Monticello

When you log in to the website of Temple Grandin at www.grandin.com you enter a world with which most people are probably not very familiar: it’s all about the correct processing of cattle and other animals.  Read more

"What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" by Nathan Englander will be discussed at E.B. Crawford Public Library, 7:30pm. New members welcome. 845/794-4660.

Info on long-term care services in Sullivan County in Legislative Meeting Rm. (Gov't Center), 3-4:30pm. Public welcome. 845/807-0257.

“The resolution came about because the legislators heard the public and they wanted to respond.” That was how lawmaker Ira Steingart, chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee introduced a resolution dealing with the Sullivan County Visitors Association (SVCA) on February 2. The resolution supersedes another resolution passed the previous week, which called for immediately issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from interested nonprofit organizations to promote tourism in the county.  Read more

Make Hamantaschen for Purim at Temple Sholom, 1pm. 845/794-3962.

A valuable Torah stolen in December from the Landfield Avenue Synagogue has been recovered. Police arrested Christopher Colvill, 41, of Woodridge, on Tuesday, January 24 morning and charged him with criminal possession of stolen property. They recovered the scroll, valued at $35,000, from his house.  Read more

MONTICELLO, NY — Darryl Kaplan, the chair of the Sullivan County Democratic Committee, issued a press release on January 31, defending the decision of five of the newly elected Democrats of the legislature to change the way tourism dollars are awarded.  Read more

Elks Lodge, 4-7pm, $10. Take-out avail. 845/794-7050.

Hosted by The Recovery Center in Gov't Center lobby, 11am-2pm, 16oz. $3, 32oz. $6. Pre-order: 845/794-8080, ext. 117.

The newly-seated Sullivan County Legislature on January 26 voted to change the way it awards about $700,000 in room-tax revenue to promote tourism in the county. For the past 12 years, the legislature has negotiated with and awarded a yearly contract to the Sullivan County Visitors Association (SCVA).  Read more