Monticello, NY – Select municipalities across Sullivan County will soon be launching projects under the County’s Business-Friendly Zoning & Permitting and Remove Unsafe Structures (RUSt) programs. Participants were awarded funding to improve their zoning and permitting processes and remove hazardous structures from their communities. The Division of Planning & Community Development has funds still available for municipalities who wish to do the same.

Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Department of Public Health Services would like to clarify that valid medical exemptions allow children and camp staff to attend summer camp.

“Children and adults who cannot receive the measles vaccine for medically authorized reasons are still allowed to attend camp in Sullivan County, consistent with Public Health Order No. 1 of 2019,” notes Sullivan County Public Health Director Nancy McGraw.

Narrowsburg, NY – Head over to Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History this Saturday, June 22, for an incredible display of early American flags!

In addition to all the other fascinating attractions at the Fort, visitors can take in a full exhibit of flags flown over the Thirteen Colonies and the infant United States. The creation and meaning of Flag Day will be discussed, as well as the significance each flag played in the formation of the United States. 

Monticello, NY – Deputy Sullivan County Manager John Liddle is asking residents and business owners throughout the County to share with him their thoughts about more efficient government.

“County Manager Josh Potosek has directed me to spearhead the creation of the State-required Countywide Shared Services Plan for the coming year, and I want to obtain as wide a range of ideas as possible,” Liddle remarked. “The State has promised to match any savings we realize with additional funding, so we have an opportunity to really make a difference for taxpayers.”

Monticello, NY – Taxpayers should be aware that the Sullivan County Treasurer’s Office will no longer collect school taxes this November.

“My staff and I will continue to relevy unpaid school taxes and make our public school districts whole in April of each year,” affirmed Treasurer Nancy Buck, “but it will be up to the districts themselves to determine to what date in November they will collect taxes.”

The Sullivan County Legislature approved the change last month, and the reasoning is twofold, said Buck.

Bloomingburg, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of County Road 66 (Hamilton Road) in the Town of Mamakating to rehabilitate County Bridge 360. 

County Bridge 360 is located approximately 0.4 miles southeast of the intersection of County Road 66 (Hamilton Rd.) and County Road 61 (Burlingham Rd.) in Bloomingburg.

This section of County Road 66 is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m., Monday, July 8, remaining closed for approximately four months. 

Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Public Health Department is notifying the public of possible exposure to an individual who recently tested positive for measles. Sullivan County has had seven (7) confirmed measles cases so far this year.

• Residents may have been exposed to measles if they were at the following location on June 1, 2019 between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m., or between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe  

84 Laurel Park Road

South Fallsburg, NY 12779

Woodridge, NY – The Sullivan County Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council (LEICC) will meet Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Novo Springs Farm at 331 East Pond Road in Woodridge. 

Early Intervention (EI) provides in-home services like physical, occupational and speech therapy to children with disabilities and or developmental delays.

Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Public Health Department is notifying the public of possible exposures to individuals who recently tested positive for measles. Sullivan County now has five (5) confirmed cases since March and two additional suspect cases.