Liberty – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has completed the following investigations: 

• On February 14, Reginald Jackson, 49, of Fallsburg was arrested and charged with the Felony of Filing a False Instrument in the 1st degree and two Misdemeanor counts of Theft of Service. It is alleged that Jackson, a parolee, stole $93.88 by using Medicaid-funded medical transportation to and from his parole meetings. Jackson was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and remanded to Sullivan County Jail without bail.

Monticello, NY – April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, celebrating and recognizing the outstanding job done by 911 dispatchers and emergency communications staff. 

“Sullivan County is extremely fortunate to have a very professional and dedicated team of emergency services dispatchers who handle stressful situations each day and are asked to make split-second accurate decisions to send help to our citizens and protect the first responders in the field,” said District 5 Legislator Terri Ward, chair of the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee.

Monticello, NY – Nationwide, waste-stream organics – things like degraded paper, yard debris and unused/wasted food – account for about 40% of the material we send to landfills for disposal.  Uneaten food accounts for about a quarter of organics landfilled. Making more productive use of these materials is a priority, since trash exported and buried in landfills generates potent greenhouse gases like methane and costs money to manage properly. 

Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Health and Family Services will join the national campaign Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) and Prevent Child Abuse New York in marking April as Child Abuse Prevention Month by participating in a Pinwheels for Prevention display. 
  

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County will thank residents who recycle on Earth Day weekend (April 21-22, 2018) by giving away FREE TREES. 

Any resident who recycles at County-operated transfer stations this weekend will be offered a free seedling tree as a thank-you for recycling. The donated trees will be handed out starting at 7:45 a.m. during regular transfer stations hours, while supplies last. One tree per family, please.

Photo of Larry Ravdin used with permission of photographer Marisa Scheinfeld.

Hurleyville, NY – The Sullivan County Historical Society, located inside the Sullivan County Cultural Center and Museum in Hurleyville, cordially invites you to a free musical performance featuring renowned local saxophonist Larry Ravdin on Sunday, May 6, from 2-3 p.m.

Liberty, NY- The Sullivan County Center for Workforce Development is pleased to present the Annual Sullivan County Career Fair. Take this exciting opportunity to obtain information and apply to employers in the area who are hiring!

Monticello, NY – RecruitNY, a major initiative of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) supported by the Sullivan County Office of Emergency Management and Bureau of Fire, is rapidly approaching. This weekend, April 28-29, firehouses across the State will open their doors to the public in an effort to increase membership in the volunteer fire service. This will be the eighth straight year of this recruitment initiative, a cornerstone of FASNY’s ongoing recruitment campaign.
 

Spring Glen, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Tempaloni Road in the Town of Mamakating to replace County Bridge 71. 

County Bridge 71 is located at the intersection of County Road 55 and Tempaloni Road between Spring Glen and Mountaindale, on the border of Ulster County.

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County’s Department of Solid Waste & Recycling is pleased to announce a NO CHARGE public paper shredding opportunity for Sullivan County residents at the Monticello Transfer Station on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 9 a.m-noon.  

County residents may bring up to 3 legal-size paper file boxes for shredding. The Paper Shred Event is first-come, first-serve, so make arrangements to arrive early. Once the Shred Truck is full (approximately 150 participants), it will depart. The shredded paper will be recycled.