All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Fish Hawk Acres expands Grab & Go options, is regularly hyper-sanitizing market surfaces

We wanted to share this note from our friends at Fish Hawk Acres. Please support our community’s small businesses over the coming weeks and months. By working together, we can come out on the other side of this thing stronger than ever.

Fish Hawk Acres

This is who we are — A small business in a small town with a national emergency knocking on our backdoor.

How do we take care of ourselves and our customers? The same way we always do, by keeping our house clean and making sure we’re putting safety first. We’ll be following any new guidelines from the health department as well as hyper sanitizing all surfaces, removing the communal water dispenser & providing sanitizing wipes and gloves for your use.

We also encourage you to utilize online ordering via the Fish Hawk Acres app (iOS and Android), website or Facebook page to minimize interaction and really put to use the concept of “Grab & Go.” Or you can always give us a call at (304) 473-7741.

Buckhannon is a fantastic community that recognizes the importance of keeping our small businesses afloat — so we kindly ask that you continue to find a way to support all of our local restaurants, coffee shops, bars, boutiques, ice cream shops, gyms, yoga studios, art galleries, theaters, bowling alleys, gaming centers, etc. Getting takeout, delivery and purchasing gift cards are great ways to help out and we know it would be greatly appreciated by all of us!

In the meantime we’ll be here operating under our usual hours — so please stop and grab some food to take with you. #eatlocal #sunnybuck #fishhawkacres #wevegotthis

— Dale, Teresa and the entire team at Fish Hawk Acres

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