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:
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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.
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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:
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Fever
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Cough
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Sore throat
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Body aches
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Headaches
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Chills
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose or
mouth with unwashed hands. Germs spread this way.
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Try to avoid close contact with sick
people (close contact = up to 6 feet)