4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (157+ words) LIBERTY – A bat has tested positive for rabies in Sullivan County. This time, the animal was found in the Grahamsville area in the Town of Neversink. Last week, a bat tested positive for the deadly virus in Livingston Manor. The…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (121+ words) MONTICELLO – There are pros and cons to the sale and use of kratom, with area counties banning or restricting it. Sullivan County is expected to be the next to ban it. County Coroner Albee Bockman said it is a dangerous…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (207+ words) Hank Gross is the founder of Mid-Hudson News and a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience covering the Hudson Valley. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, where he began his career in broadcasting, Hank has worked across radio, TV,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (233+ words) NEWBURGH- Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties held its 19th Annual Golf Classic at Osiris Country Club in Walden, N.Y., on August 10, drawing a sold-out field of 100 golfers for the organization’s best golf fundraising event in recent years. The tournament raised close to…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (146+ words) CARMEL – With a new school year underway, Putnam health officials are reminding the public that certain vaccines are required in 2026 to attend day care, pre-K, and kindergarten. These include: Diphtheria and Tetanus-containing vaccine and Pertussis vaccine; Hepatitis B vaccine; Measles,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (238+ words) Gross, a retired educator, has been covering the events in and around Putnam for the past 60 years. His reporting has received many awards from the NYS Press Association in addition to recognition from the Associated Press and the Columbia Journalism…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) GOSHEN- Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, along with the Orange County Department of Emergency Services, invites members of the media to attend a full-scale emergency exercise simulating a large-scale flooding event impacting multiple jurisdictions across Orange County. The exercise will…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (280+ words) MONTICELLO – Sullivan County District Attorney Brian P. Conaty helped revive a person suffering a suspected drug overdose early Wednesday morning after being approached by a member of the public seeking Narcan. Shortly after 5 a.m. on Sept. 3, Conaty was arriving for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (200+ words) LIBERTY – The Sullivan County Public Health Department has confirmed that a bat in the Livingston Manor area tested positive for the rabies virus. This is the first confirmed human exposure incident involving a laboratory-verified positive animal this year. Rabies is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (252+ words) Mid Hudson News Sullivan County tracking spread of measles LIBERTY -With 540 reported cases of measles across 36 counties in neighboring Pennsylvania, the Sullivan County Department of Public Health is closely and actively monitoring the spread of this contagious disease. “Our Epidemiology…...