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Time for Spring Cleaning, Sullivan County!

Monticello – The Sullivan County Legislature announces that Sullivan County’s Annual Litter Pluck will take place from Saturday, April 21 through Sunday, May 13, and all school and community groups, as well as private citizens, are urged to participate.

The County will fund the cost of the bags and the associated waste disposal fees for this event, through the County’s Parks, Recreation and Beautification Department and the Division of Public Works.

Fraud Task Force Announces New Arrests

Liberty – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has completed the following investigations: 

• On February 14, Reginald Jackson, 49, of Fallsburg was arrested and charged with the Felony of Filing a False Instrument in the 1st degree and two Misdemeanor counts of Theft of Service. It is alleged that Jackson, a parolee, stole $93.88 by using Medicaid-funded medical transportation to and from his parole meetings. Jackson was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and remanded to Sullivan County Jail without bail.

County Thanks Dispatchers During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

Monticello, NY – April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, celebrating and recognizing the outstanding job done by 911 dispatchers and emergency communications staff. 

“Sullivan County is extremely fortunate to have a very professional and dedicated team of emergency services dispatchers who handle stressful situations each day and are asked to make split-second accurate decisions to send help to our citizens and protect the first responders in the field,” said District 5 Legislator Terri Ward, chair of the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee.

Compost Bins Available from Cornell Cooperative Extension

Monticello, NY – Nationwide, waste-stream organics – things like degraded paper, yard debris and unused/wasted food – account for about 40% of the material we send to landfills for disposal.  Uneaten food accounts for about a quarter of organics landfilled. Making more productive use of these materials is a priority, since trash exported and buried in landfills generates potent greenhouse gases like methane and costs money to manage properly. 

Sullivan County Celebrates Earth Day Through "Save a Tree - Receive a Tree"

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County will thank residents who recycle on Earth Day weekend (April 21-22, 2018) by giving away FREE TREES. 

Any resident who recycles at County-operated transfer stations this weekend will be offered a free seedling tree as a thank-you for recycling. The donated trees will be handed out starting at 7:45 a.m. during regular transfer stations hours, while supplies last. One tree per family, please.

Wanted: Volunteer Firefighters

Monticello, NY – RecruitNY, a major initiative of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) supported by the Sullivan County Office of Emergency Management and Bureau of Fire, is rapidly approaching. This weekend, April 28-29, firehouses across the State will open their doors to the public in an effort to increase membership in the volunteer fire service. This will be the eighth straight year of this recruitment initiative, a cornerstone of FASNY’s ongoing recruitment campaign.
 

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