Hard to believe we are heading into May! Memorial Day Weekend will be here before you know it and the unofficial start to Summer begins.

Here are a few upcoming local events that are happening in our community and nearby towns.

The Ladies Aid of Lake Huntington thanks everyone that came and helped at their Penny Social – to the people that did the calling, the young people that did the running, and to everyone that baked. The Penny Social was very successful! 

TOWN OF COCHECTON -2023 Spring Clean-up - Town of Cochecton residents held on May 20 and 21, from 9 AM – 2:45 PM. Items may be brought to the Cochecton Town Hall, CR 116, Lake Huntington, NY. Acceptable items include Household junk, Bulky waste (furniture, mattresses, carpets, etc.); Iron pipes must be cut to 4-foot lengths; Drums and tanks must be empty and cut open or crushed; Paint or tar cans must be empty and dry; NO full or partially full cans of paint, NO commercial dumping. NO household garbage, NO yard waste, leaves, stumps, roots, or rocks.

NO HAZARDOUS WASTES: petroleum products, pesticides, or propane tanks. NO Computers/monitors, Television sets (all display types). NO Fluorescent Bulbs/Lamps. The Town of Cochecton will be accepting 4 tires per household, regular car and truck tires at no cost, cost will be $3.00 per tire after the 4th tire. NO oversized tires are allowed. This program is made possible by the Sullivan County Legislature along with the Division of Public Works and Solid Waste and the Town of Cochecton.

Attention Sullivan West High School seniors! Apply now for the David F. Curreri Memorial Scholarship. You could be the lucky winner of a $3,000 Scholarship. Stop at your guidance office for the application. Due by May 5.

Sullivan West Central School District Budget is on Tuesday, May 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Locations: Delaware Youth Center, Tusten Public Library, Jeffersonville Public Library (new polling location). Any questions please email budget@swcsd.org.

If you have a local business that would like to be spotlighted in an upcoming column, please get in touch! Please email jenn@jennpowelldesigns.com with any news, events and happenings.