Rock Hill, NY – The 2019 Sullivan County Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Auction will be held Wednesday, June 12 at the Sullivan Ramada Rock Hill at 283 Rock Hill Drive in Rock Hill.

Sullivan County Treasurer Nancy Buck urges potential bidders – especially first-time bidders – to attend a Bidder’s Seminar on Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at the same location. The terms and conditions of the auction will be explained, as will the foreclosure process and associated liens. Questions about specific properties can be answered at that time, as well.

Wurtsboro, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Haven Road, in the Town of Mamakating, to replace County Bridge 183.  County Bridge 36 is located approximately half a mile southeast of the intersection of Haven Road and State Route 209 in Wurtsboro.

This section of Haven Road is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m., Monday, July 15, and will remain closed for approximately five months.

Monticello, NY – A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 from 1-3 p.m. in the Sullivan County Government Center’s Legislative Hearing Room, 100 North Street, Monticello, in compliance with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Phase II stormwater regulations. 

The Electric Chords: from the left, Simon Efrein, Greg Castro and Nick Sherman

Hurleyville, NY – The Sullivan County Historical Society proudly presents Greg Castro, guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, on Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m.

Narrowsburg, NY – Strange as it may sound, a replica of a device once used as a form of public humiliation and punishment was for many decades one of the more popular photo spots at Sullivan County’s Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History. And this weekend, it will return.

Volunteers will be sawing and hammering a new version of the Fort’s famous (or infamous) stocks – more formally known as a pillory – this Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, when the Fort reopens to the public for the summer season.

Monticello, NY – The Beach at Lake Superior State Park and Sullivan County’s five parks will be open to the public this Memorial Day weekend, starting Saturday, May 25.

Lake Superior’s lifeguard-supervised beach will continue to operate every weekend through the end of June, when it will commence daily operations through Labor Day, announced District 4 Legislator Catherine Owens, chair of the Legislature’s Agriculture and Sustainability Policy Committee, which oversees the County’s park system. 

Pond Eddy, NY – Sullivan County Public Health Services has confirmed that a raccoon killed in the Pond Eddy area tested positive for the rabies virus.

Rabies occurs commonly throughout New York State, with the vast majority of cases occurring in wild animals, including raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks and woodchucks. Domestic animals account for less than 10% of the reported rabies cases, which most often include cats, cattle, and dogs. Wild animals may expose your pets if they are allowed to freely roam on your property in wooded areas.  

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

Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19

Town of Mamakating: Edward M. Maier Memorial 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.

Saturday, May 25

Phillipsport: 9:30am – 12:30pm Cemetery Services at New Vernon, Burlingham Rural Free, Poplar Grove at the Phillipsport Community Center.

Monticello, NY – Local resident Dana Borowski has been named the Executive Director of the Sullivan County Human Rights Commission (HRC).

“On behalf of the commissioners, I am thrilled to welcome Dana Borowski to the Human Rights Commission,” said HRC Board Co-Chair Judy Balaban. “Dana impressed us all with her deep commitment to Sullivan County. Her background in economics and political science brings a fresh perspective to our continuing work in protecting the rights of all of our residents.”