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TUSTEN – After 12 years as Chair of the Tusten Energy Committee (TEC), Narrowsburg resident Brandi Merolla, along with two other TEC members, Star Hesse and Naomi Hallock, have announced their …
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Story and photo by Derek Kirk
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4/14/23
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WOODRIDGE — The Village of Woodridge passed a new local law on Monday, April 3 that increases the exemption rates for all senior citizens in the area. This essentially increases the minimum and …
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By Justin Mednick
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4/11/23
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MONTICELLO – Despite Sullivan County’s recent rising in health rankings from 61 in New York to 60 (out of 62), local health specialists discussed the continuing dangers of …
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Photo and Story by Derek Kirk
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4/11/23
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CUDDEBACKVILLE - The Glen Spey man who had been missing for more than a week was found dead in a marsh in the Town of Forestburgh.
Harold Hoyt, age 35, disappeared into the woods in the …
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By Nic Birgler
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4/11/23
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MONTICELLO –– At 8:35 a.m. on April 8, 2023, the Monticello Police Department responded to a report of smoke coming from Apartment #4 of the Monticello Housing Authority Complex, located …
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By Alex Kielar
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4/11/23
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LIVINGSTON MANOR — The Town of Rockland Board meeting on April 6 featured a presentation by Rob Gauchat of Solar Liberty during the correspondence segment of the meeting.
While …
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CALLICOON — Six water pipes bursting on one January day in 2022 saw the women’s fashion boutique, the Clothesline on Main Street in Callicoon, be closed for over an entire year.
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Story and Photos by Derek Kirk
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4/11/23
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MONTICELLO – The Sullivan County Land Bank, formed in 2017, presented before the Sullivan County Legislature’s Planning, Real Property and Economic Development Committee, where Acting …
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By Derek Kirk
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4/11/23
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CUDDEBACKVILLE - The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, in tandem with the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC), continue the search for a missing father of two after he disappeared …
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By Nic Birgler
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4/7/23
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FALLSBURG - Sullivan County Ventures Capital Group, LLC. has proposed constructing 325 single-family residential units.
The project also calls for community buildings and 80,000 square feet of …
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By Patricio Robayo
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4/7/23
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LIBERTY – The town’s reserve funds are in “very good” financial shape according to Andrew Arias, CPA, partner of Cooper Arias, LLP, who presented the 2022 financial audit …
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Story and photo by Derek Kirk
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4/7/23
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CALLICOON - The Delaware Youth Center’s (DYC) Board of Directors is implementing the return of the Friends of the Youth Center fundraising committee to expand on the many programs and …
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Story and photo By Nic Birgler
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4/7/23
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The Museum at Bethel Woods, located on the grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, opened its 2023 Special Exhibit over the weekend. This year’s exhibit, “The Place Where Peace …
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By Alex Kielar
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4/4/23
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Callicoon — Residents of River Road and Tower Road in Callicoon knew they had a problem.
One look at their lawns and it was evident that a large animal was doing some very serious …
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By Fred Stabbert III
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4/4/23
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ALBANY – This past weekend the New York Press Assn. held its Annual Trade Show and Awards Banquet at the Hilton in downtown Albany.
More than 450 newspaper publishers, editors, reporters …
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By Derek Kirk
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4/4/23
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MONTICELLO –– Deputy Treasurer Kathleen Lara was appointed to the County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency Board by the Sullivan County Legislature in an emergency meeting on …
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By Joseph Abraham
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4/4/23
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LIBERTY — According to the latest Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) County Health Rankings and Roadmap report, Sullivan County has jumped from 61st out of 62 counties to 60.
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4/4/23
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JEFFERSONVILLE AND LIBERTY – The Villages of Jeffersonville and Liberty had their elections on Tuesday, March 21.
Each village had elections for mayor and trustees.
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By Alex Kielar
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4/4/23
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All nine legislators will be up for re-election in November. As candidates announce their decision to run in their respective districts, the Democrat will be running briefs about them. More in-depth …
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By Joseph Abraham
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4/4/23
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LIVINGSTON MANOR — When your business celebrates its first year anniversary, what do you do? If you’re Cassandra Egan and Noel Slifko, you throw a party, but not for yourself.
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By Jeanne Sager
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4/4/23
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COCHECTON – On Monday, March 27, James Card, 34, of Beach Lake and Edward Sykes III, 24, of North Branch were both involved in a double fatal head-on collision on State Route 97 around 3:45 …
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By Derek Kirk
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3/31/23
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NARROWSBURG – Two committees from the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) discussed the updated report on the upcoming microbrewery on Main Street in Narrowsburg – Big Eddy Brewing Co.In a …
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By Derek Kirk
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3/31/23
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SULLIVAN COUNTY – Over-the-counter (OTC) Narcan is one step closer to reality.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Narcan, 4 milligram (mg) naloxone …
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By Joseph Abraham
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3/31/23
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All but one member of Mamakating’s Town Board voted against the annexation petition that was the subject of the special public hearing on March 15.
A homeowner on High Street in …
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By Samantha Montagna
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3/31/23
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ullivan County is dev-eloping a Countywide plan that will identify and improve what drives the County’s resiliency, through the perspectives of economy, community and …
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3/31/23
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