Monticello, NY – In recognition of August as Child Support Awareness Month, the Sullivan County Child Support Unit will host an outreach event this Thursday, August 17 from noon until 3 p.m. in the Government Center lobby, 100 North Street, Monticello.
Information will be provided about the Child Support Office, and staff will be present to answer questions. Brochures, free snacks, and prizes will be given throughout the afternoon!
Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Legislature is accepting applications for the 2024 Legislative Discretionary Contract Program intended for not-for-profit agencies to apply for consideration of legislative funding.
Liberty, NY – Sullivan County Department of Public Health would like to notify the public of an increase in cases of pertussis (whooping cough) identified in children of varying ages, with five (5) confirmed just this week.
“This is an important advisory, and comes during National Immunization Awareness Month,” said Director of Public Health Karen Holden. “This month reinforces why vaccines are important for people of all ages and how they can help prevent serious, sometimes deadly, diseases and illnesses.”
What Is Pertussis?
Liberty, NY – No matter where we live, we all know at least one person affected by opioid use disorder (OUD). An estimated 2.1 million Americans have OUD, including residents of Sullivan County.
Liberty, NY – Sullivan County District 6 Legislator Luis Alvarez continues to sit on four influential committees of the National Association of Counties (NACo).
NACo President Mary Jo McGuire this month notified Alvarez of his reappointment to the national advocacy organization’s Immigration Reform Task Force, Programs and Services Standing Committee, Rural Action Caucus, and Veterans and Military Services Committee.
Monticello, NY — The Sullivan County Office for the Aging invites everyone 55 and older to take five minutes to fill out a short survey to help improve services and programs in the County.
“I promise this isn’t a waste of time,” assures Office for the Aging Director Lise-Anne Deoul. “We’ve worked hard with our partner and survey creator Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress to develop questions that get right to the things we need to know to do better by our citizens.”
Questions include:
Liberty, NY – With Sullivan County experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of the year, Public Health officials want residents to know where they can escape the heat.
Jeffersonville, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works will close a portion of County Road 164, in the Town of Delaware near the intersection with Route 52 in Jeffersonville, to construct the Kohlertown Flood Risk Reduction Project. This section of road will be closed to traffic starting 7 a.m., Monday, August 7 and will remain closed for approximately five (5) weeks.
The Sullivan County Division of Public Works will post signage for the detour using State Route 52 and Miller Road.
Liberty, NY - Come out and celebrate the dog days of summer at the 2nd annual Bow WO&W Dog Walk on Thursday, August 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on the Liberty segment of the Sullivan O&W Rail Trail, meeting at the Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, 50 Lake Street, Liberty. Bring your leashed dog and the whole family for a walk.
Monticello, NY – The seeds of Heather Brown’s success were planted inside a particularly famous Kauneonga Lake store. Known simply as Vassmer’s, it was the heart of the lakeside hamlet for nearly 100 years, offering assorted goods and sundries atop its well-trodden wooden floors – including to thousands of passing young people one fateful August 1969.