Maybe it was the intense focus on local needs, or maybe it was that they had experience dealing with Medicaid patients. Maybe it was the in-person visits that some legislators paid to their facilities. more

MONTICELLO, NY — An attempt to hold a vote on the new management company for the Care Center at Sunset Lake failed at last Thursday’s, February 28, executive committee … more

Letters to the editor February 4 to 10 more

MONTICELLO, NY — On Thursday, January 21, three companies vying to be the manager of Sullivan’s only county-owned nursing home made their cases to the legislature. The audience, composed … more

MONTICELLO, NY — The future of the county’s certified home health agency (CHHA) was mapped out in the third paragraph of the last page of the August 13 resolution on the transfer of the … more

 The Sunset Lake Local Development Corporation (LDC) Board sent the Sullivan County Legislature a list of three recommended companies to operate the Care Center at Sunset Lake (the Sullivan County Adult Care Center) and the Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), both based in Liberty.   Monticello, NY – The Sunset Lake Local Development Corporation (LDC) Board today sent the Sullivan County … more

MONTICELLO, NY — There were hints as early as July.  At that time, a press release about the county legislature’s vote to sell the Care Center at Sunset Lake notes that, after a … more

Letters to the editor December 24 to 30 more

MONTICELLO, NY —  The Reverend Diana Southwick Scheide, Vicar of the Delaware Catskill Episcopal Ministry, and the Reverend David Coon, Pastor of the White Lake Reformed Presbyterian … more

LIBERTY, NY — On Sunday, November 29 at 2:30 p.m., the Family Council, along with family members and friends of the residents, joined for a parade and a walk around the Care Center at Sunset … more

Letters to the editor November 26 to December 2 more

MONTICELLO, NY — The most recent meetings of the county legislature led to a lot of discussions, some of them angry. There’s a lot to digest in relation to the leasing of the … more

Letters to the editor November 12 to 18 more

MONTICELLO, NY — Rain poured down and the temperature dropped, too. Cars lined North Street, lights on and engines running as their drivers hurried into the county government center to vote … more

Livestreaming the LDC MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County has been streaming its meetings, much to the gratitude of people who can’t be there and still want to know what’s going on, … more

MONTICELLO, NY — The requests for proposals (RFPs) are being prepared. There’s a general timeline in place. The role of outside counsel was discussed. Wednesday, September 30’s … more

MONTICELLO, NY — For the county, it’s a clear case of new management improving a service.  But moving the county’s certified home health agency into an LDC with the adult … more

MONTICELLO, NY — August 20 was a busy day for the Sullivan County Legislature. It held a public executive committee meeting, two public hearings, a general session meeting and an executive … more

MONTICELLO, NY — The July 23 Executive Committee meeting showed a Sullivan County Legislature that, while it might like to say it works together, clearly doesn’t. It did, however, hear a … more

Bruce Ferguson’s “What’s the Rush?” letter in the August 6 edition of the River Reporter offers a string of assumptions that are simply not based in fact. I keep being told … more