Sullivan County News

Houses in Sullivan County are practically free. Well, maybe not quite free, but market forces and government assistance have conspired to make them appear that way.

The teacher charged last month with raping a teenage girl in Sullivan County now has been charged with having unlawful contact with the student victim.

Union leaders are saying they want more options from Sullivan County to save jobs.

In its effort to make sure that no family goes without a Thanksgiving meal, United Way of Sullivan County's Project Care is now accepting donations of traditional Thanksgiving foods, nonperishable foods items and frozen turkeys.

Last year, Circleville firefighters responded to 176 medical emergency calls in its district - one-third of the total calls it handled.

An alert 14-year-old boy riding a school bus Friday saved a paralyzed man who was trapped for more than 30 hours after his car plunged down an embankment.

A restaurant in Sullivan County was heavily damaged when a fire broke out in the dining room Saturday, authorities said.

Police say two men have been charged for forging a prescription to obtain the drug endocet.

The Sullivan County Legislature is considering redeveloping the former Apollo Plaza on Lower Broadway in Monticello.

MONTICELLO Service members, active duty and retired, Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts, politicians, and everyday folks attended the annual Sullivan County Veterans' Day ceremony to honor the nation's vets.

MONTICELLO The man who kept his dead mother's body in his freezer in his Colchester home in October 2008, was sentenced in Sullivan County Court Friday to six months in jail for cashing her social security checks.

MOUNT PLEASANT - Diane Schuler, who police said was drunk and high on marijuana before she sparked a fiery fatal crash on the Taconic State Parkway, looked ill twice as she stood on the side of the road, bent over with her hands on her knees as if she was about to vomit before the accident, according to a state police report.

November is National Family Caregiver month, recognizing the significant efforts that caregivers make throughout the year as they provide care and assistance to those who need help to remain in their homes and communities of choice.

A man who admitted to raping repeatedly a boy and a girl was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday over the objections of prosecutors who asked for a lengthy prison sentence for "a predator to young children." Judge Frank LaBuda said it was not appropriate to send Anthony Lamantia, 57, of Liberty, to prison.

Village police arrested four Monticello men involved in a Saturday night fight on Wood Avenue.

Share + Nov 8, 2009 12:52 pm US/Eastern FREMONT, N.Y. A paralyzed man trapped when his car drove off an upstate New York road and plummeted down an embankment survived for 30 hours despite freezing temperatures and internal bleeding.

MONTICELLO The Sullivan County Legislature is developing a whistleblower law, crafted after Ulster County's, as a means of protecting county workers should they come forward with information of wrongdoing at the workplace.

Want to buy one of the last great Catskill resorts? The bidding starts at $25 million.

An upstate New York man who hid his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashed her Social Security checks has been sentenced to six months in jail.

The Sullivan County Legislature put off a vote on the user fee for the solid waste management system today until next Tuesday in order to discuss issues that came up during a public comment forum.