Fred Scholl
Hurleyville, NY – Every year in a celebration of all that is unserious, Americans tune in to see if Pennsylvania's famed “Seer of Seers,” Punxsutawney Phil, will emerge from his den and see his shadow. Should the sun shine on that day - casting a shadow that Phil sees - he will with absolute certainty predict six more weeks of winter.
Monticello, NY – For the 33rd consecutive time, the Sullivan County Treasurer’s Office has been accorded the Financial Reporting Achievement Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The County also received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the GFOA.
Monticello, NY – The NYS Office for the Aging will celebrate Older New Yorkers’ Day on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, and Sullivan County has an opportunity to include up to two local honorees!
At the ceremony in Albany, all honorees will receive a package that includes:
• A commemorative pin
• A hard copy of the book of biographies
• A certificate
Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests:
Livingston Manor, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works has closed a portion of Campsite Road in the Town of Rockland to repair County Bridge 304, which was damaged by a car accident this past weekend.
Better known as the Beaverkill Covered Bridge, County Bridge 304 is a 98-foot span across the Beaverkill north of Livingston Manor and Roscoe, near Lew Beach. Recently restored, the bridge has served traffic since 1865 and is maintained by the County.
The new Sullivan County Legislature includes, standing from the left, District 6 Legislator Luis Alvarez, District 9 Legislator Terry Blosser-Bernardo, District 7 Legislator Joseph Perrello, District 1 Legislator Matt McPhillips, District 3 Legislator Brian McPhillips, District 4 Legislator Nicholas Salomone Jr., District 5 Legislator Catherine Scott and District 8 Legislator Amanda Ward; and seated center, District 2 Legislator Nadia Rajsz, who also was elected Chair.
Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Department of Solid Waste & Recycling is accepting retired Christmas trees at no charge from Sullivan County residents, businesses and visitors at the end of this Holiday season.
Hurleyville, NY – Hurleyville’s own Louis Wichinsky once adopted a 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit pickup truck to run on vegetable oil. Sometimes he’d even use soybean oil. (A red toggle switch on the dash changed the fuel over.)
But it was back in 1942, when he was stationed in London with the U.S. Army Air Force, that he hit upon what’s considered his greatest invention. He was spending the Jewish holidays with two brothers who owned a bakery. One of them, Sam Wolinsky, put a challenge before him: “Louis, you Yanks can do anything. How come you can’t build a bagel machine?'”
Celebrating the welding students’ graduation on December 21 were, standing from the left, Center for Workforce Development Employment & Training Supervisor Renee Vandermark, BOCES Instructor Nick Conklin, grad Peter Smith, grad Steven Koskey, grad Daniel Johnston, grad Kevin Alvarado, grad George Santiago, and CWD Director Loreen Gebelein; and sitting from the left, grads Ethan Williams, Ashley Male and Dominick Furlipa. Missing from the photo is grad Isaiah McNeil.
Monticello, NY – Sullivan County Treasurer Nancy Buck is pleased to announce a new way for the public to access tax records.
“We’ve worked closely with Total Collection Solution, an upstate-based company, to create and test this web-based platform,” explained Buck. “It’s a truly ‘live’ system, with real-time updating of data, including recent payments.”