Moorestown Board & Committees Dinner Canceled Due To Coronavirus

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown’s annual Township Council Boards and Committees Dinner has been canceled this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, township officials announced on Friday.

It had been scheduled for Dec. 2, 6 p.m., at the Moorestown Community House. Next year’s event will honor this year’s members and next year’s members, Moorestown Mayor Nicole Gillespie said at Monday night’s council meeting.

“We talked about doing it virtually, but there didn’t seem to be much appetite for that,” Gillespie said.

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As of Friday, there had been 566 cases of the coronavirus and 64 residents had died in Moorestown since the beginning of the pandemic. There were 15 new cases reported on Tuesday, three on Wednesday, two on Thursday and four on Friday.

Burlington County is actively engaged in contact tracing positive coronavirus cases. The focus is on close contacts, defined as closer than 6 feet for more than 10 minutes, household contacts and those that work in high risk settings such as healthcare workers and long term care facilities.

Burlington County is actively engaged in contact tracing positive coronavirus cases. The focus is on close contacts, defined as closer than 6 feet for more than 10 minutes, household contacts and those that work in high risk settings such as healthcare workers and long term care facilities.

If community exposure has occurred, where a coronavirus positive person was in close contact with people for an extended period of time, while symptomatic, county officials will notify the public. Since residents are abiding by the social distancing requirements, officials said they have not run into that issue since early in the pandemic.

Reminder: Mass exposure, due to social distancing guidelines, and the cooperation of the public has been minimized. Residents are reminded to remain 6 feet apart while obtaining essential items or services, and stay home unless absolutely necessary.