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.
 

Spring Glen, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Tempaloni Road in the Town of Mamakating to replace County Bridge 71. 

County Bridge 71 is located at the intersection of County Road 55 and Tempaloni Road between Spring Glen and Mountaindale, on the border of Ulster County.

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County’s Department of Solid Waste & Recycling is pleased to announce a NO CHARGE public paper shredding opportunity for Sullivan County residents at the Monticello Transfer Station on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 9 a.m-noon.  

County residents may bring up to 3 legal-size paper file boxes for shredding. The Paper Shred Event is first-come, first-serve, so make arrangements to arrive early. Once the Shred Truck is full (approximately 150 participants), it will depart. The shredded paper will be recycled.

Loch Sheldrake, NY – Sullivan County Public Health Services would like to notify the public that it will be holding a mass vaccination Point-Of-Dispensing (POD) exercise tomorrow, May 1, 2018, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is ONLY A DRILL and will be part of a larger statewide regional exercise. There will be no real vaccinations given. 

Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force reports the following arrests: 

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County proudly announces that the Adult Care Center (ACC) has earned the topmost ranking – five stars – in the federal government’s Five-Star Quality Rating System. This comes on the heels of a four-star rating reached in March.

Town of Mamakating: May 24-26 Shawanga Mountain VFW Post 4947 will place cemetery flags at the following cemeteries:  New Vernon, Burlingham Rural Free, Poplar Grove at Phillipsport, and the Monument at the Phillipsport Community Center.  May 27 - 10:00 a.m. Cemetery services at Burlingham Rural Free.

Sunday, May 27
Woodridge: 4:00 p.m. - Memorial Service at Veterans Park on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodridge. In the event of rain, the service will be held in the Village Hall.

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County’s WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program has been ranked #1 in New York State for providing nutrition services 100% of the time by qualified nutritionists. The ranking was determined by the NYS Department of Health’s Division of Nutrition Services, WIC Program.

The program was also recently ranked sixth in the State for the percentage of infants exclusively breastfed at six months, at 21.3%.

Monticello, NY – Eleven projects across Sullivan County will receive funding through the County’s Plans & Progress Small Grant Program. A record number of applications were received for Round 1 of the 2018 program, representing participation from all nine legislative districts.

“More than $61,000 will be distributed, leveraging over half a million dollars in total project costs,” said District 9 Legislator Alan Sorensen, chair of the Planning Committee. “This will positively impact many worthy initiatives in every part of the County.”

Monticello, NY – Most of Sullivan County knows Callicoon Center resident Dick Riseling as a champion of sustainable agriculture and renewable energy. But as the Sullivan County Legislature noted in bestowing its Distinguished Citizen Award upon Riseling today, his life, talents and achievements are nothing short of astonishing.

Born in Batavia, Illinois, Riseling came east to go to school, ultimately earning a bachelor’s in International Affairs from Yale University and a master’s in International Law from the Fletcher School of International Law & Diplomacy.