Together in Isolation.

    For health and safety reasons library patrons are not allowed to browse the shelves but they can ask staff to retrieve material for signing out, pick up holds and use the computers, all part of Phase

    A well stocked display of masks of all kinds and colours for sale at Robins Pharmacy - I.D.A on Main Street, 9 months into the COVID-19 pandemic

    A small group enjoy outdoor dining at the Olde Village Free House on Main Street. Indoor dining not allowed during a modified Phase 2 in October and early November of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Indoor dining not allowed or restricted during Phase 2 of reopening. Business owners use outdoor heaters to keep their customers comfortable on chilly evenings in the 9 month of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Customers are asked to sanitize their hands at the entrance to Robins Pharmacy - I.D.A on Main Street during COVID-19 pandemic

    School graduation celebrations with classmates cancelled during COVID-19 pandemic. Families put congratulatory signs on lawns

    Sign in window of BikeSports store on Main Street during COVID-19 pandemic

    Dining no longer allowed inside restaurants and bars but customers can enjoy heated patios and take-out after York Region returned to modified Phase 2 reopening in October of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Lawn sign protesting third wave lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic April 2021

    Basketball court at Ken Sturgeon Park closed during third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

    Description from website of Upper Canada Mall accessed Dec. 2, 2020

    A new travel book received at the Newmarket Public Library comes with a disclaimer that due to the COVID-19 pandemic some businesses and services mentioned in the guidebook may no longer be operating

    A vaccination sticker given by Walmart staff after receiving second dose of a vaccine. A sign of hope during COVID-19 pandemic

    Customers must line up to check out groceries practising physical distancing, social distancing in grocery stores; Panic buying causes line ups in stores during COVID-19 pandemic

    Panic buying at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic leaves shelves empty of paper products, toilet paper, bathroom tissue at a local grocery store

    Global Pet Foods Dog Park on Bayview Parkway closed to the public early in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Playground closed to the public, locked up behind a metal fence. COVID-19 pandemic

    Newmarket Public Library staff member working from home, indexing local newspaper for Digital History Collection. COVID-19 pandemci

    Pickering College on Sunday, April 19th with sign that Playground, Fields and Track are all closed during COVID-19 pandemic

    During the COVID-19 pandemic library staff work from home cataloguing library books in anticipation of reopening.