(Liberty, NY 4:30pm) - An emergency preparedness exercise will take place at the Sullivan County Emergency Services Training Facility on Tuesday, February 28, from 9 am to 2 pm. Sullivan County Public Health Services, public safety and emergency preparedness personnel will exercise key parts of the county’s Health Emergency Operations Plan by simulating responses to a hypothetical influenza pandemic impacting county residents.

(Monticello, NY) - Ms Guisela Marroquín. of NYCLU, is scheduled to present a discussion on Immigrant Rights to the Human Rights Commission on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 6:15 pm.

Guisela Marroquín is the regional organizer for the Long Island and Lower Hudson Valley chapters of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Ms. Marroquín leads statewide work in NYCLU’s Justice for Farmworkers Campaign and carries out our educational and police reform priorities in both regions.

(Liberty, NY 12:10pm) - The Sullivan County Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council (LEICC) will meet Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 3PM at the Sullivan County Shared Clinic Facility in Liberty. Early Intervention (EI) provides in-home services like physical, occupational and speech therapy to children with disabilities and or developmental delays.

(Liberty, NY 11:50am) - Sullivan County is hosting a free Blueprint for Health Equity Workshop on Friday, March 17th, from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm at SUNY Sullivan in the Student Union (G Building).

(Monticello, NY 4:17pm) - Safe Passage has transitioned under Safe Homes of Orange County effective the beginning of this month. Donna Pennino, Director of Safe Passage has moved along with the program and is now an employee of Safe Homes of Orange County as the Sullivan County Project Coordinator. Sullivan County’s hotline for domestic violence services and assistance is still 845-292-5700 and the program will continue to have an office located at 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701. The business phone number in Monticello is 807-0397.

(Monticello, NY 10:50am) - Joseph Perrello, District 7 Legislator and Chairman of the Public Works Committee announces that effective Monday, March 13, 2017, the Sullivan County operated transfer stations located in Monticello, Ferndale, Mamakating, Highland, Rockland and Cochecton will resume acceptance of Electronic Waste and Consumer Batteries during normal operating hours.

(Monticello, NY) - Please be advised that the twenty-fourth meeting of the Charter Review Commission scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 6:00 P.M., in the *Legislative Hearing Room*, 100 North Street, 2nd Floor, Monticello, NY   12701 has been cancelled to the inclement weather.

(Liberty, NY 12:15pm) - Sullivan County’s Rural Health Network Drug Prevention Task Force will be sponsoring a special presentation at the Government Center, Monday 3/20 from 10-11am. The presenter, Michele Caliva, RN, CSPI is the Administrative Director of the Upstate Poison Center.

Ms. Caliva’s presentation will include:

- Current statistics regarding Sullivan County calls to the Poison Center.
- The rise in opioid deaths
- The impact on local health and communities agencies
- Drug trending and dangers - how this affects interventions

(Liberty, NY 11:00am) - With warmer weather just around the corner, our thoughts turn to spending more time in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, that means we also have to think about ticks. Even though ticks and Lyme Disease are prevalent in Sullivan County, there are many ways to reduce the risk of tick bites and disease transmission while enjoying the beautiful scenery Sullivan County has to offer. Want to learn more?

(Monticello, NY) - Sullivan County Chairman Luis Alvarez, Health and Family Services Chair Nadia Rajsz, County Manager Joshua Potosek, Public Health Director Nancy McGraw and the Healthy Sullivan Committee of the Legislature invites media members and the public to a press conference regarding the health status of the county on Thursday March 30, 2017.