Temporary measures at The Joyful Jewel
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:14:39 -0400 From: Mariah Wheeler Subject: Temporary measures Dear Joyful Community, I have agonized over this decision knowing that it affects each of our artists and their individual businesses in a direct way as well as the Joyful Jewel. We were open our regular hoursContinue Reading
Hoarding Follow Up – Quit Hoarding!
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:48:23 +0000 From: Michael Barnes Subject: Hoarding Follow Up I just got this in an email from a contact in West Virginia: It is just as bad here in WV. A young man at Walmart with a 4 month old was crying because there wasContinue Reading
Rural Internet Access: Cellphone boosters can bridge the gap
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:21:53 -0400 From: JC Markatos Subject: Re: Rural Internet Access: Cellphone boosters can bridge the gap Having had flaky service from our internet service provider, in spite of repeat visits by tech repair folks, I started checking into direct-from-cell-tower strategies. One of the subscribers toContinue Reading
Quick bird’s eye view video of Chatham water tower at Briar Chapel
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 19:13:25 -0500 From: GGalin Subject: Quick bird’s eye view video of Chatham water tower at Briar Chapel Put together a quick 30 second bird’s eye video of the Chatham County water tower at Briar Chapel off Mann’s Chapel Road. See it at https://www.facebook.com/chathamjournal/videos/177557156920949/ I have postedContinue Reading
N.A. Booko keeps on keeping on . . .
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 15:08:43 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Keep on keeping on . . . I suppose most of us, at one time or the other have had thoughts of dying. I know I have. More so lately. As I try and grasp the challenge of oldContinue Reading
Gaines Steer is publishing an on-line newspaper called “The Prononia Times”
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:02:28 -0400 From: Gaines Steer <gainesunicorn@gmail.com> Subject: Some Good News! Friends and Neighbors: This posting has zero to do with the C-virus! I am writing this Chatham Chatlist letter to announce that I am publishing an on-line newspaper titled: *The Prononia Times: our news isContinue Reading
Free WiFi Drive-In for students that don’t Internet access in Silk Hope
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:45:08 -0400 From: Stephanie Gee <sgee@rtmc.coop> Subject: Free Wi-Fi Drive-In Available to those who don’t have access in Silk Hope Community In an effort to help the school children who don’t have access to the internet at home to do their school work, a FreeContinue Reading
Retask School Buses, Keep Bus Drivers Employed, Feed Needy Students
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:52:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Retask School Buses, Keep Bus Drivers Employed, Feed Needy Students Corona Virus School Bus Service Retask Suggested use of school buses and feeding the needy students To our Leaders: During this time our schools are closed, the busesContinue Reading
Chatham CERT and AuxComm information
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:40:52 +0000 From: T Schmidt Subject: Chatham CERT and AuxComm information Chatham County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and AuxComm (Auxiliary Communications) members (and anyone else interested in resilience or helping your neighbors): Our latest information about dealing with COVID-19 in Chatham County is postedContinue Reading
Chatham ReStores and Offices Closed
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:31:02 -0400 From: Chatham Habitat for Humanity <office@chathamhabitat.org> Subject: Update – ReStores and Offices Closed We have made the difficult decision to close our ReStores and suspend all donation pick-ups in the community. Our offices are closed to the public, and we have suspended allContinue Reading
COVID-19 grocery help in Chatham County
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:10:04 -0400 From: Nikolai Mather Subject: COVID-19 grocery help Hey y’all! If you are elderly, disabled, immunocompromised, or having a hard time getting out to get groceries at this time, shoot me an email at nikolaitoivomather@gmail.com. I’d be happy to pick up whatever I can stillContinue Reading
Hoarding follow up again
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:27:26 +0000 From: Michael Barnes Subject: Hoarding follow up again I know I sound like a broken record, but it is a public health issue when people with the moral compass of an alley cat think they have to have everything for themselves and theContinue Reading
Chatham Literacy’s Spring Luncheon & Raffle schedule for April 29 has been cancelled
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:11:43 -0400 From: Chatham Literacy Subject: CANCELLED-Chatham Literacy Spring Luncheon & Raffle CANCELLED: Chatham Literacy’s Spring Luncheon & Raffle The CDC has recommended that all events scheduled during the next 8 weeks, and involving more than 50 people, be cancelled. Our top priority is theContinue Reading
Jean J apparently doesn’t shop in Chatham County
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:00:12 -0500 From: Jean Janeri Subject: Jean Janeri apparently doesn’t shop ChatCo Hi EVERYONE! I rec’d SEVERAL private emails from Chatlisters reminding me of BOTH Walmarts. Thanks for reminding me of ALL the shopping places in ChatCo. Much appreciated. And yes, after hitting “send” IContinue Reading
Availability of meat and groceries at Ray’s Supermarket in Moncure
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:56:30 +0000 From: Kevin Stone <scvmechcav@hotmail.com> Subject: Availability of meat and groceries due to Covid 19 According to several of my meat distributors we are in very uncertain times of availability and it is likely to get worse before it gets better. Due to theContinue Reading