Were it not for the rapid response of the Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company earlier this month, this structure would likely have gone up in flames due to a brush fire that was so perilously close, it melted the building’s siding. (Photo from the Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company’s Facebook page)

Monticello, NY – With departments across the region scrambling to contain 31 brush fires in just the last month, Sullivan County Fire Coordinator John Hauschild is re-emphasizing the fact that a burn ban is in effect through May 14.

Liberty, NY - The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Liberty Town Highway 70 (Townsend Road), in the Town of Liberty, to replace County Bridge 404.

County Bridge 404 is located approximately 0.6 miles southwest of the intersection of State Route 52 and Townsend Rd. This section of Townsend Road is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m. April 26, 2021, and will remain closed for approximately 5 months.

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

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Office is partnering with Donate Life New York State to recognize April as National Donate Life Month, an annual observance highlighting the critical need for increased organ, eye and tissue donations. In particular, the DMV Office is hosting a tree-planting and flag-raising ceremony on April 9 at the Government Center in Monticello at 1 p.m.

Celebrating their new citizenship status with Sullivan County Clerk Russell Reeves and Judge Stephan Schick are, front row from the left, Susan Elaine Pereira-Mendoza, Javier Carvajal, Shelly Marie Tamara Nelson, Amandine Jeanne Caroline Peter, Elizabeth Del Carmen Mendez, Cynthia Doris Tamayo, Lala Huang and Sandra Maxine Evans-White; and back row from the left, Brian Pereira-Mendoza, Sharon Molloy, Shaul Haim Yaknin, Shivdarshan Singh Cheema, Ehab Mohamed Ibrahim Essa and Jaeyoon James Jun.

North Branch, NY - The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Town Highway 37 (Peters Road), in the Town of Fremont, to replace County Bridge 431. The bridge is located approximately 1.6 miles north of the intersection of County Road 121 (North Branch Road) and Pleasant Valley Rd.

This section of Peters Rd. is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m. on April 19, 2021, and will remain closed for approximately 8 weeks.

Liberty, NY – COVID-19 cases are on an upward track, and Sullivan County Public Health Services is urging everyone – vaccinated or not – to take proper precautions.

Community transmission is widespread, and nearly 28% of the local March cases thus far are among those 24 years old or younger – making young people the most impacted age group by COVID-19 in Sullivan County currently.

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County will be conducting its annual 30-day window for accepting applications to include viable agricultural land into the County’s Agricultural Districts. At the same time, the County will also be conducting its eight-year review of Agricultural District 1.  

Monticello, NY - On March 25, 2021, New York State Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick sentenced Isaac Kantrowitz, 89, of Woodridge, upon his conviction for Reckless Driving stemming from a June 2, 2019, crash that claimed the lives of two Sullivan County teens. Devin Zeininger and Justin Finkel were struck by a vehicle operated by Kantrowitz on Glen Wild Road in the Town of Thompson, resulting in their deaths. After an extensive, weeks-long presentation, a Sullivan County grand jury charged Kantrowitz with Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor, and two traffic violations.

Monticello, NY – For the 30th 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.