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Team Lackawaxen proudly displays the Upper Delaware Litter Sweep T-shirts they earned while collecting 1,300 pounds of roadside trash during a four-hour pick-up along three miles of Masthope Plank Road in Lackawaxen Township, PA on the first day of the April 17-25 event coordinated by the Upper Delaware Council. The intrepid team included Jeff “JT” Thompson, left, Ellen O’connor, Eileen Ahearn, Brenna O’connor, Jeffrey Shook, Dennis Ahearn, Jackie Decatur, Heather Clark, Lynn Mills, and behind the camera, Eric Thompson.

COVID-19 vaccines for the homebound, Upper Delaware litter sweep and more

Emergency Management Office and Area Agency on Aging deliver COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound PIKE COUNTY, PA — Pike County’s Office of Emergency Management and Area Agency on Aging … more

4/28/21

The number of people comfortable living in large cities is expected to increase to nearly 1 in 2 once a vaccine is widely distributed.

How Urban Living Survives The Pandemic

by Rachel Burris (NAPSI)—While cities have suffered since COVID-19 began spreading across the country, things may soon change. The Cause Many people fear densely packed environments and … more

4/27/21

Sullivan expands room tax law, Pike prison gets vaccine and more

Sullivan County expands room tax law MONTICELLO, NY — The Sullivan County Legislature recently revised its existing lodging facility room occupancy tax. Known informally as the “bed … more

4/21/21

The unvaccinated and the shots

MONTICELLO, NY — The county has made a massive push to get out accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines. But there are still people out there who might want a shot but can’t get to … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 4/14/21

Attestation

I had my second Pfizer COVID-19 immunization this weekend at the SUNY Albany campus vaccination site and I am writing this column in a haze of achy fatigue. I can’t say if my weariness is … more

By KRISTIN BARRON | 4/14/21

Thomas Bajadek, Honesdale, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Sarah Mickel, LPN at a Wayne Memorial Community Health Center clinic at the former Rusty Palmer site in Honesdale on March 19th. More clinics are planned for this same site and elsewhere in April. Visit COVID Vaccine Registration - Wayne Memorial Hospital (wmh.org) for information.

PA expanding vaccine distribution

PENNSYLVANIA — The PA Department of Health has laid out a path toward making the COVID-19 vaccine available to everyone in the commonwealth who wants it. In keeping with the Biden … more

By OWEN WALSH | 4/7/21

Pike expecting more vaccines

MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Commissioners have announced that the PA Department of Health will be increasing its allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine to the rural county. Last Monday, Wayne … more

By OWEN WALSH | 3/18/21

People wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine at the Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers’ site at the Stourbridge Professional Complex, Honesdale on February 5th.

Wayne Memorial receives largest vaccine allocation yet

HONESDALE, PA — Officials for Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers (WMCHC) confirmed on Monday, March 15 that they have received their highest weekly allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to date, … more

3/15/21

‘No place for hate’ and more

Letters to the editor March 11 to 17 more

3/10/21

Collaboration

HARRIS, NY — Sullivan County Public Health Services and Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills continue to partner to mount clinics to get COVID-19 vaccine out to residents. As of Friday, … more

3/3/21

Cartwright holds COVID relief town hall

EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT — Last week, Northeast Pennsylvania’s Rep. Matt Cartwright held a virtual town hall to address COVID-19 recovery, both from the virus’s health effects … more

By OWEN WALSH | 2/25/21

New topic of conversation these days

Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day. Let me update you on my COVID-19 vaccine: My arm was sore for a week. It’s still itchy. Still, it was nothing like the first shot. I have to say, … more

By Eileen Hennessy | 2/18/21

Vaccine plans march forward

MONTICELLO, NY — Seniors are calling, according to Health and Family Services Standing Committee chair Nadia Rajsz. They want to know “where they can get [vaccines]; they can’t get … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 2/18/21

Public Health Services staff Amanda Wolfe, RN, CHN; left, April Novello, RN, SPHN; Beverly Franskevicz, RN, SPHN; Wendy Brown, RN, MS, Deputy Director; Christina Haff, RN, CHN, MPH; and Sue Flynn, RN prepare to welcome well over 150 local first-responders who came January 21 to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The county is seeking vounteers to register and do non-medical tasks.

Calling for volunteers

LIBERTY, NY — Interested in aiding the effort to get all of Sullivan County vaccinated against COVID-19? “As a relatively small county health department, and given the size and scope … more

2/10/21

Tiffany Kahn, RN, gives Fallsburg Police Chief Simmie Williams the #SullivanSafe sticker after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. He was one of Sullivan County's 150 local first-responders who were vacinnated on January 21.

The syndemic

“Four hundred and eight thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven Americans are dead. Americans. Americans. Americans.” Toni Young, founder and executive director of the Washington, … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 2/3/21

Update on COVID infections and vaccinations

Since my last article, published in December, regarding COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are now being administered nationally. In Sullivan and surrounding counties, our local first … more

By JAMES D. LOMAX | 2/3/21

The Sullivan County Government Center in Monticello, NY

Sullivan County, only sometimes briefly

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — “Thank God I was wrong,” said county treasurer Nancy Buck. Sales tax, she reported, was up for the year—much better than what she was predicting earlier … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 1/27/21

Sullivan County debuts COVID-19 vaccine clinic notification system

To meet numerous public requests to be notified of upcoming vaccination clinics, Sullivan County Public Health Services, in collaboration with the Division of Information Technology Services (ITS) and the Emergency Community Assistance Center (ECAC), today launched an online signup form open to local and regional residents. more

1/22/21

Students in Ms. Bitjeman’s second-grade class wrote three dreams: one for their world, one for their community and one for themselves

Jeff Hiller retires from GHP, second graders' dreams and more

What's going on in your community January 21-27 more

1/21/21

Michelle Corrigan, RN, vaccine co-coordinator/WMCHC, administers COVID-19 vaccine to Sean McVeigh, MD, pulmonologist and medical director Wayne Memorial Covid Task Force.

Wayne vaccine rollout goes smoothly

HONESDALE, PA — Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers finished vaccinating the county’s highest priority residents, known as the 1a group, quite swiftly. … more

By OWEN WALSH | 1/20/21

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