Liberty, NY – Back-to-school season is here. It’s time for parents to gather school supplies and backpacks. It’s also the perfect time to make sure your children are up to date on their vaccines.

To celebrate the importance of immunizations for people of all ages – and to make sure children are protected with all the vaccines they need as they go back to school – Sullivan County Public Health Services is joining with partners nationwide in recognizing August as National Immunization Awareness Month.

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

Liberty, NY – There are more than 10,000 individuals in Sullivan County with some form of medical coverage through the Medicaid Program. Medicaid has built-in medical  transportation services that are readily available to pick up clients at their homes and transport them to and from legitimate medical appointments. Many local taxi companies have contracts with the New York State Medicaid program to perform this medical transportation function.

Liberty, NY - The Sullivan County Soil and Water Conservation District is now starting their annual Trout Stocking Program. If you are interested in stocking your pond with trout, fathead minnows, or crawfish this fall, the District will be accepting orders until Monday, September 24, 2018.

Rainbow and Brook trout are being offered for sale. Trout should be stocked in cold-water ponds, and anyone stocking a pond with fish must apply for a fish stocking permit through the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation in New Paltz.

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County’s Public Health Director has been re-elected to the board of the New York State Association of County Health Officials (NYSACHO) for a 3-year term (2018-2020) and will serve as both chair of the Finance Committee and a newly formed workgroup to explore issues and challenges facing county health departments which continue to operate Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs).

White Lake, NY – Close to 30 police officers from Sullivan County and surrounding areas participated in active-shooter training this week through a coordinated effort between the County’s Office of Emergency Management and the Sheriff’s Office.

Utilizing the former Duggan Elementary School in White Lake (now a community center, but still owned by the Monticello Central School District), the officers honed their skills in tactical entry into and clearance of a building, teamwork and communications, and the treatment of wounds both serious and minor.

Monticello, NY – The former home of Middletown Medical and other doctors’ offices is now owned by the County of Sullivan and will be transformed into the Board of Elections’ new quarters.

Located at 518 Broadway in the heart of downtown Monticello, the 6,800-square-foot, single-story office complex has long served as a medical arts building, but its open floorplan makes it suitable for housing both the relocated Board of Elections and the County’s electronic voting machines.

WASHINGTON, DC – National Association of Counties (NACo) President Greg Cox appointed Sullivan County Legislature Chairman Luis Alvarez to a one-year term as a subcommittee vice chair focusing on homeland security on NACo’s Justice and Public Safety Policy Steering Committee.

Hurleyville, NY – Gordon McAdam will talk about the “One-Room Schoolhouses in the Town of Thompson” on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 6 p.m. at the Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. 

Of special interest will be the recently discovered information about the lease agreement for the Columbia Hill one-room schoolhouse.