The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown everyone's lives into uncertainty – from lost jobs and shuttered businesses to childcare challenges and fears for the health of loved ones. The prolonged stay-at-home order has everyone champing at the bit to get out and enjoy what ought to be the glories of spring.

As we suffer through endless — and daily — muddle and blather from the current president related to COVID-19, local residents have come to rely on substantially more immediate and accurate information from our hometown and state officials.

What a moment. Frightening, frustrating, infuriating in about equal measure. 

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