The Catskill Chronicle

MONTICELLO, NY – The Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development is proud to announce that Philip Coombe, Jr. has been selected as the recipient of the Walter A. Rhulen Award.  Each year, the Sullivan County Partnership bestows its most prestigious award on a Sullivan County citizen who reflects the best of Sullivan County business, community [...]

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  The young thespians include (bottom row left to right) – Ilyssa Weiner, Dameion Nedd, Grace Strauss (top row left to right)  Deanna Pereira, Mekayla Perneszi, Jamie Mann, Arye Gittleman, Deija Davis. SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY – The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop has sponsored a Youth Theatre Workshop this summer. Actors have enjoyed working on improvisation [...]

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LIBERTY, NY -  Every once in awhile, you get the opportunity to participate in something so astronomically awesome that you think that the organizers must have invited you by accident. This was the case for Dannielle Gray, Roscoe Central School; Zachary Cordero, Tri-Valley Central School; Stephen Rogers, and Sara Molusky, both from Livingston Manor School. [...]

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  LIBERTY, NY – A $742 check was presented to Sullivan County 4-H’ers Michael Hahn and Kaitlyn Smith, teen members of the 4-H Program Advisory Committee at their meeting July 19th. Frank Funicella, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing for Advanced Recovery, Inc., made the presentation and offered congratulations for an outstanding first time E-Scrap Recycling event [...]

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  WHITE LAKE, NY – The seasonal supermarket in White Lake has gotten a facelift, thanks to a cooperative effort among the United Talmudical Academy, owner of the supermarket, the Town of Bethel and Sullivan Renaissance. Located at the corner of Routes 17B and 55, the building was converted to its current use as a [...]

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  NYS Senator John J. Bonacic is instrumental in obtaining funding for large community development projects in Category C. At last year’s Award’s Ceremony he thanked all those involved in Renaissance projects for their beautification efforts. – Leni Santoro photo. MONTICELLO, NY – The Sullivan Renaissance 2010 Awards Ceremony will honor the volunteers who are [...]

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Sergeant Brian Harrell(Upper left), Deputy Debra Votee, (right), and Sergeant Luis Alvarez (lower right) with children who are on their way to summer camp. – Provided photo. MONTICELLO, NY – 27 children from Sullivan County gathered at the Sheriff’s Office in Monticello on Sunday, July 18, to say goodbye to their parents. No, they weren’t [...]

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NY-ALERT – The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a “Severe Thunderstorm Warning” for South Central Broome County in Central New York, South Central Delaware County in Central New York, Northwestern Sullivan County in Central New York, Northern Susquehanna County in Northeast Pennsyvania and Northern Wayne County in Northeast Pennsylvania until 5:45 p.m. The [...]

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  Christina Kackos, Nat Tompkins and Christopher Whipple attended WLC July 6-10, representing the Tri Valley Central FFA Chapter. WASHINGTON, D.C.—­­­Students from across the nation attended the 2010 Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) this summer in the nation’s capital. The conference is an activity of the National FFA Organization, sponsored by Monsanto as a special project [...]

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Issued By:  NWS Affected Jurisdictions:  Sullivan County Severe thunderstorm warning EAS activation requested. Severe thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service in Binghamton. The national weather service in Binghamton has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for… Southern Sullivan County until 4:15 pm. At 3:35 pm the National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm [...]

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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY – If a Rolls Royce were slowly cruising down the street, you might turn your head for a little rubber necking as the sleek, presumably shiny status symbol passed you by. A comparable chance for gawking could happen when a very special Hamburg rolled into Jeffersonville on July 12. If only it were [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana MONTICELLO, NY – A standing-room-only crowd of supporters greeted New York State Attorney General and candidate for NY State Governor, Andrew Cuomo on Monday, July 19, as he made a campaign stop in Monticello. Arriving at the Ted Stroebele Center on Jefferson Street in an RV that he drove [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY – When Steve Vegliante first took office as the new Supervisor of the Town of Fallsburg back in January, one of the first things he did was sit down with his department heads to talk about growth in the town. Because he did this, he was [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana Lou Monteleone may be Italian, but there are times he reminds you of a leprechaun – boundless energy, unable to sit still, animated and lovable. Like that mythical Irish creature, Monteleone is sure he knows where the treasure is (it’s in your pocket). Unlike the Irish elf, though, he [...]

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Matt McNeil, Sr. Director of Programming and Marketing with Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsÕ 500,000th fan, Anne Jarema of Suffern  and Livingston Manor, NY at the sold-out Santana concert on Saturday July 17.  Fittingly this historic event at the five year old arts center marked SantanaÕs first appearance in 41 years at the site [...]

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MONTICELLO, NY – County Manager David P. Fanslau announced that the proposed Sullivan County Community College 2010 – 2011 budget has been placed on the County Manager’s page of the Sullivan County website, www.co.sullivan.ny.us , under the public documents link. The proposed College budget of $16.162 million would anticipate a $4 million contribution from the [...]

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  FALLSBURG, NY – After a year of planning the Fallsburg Central School District has four dugouts for their baseball fields thanks to the efforts of the Construction Technology class at Sullivan County BOCES. Tim Bult, Athletic Director for the Fallsburg CSD was the person who contacted William Drasher, Construction Technology Teacher at BOCES to [...]

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Kylee Funcheon is a senior at the Liberty Central School District. LIBERTY, NY -  Career and Technical Education (CTE) students from Sullivan County BOCES once again participated in the SkillsUSA State Conference in Syracuse, competing against students from other BOCES, technical career centers and high schools from across New York State. The competitions are designed [...]

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LIBERTY, NY – The Town of Liberty is inviting members of the public to attend a public hearing to learn about proposed changes to the Town of Liberty Zoning Law. The meeting is being held on Thursday, July 22, beginning at 7 p.m. in the CVI Building in Ferndale. The proposed Zoning changes are the [...]

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  CALLICOON, NY – Villa Roma Resort and Conference Center has announced  that it has appointed Gerard Manzi as the Club at Villa Roma’s new Executive Chef. Manzi brings more than 40 years of experience in the restaurant industry to the Club at Villa Roma Restaurant. Most recently, he was a consultant at Main Street [...]

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