(Monticello, NY 4:17pm) - Safe Passage has transitioned under Safe Homes of Orange County effective the beginning of this month. Donna Pennino, Director of Safe Passage has moved along with the program and is now an employee of Safe Homes of Orange County as the Sullivan County Project Coordinator. Sullivan County’s hotline for domestic violence services and assistance is still 845-292-5700 and the program will continue to have an office located at 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701. The business phone number in Monticello is 807-0397.

(Monticello, NY 10:50am) - Joseph Perrello, District 7 Legislator and Chairman of the Public Works Committee announces that effective Monday, March 13, 2017, the Sullivan County operated transfer stations located in Monticello, Ferndale, Mamakating, Highland, Rockland and Cochecton will resume acceptance of Electronic Waste and Consumer Batteries during normal operating hours.

(Monticello, NY) - Please be advised that the twenty-fourth meeting of the Charter Review Commission scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 6:00 P.M., in the *Legislative Hearing Room*, 100 North Street, 2nd Floor, Monticello, NY   12701 has been cancelled to the inclement weather.

(Liberty, NY 12:15pm) - Sullivan County’s Rural Health Network Drug Prevention Task Force will be sponsoring a special presentation at the Government Center, Monday 3/20 from 10-11am. The presenter, Michele Caliva, RN, CSPI is the Administrative Director of the Upstate Poison Center.

Ms. Caliva’s presentation will include:

- Current statistics regarding Sullivan County calls to the Poison Center.
- The rise in opioid deaths
- The impact on local health and communities agencies
- Drug trending and dangers - how this affects interventions

(Liberty, NY 11:00am) - With warmer weather just around the corner, our thoughts turn to spending more time in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, that means we also have to think about ticks. Even though ticks and Lyme Disease are prevalent in Sullivan County, there are many ways to reduce the risk of tick bites and disease transmission while enjoying the beautiful scenery Sullivan County has to offer. Want to learn more?

(Monticello, NY) - Sullivan County Chairman Luis Alvarez, Health and Family Services Chair Nadia Rajsz, County Manager Joshua Potosek, Public Health Director Nancy McGraw and the Healthy Sullivan Committee of the Legislature invites media members and the public to a press conference regarding the health status of the county on Thursday March 30, 2017.

(Monticello, NY 11:40am) - The Sullivan County Center for Workforce Development and the NYS Department of Labor are hosting the Annual Sullivan County Job Fair on Wednesday March 29th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at the Ted Stroeble Recreation Center, 10 Jefferson Street in Monticello. The Job Fair will bring together 38 employers from a variety of industries with over 400 job openings. There will be businesses offering jobs for all skill levels in industries such as Healthcare, Residential Care, Hospitality, Retail, Education, and Transportation.

(Monticello, NY  3:00pm) - Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek is pleased to announce an upcoming event to introduce two exciting new cost effective and environmentally beneficial programs to Sullivan County commercial and not for profit property owners. Energize NY PACE Finance and Solarize Sullivan will be presented at an informational forum on April 18, 2017 in the Legislative Hearing Room of the Sullivan County Government Center, located at 100 North Street in Monticello, NY.

(Monticello, NY) - Please be advised that the Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Health and Family Services Committee will be meeting at 1:00PM instead of 9:15AM.  Please make a note of it.

Monticello, NY – Legislators unanimously agreed yesterday to reschedule Sullivan County’s 2018 Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Auction to August 29, 2018.

Several last-minute pleas from residents who wanted to repurchase their properties led the Legislature to decide that the auction, typically held in June every year, should be postponed to allow further time for repurchases.

“People fall on hard times, and we as a Legislature understand that,” Chairman Luis Alvarez stated. “We don’t want to unduly burden taxpayers, though there is a process they need to follow.”