The business of HVAC servicing is also as busy as it’s been all year. Author: Jim Altman Updated: 6:46 PM EDT June 30, 2021
GLASTONBURY, Conn. Air conditioners are a special-order item at Katz Ace Hardware in Glastonbury and an order that’s tough to come by in the midst of a Summer heatwave now in its fourth day.
Bob Krieger, who owns Katz Ace Hardware on Main Street said customers usually have about 50 varieties of air conditioners to choose from via the Ace website, this week they have just two options.
“We are out of stock of almost all of our air conditioners right now,” Krieger said. “people need to prepare themselves and can’t wait until the last minute.”
An assembly line of double-masked volunteers gathered recently in Hackensack to stuff cookies, apples and water bottles into plastic grocery bags, knot them and add them to a growing pile of meals. The only sign the room used to house the homeless was a lone bunk bed and cot pushed against the wall.
The Bergen County Housing, Health and Human Services Center had operated a homeless shelter in this space since 2009, with 90 beds and room to accommodate 15 more people in the winter months.
But on April 15, 2020, leaders closed the shelter after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
So many people living in proximity to each other would have made the shelter a potential breeding ground for the rapidly spreading virus, so the county transported residents to four nearby motels, contracting with Christ Church Community Development Corporation.