Area residents are being asked during these trying times to support their local merchants and shop locally.
Your local family-run or small businesses that you see every day have been hard hit by COVID-19, with many restaurants taking a huge hit and being forced to reduce hours or lay off staff during this era of take-out food and drinks.
Just take a look at the long line-ups at some major stores for groceries or other services and think again about frequenting your local mom-and-pop stores, where you can access your goods quickly curbside without safe-distance waiting in long lineups.
Many of the small businesses which have been here for a while, like many of the newer stores are threatened by the length of time the virus rages on.
So lets all do as much as we can to help our local businesses and the thousands of local people they employ and their families.