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The next meeting of the Mayor and Council is Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 8:00 PM.  The meeting will be preceded by a gripe session that begins at 7:30 PM.  Any resident may informally address the Mayor and Council with their concerns, problems or questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                  

REMINDER TO PET OWNERS: LICENSES DUE

 

All dogs and cats in the Borough of Norwood are required to be licensed. Licenses must be renewed prior to January 31, 2010.  Pet owners who do not obtain a license by March 1, 2010 must pay a $10.00 late fee.  Renewal forms have been sent to everyone who obtained a license last year. You may also obtain a form by clicking here: application

A free Rabies Clinic is scheduled for Saturday, February 6 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM at the DPW Garage, 453 Broadway.  If your animal’s rabies vaccination expires prior to November 1, 2010, your pet must be re-vaccinated before a 2010 license can be issued.

 

Reminder: 2nd Quarter 2010 Property Taxes are due on May 1st.  You have until May 10th to pay without a penalty.  The Borough Tax Office no-longer accepts cash, please bring a check or money order.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

NIXLE ALERTING SYSTEM

 

Recently the Norwood Police Department has joined with a company called Nixle to provide text alerts to cell phones and emails to computers or PDA's, to add another way of alerting our residents with information.  The Norwood Police has had reverse 911 for a couple of years, but didn't have the ability to make cellular text alerts or mass email warnings.  Now residents can be at work or on vacation and still get news or information concerning Norwood.  In order to receive this new service, the resident goes to www.nixle.com and logs onto the service. This service doesn't cost Norwood anything and the resident's information remains private and won't be used for anything other than Norwood alerts.  Should there be any questions, please call Chief Jeffrey Krapels office at 201-784-2964.

 

Novel Influenza A (H1N1) - Swine Flu is wide spread in Bergen County at this time.

 

What is swine influenza:  Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses.  Outbreaks of the flu happen regularly in pigs.  People do not normally get this flu, but human infection can happen. 

 

How do you catch the flu?  You do not contact the flu by eating pork or pork products.  Spread of the flu can occur in two ways:

• Through contact with infected pigs or environments contaminated with swine flu viruses.  Note, to date there have been no cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) found in pigs in the US.

• Through contact with a person with the flu.  Human- to -human spread of Novel Influenza A has been documented also and is thought to occur in the same way as seasonal flu.  Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.

What is the incubation period of this novel flu?  The incubation period is the time from when someone is infected until they start to show symptoms.  The Department of Health does not have this information at this time.  They believe it may be anywhere between 1-7 days and to 1-4 days on average.

 

What are the symptoms of this novel flu?  The symptoms of this flu in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal human flu and include:

• Fever

• Cough

• Sore throat

• Body aches

• Headaches

• Chills

• Fatigue (tiredness)

Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with it.  In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu.  Like seasonal flu, this flu may cause other chronic medical conditions to become worse.

 

What can I do to prevent myself from getting sick?  There is no vaccine available right now to protect against the novel flu.  There are every day things you can do to prevent the spread of germs that cause illness like influenza:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.  Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it and wash your hands.  If a tissue is not available, bury your nose and mouth into your bent elbow.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.  Alcohol based hand sanitizers are also effective.  Make sure that it contains at least 60% alcohol.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.  Germs spread this way.

• Try to avoid close contact with sick people (close contact = up to 6 feet)