Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests for the second and third quarters of 2022:

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County officials are excited to join 33 other communities across New York, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Ohio in launching the first communications campaign in support of their participation in the Healing Communities Study.

Running from October 3-December 2, 2022, the campaign is focused on raising awareness of the dangers of illicit fentanyl, a drug that is present in more than three-quarters of the 2,000+ overdose deaths that occur in New York each year (source: NY State Opioid Annual Report 2021).

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County Deputy Planning Commissioner Heather Brown has been appointed Chair of the Climate Action Committee of the NYS Association of Counties (NYSAC), one of the most influential advocates for the State’s 62 counties.

She replaces former Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, who was just elected Congressman for the 19th District.

Liberty, NY – The 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) season has kicked off.

“HEAP’s Regular component – offering a one-time payment to help buy fuel to heat a home – begins Tuesday, November 1,” notes Sullivan County Deputy Social Services Commissioner Giselle Steketee. “But the Heating Equipment Repair & Replacement (HERR) and the Heating Equipment Clean & Tune (C&T) components have already begun. They provide funding to have trained professionals inspect, service and even replace furnaces, boilers, stoves and other heating equipment.”

Monticello, NY - District Attorney Meagan K. Galligan announced that her Office, partnering with Hope Not Handcuffs of the Hudson Valley (HNH-HV), has secured $1.3 million in grant funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the United States Department of Justice. The grant is designed to support community and law enforcement collaboration to make treatment available to those experiencing substance use disorder.

Forestburgh, NY – Sullivan County’s Division of Public Works will conduct a Public Informational Meeting to discuss the proposed replacement of Sullivan County Bridge No. 82 which carries County Route 49 (Oakland Valley Road) over the Neversink River. This project is funded through the BridgeNY program.

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County’s Department of Public Health continues to work closely with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) in response to the detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples.

“The DOH’s wastewater surveillance for evidence of polio is ongoing, and State officials remain in close constant contact with my office,” Public Health Director Nancy McGraw explained. “Although wastewater samples collected in July and August were positive, to date, we have not had any cases of polio diagnosed among residents in Sullivan County.”

Monticello, NY – The NYS Comptroller’s Office has designated Sullivan County free of fiscal stress, with the County’s finances in the best shape since reporting began.

“Prudent fiscal management by this Legislature and staff have brought us to this point,” Legislature Chairman Robert A. Doherty remarked. “Taxpayers can be confident that the dollars they give us are being managed professionally, competently and judiciously. And that kind of management has put us in excellent financial shape.”

‘No Designation’ Is the Best Designation

Hurleyville, NY – The Sullivan County Historical Society will present a talk on Sunday, October 9 by local historian Myron Gittell regarding his recent reprint of Manville Wakefield’s book “To the Mountains by Rail.”

Wakefield’s book chronicles the Catskills Mountain resorts in Sullivan County and the New York, Ontario & Western Railway that carried visitors from New York City to the mountains.

Monticello, NY – Each year the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax assistance to those who need it most. Last year nationally, volunteers filed 852,377 Federal returns, securing $1,075,441,589 in refunds for 1,251,641 people through the help of 25,316 volunteers.