 2019-nCoV in the United States with this virus was reported on January 30, 2020.
Much is unknown about how the new coronavirus, spreads. Current knowledge is largely based on what is known about similar coronaviruses, a large family of viruses that are common in many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with SARS, MERS and now with 2019-nCoV.
Most often, spread from person-to-person happens during close exposure to a person infected with 2019-nCoV. Person-to-person spread is thought to occur mainly via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, similar to how influenza viruses and other respiratory pathogens spread. These droplets can land in the mouths, noses, or eyes of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. It is currently unclear if a person can get 2019-nCoV by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.
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Carbon – Monroe – Pike Drug And Alcohol Commission
Local Office Now Open

 

MILFORD — The Carbon – Monroe – Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. opened its Pike County office in early January, at 10 Buist Road, Suite 201, in Milford.
Services offered at this location include drug and alcohol assessments, case management, outpatient and intensive outpatient services, individual and group counseling services, Court Reporting Network Evaluations, and the Alcohol Highway Safety Program.
The office is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Commission is the single county authority working with the local community and stakeholders to ensure that uninsured or under-insured clients are able to access the full continuum of drug and alcohol services to meet their recovery goals.
There is a 24/7 Hotline (866-824-3578) through which clients can access treatment and speak to a case manager.
Pike County's previous drug and alcohol provider, Catholic Social Services, left in late 2019 due to a lack of funding........For more information pick up a copy at a local vendor or subscribe.

 

 

 
 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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