Monticello, NY – Do you have what it takes to be one of Sullivan County’s bravest? Can you find the time to make a difference?
The Sullivan County Recruitment and Retention Task Force (www.facebook.com/joinsullivanfire) invites you to any one of a number of RECRUIT NY open houses on April 22 and 23.
Parksville, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Lily Pond Road in the Town of Liberty to replace County Bridge 228, located approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of Cooley Road (County Road 85) and Town Highway 47 (Lily Pond Rd.). The road will be closed to all traffic starting at 7 a.m. this Thursday, April 20, 2023 and will remain closed for one day.
During the April 15 Fire Chiefs’ Conference in Ferndale, Sullivan County Health & Human Services Commissioner John Liddle shared insights from being both a U.S. Navy officer (now retired) and a firefighter in his hometown of Liberty.
Ferndale, NY – The Sullivan County Bureau of Fire on Saturday held its Fire Chiefs’ Conference at the CVI Building in Ferndale. Forty officers from 11 departments attended – and there would have been more. Unfortunately, several officers were needed to take care of a large wildland fire near Roscoe and could not attend.
Grahamsville, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of County Road 156 (South Hill Road) in the Town of Neversink to replace County Bridge 216. The bridge itself is located approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of State Route 42 and CR 156. This section is scheduled to be closed to all traffic for approximately six months, starting at 8 a.m. on May 1, 2023.
Liberty, NY – Educator. Mentor. Learner. Nurse. Mother. Cook. Runner. Animal lover. Relationship builder.
And now Karen Holden can also be called Acting Director of Sullivan County’s Office of Public Health, a role she assumed on March 3.
“I was a little apprehensive,” she admits. “But I don’t think the community knows the full amount of work we do, and I’d like to change that. I want us to be a trusted voice and a trusted resource.”
Few know the amount of work Holden herself has accomplished… and plans on continuing.
Monticello, NY – Sullivan County will close its two warming shelters this weekend in Liberty and Monticello:
These facilities will remain open to anyone from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. through and including the night of Saturday, April 15.
Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests:
Local attendees of the NYS Fire Coordinators’ Association Conference included, from the left, Deputy Sullivan County Fire Coordinator Jack Halchak, County Court Judge Jim Farrell, Fire Coordinator John Hauschild, Association Treasurer and former Sullivan County Public Safety Commissioner Dick Martinkovic, Deputy Fire Coordinator Charlie Rampe and Deputy Fire Coordinator Tom Totten.
Henry Simon
Hurleyville, NY – The Frederick Cook Society will present an afternoon of sixties and seventies music featuring special guest guitarist Henry Simon.
Henry is a Sullivan West High School student who started playing music at age 9, picked up a guitar at age 11, and at 16, found himself performing in a band with Carol and Aldo Troiani, aka Little Sparrow.
Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Youth Bureau is now accepting grant applications from organizations which serve children and youth within Sullivan County.
The Youth Bureau receives monies annually from the County and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to fund youth development programs within Sullivan County. Eligible applicants include private nonprofit organizations, schools and municipalities.