Men and women from all over Sullivan County often learn how to fight fires at our Emergency Training Facility near White Lake. This Basic Firefighting Class represents a number of different local departments, standing in front of a building specifically constructed to simulate fire and smoke situations.

Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Recruitment and Retention Task Force is excited to announce a number of RECRUIT NY initiatives this coming weekend.

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek is pleased to announce the selection of Social Services Commissioner John Liddle as the new Commissioner of the Division of Health & Family Services, as confirmed today by the Legislature.

Monticello, NY – In order to more comprehensively cover the full range of lodging opportunities locally, the Sullivan County Legislature just revised the existing Lodging Facility Room Occupancy Tax.

Known informally as the “bed tax” since its 1990 enactment, the tax on the occupancy of lodging facility rooms (5% of the rental rate) is split between the County (which retains 15%) and not-for-profits engaged in tourism marketing and promotion (85%).

Surrounded by the staff of the Sullivan County Clerk’s and DMV offices, County Clerk Russell Reeves (foreground, with shovel), Deputy County Clerk Doreen Huebner and DMV Deputy Clerk Erin Mason prepare to plant the eastern redbud tree at the Government Center in Monticello, in recognition of April being National Donate Life Month.

Were it not for the rapid response of the Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company earlier this month, this structure would likely have gone up in flames due to a brush fire that was so perilously close, it melted the building’s siding. (Photo from the Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company’s Facebook page)

Monticello, NY – With departments across the region scrambling to contain 31 brush fires in just the last month, Sullivan County Fire Coordinator John Hauschild is re-emphasizing the fact that a burn ban is in effect through May 14.

Liberty, NY - The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Liberty Town Highway 70 (Townsend Road), in the Town of Liberty, to replace County Bridge 404.

County Bridge 404 is located approximately 0.6 miles southwest of the intersection of State Route 52 and Townsend Rd. This section of Townsend Road is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m. April 26, 2021, and will remain closed for approximately 5 months.

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

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Office is partnering with Donate Life New York State to recognize April as National Donate Life Month, an annual observance highlighting the critical need for increased organ, eye and tissue donations. In particular, the DMV Office is hosting a tree-planting and flag-raising ceremony on April 9 at the Government Center in Monticello at 1 p.m.

Celebrating their new citizenship status with Sullivan County Clerk Russell Reeves and Judge Stephan Schick are, front row from the left, Susan Elaine Pereira-Mendoza, Javier Carvajal, Shelly Marie Tamara Nelson, Amandine Jeanne Caroline Peter, Elizabeth Del Carmen Mendez, Cynthia Doris Tamayo, Lala Huang and Sandra Maxine Evans-White; and back row from the left, Brian Pereira-Mendoza, Sharon Molloy, Shaul Haim Yaknin, Shivdarshan Singh Cheema, Ehab Mohamed Ibrahim Essa and Jaeyoon James Jun.

North Branch, NY - The Sullivan County Division of Public Works is closing a portion of Town Highway 37 (Peters Road), in the Town of Fremont, to replace County Bridge 431. The bridge is located approximately 1.6 miles north of the intersection of County Road 121 (North Branch Road) and Pleasant Valley Rd.

This section of Peters Rd. is scheduled to be closed to all traffic starting at 8 a.m. on April 19, 2021, and will remain closed for approximately 8 weeks.