This is written in support of MacGuire Benton’s candidacy for the office of Otsego County clerk. MacGuire is a highly energetic, people-focused individual who has a track record of working successfully in both the private and public sectors. He served as a village board member and as deputy Otsego County elections commissioner.…
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In a moving exhibit at the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, artists reflect on the struggle for the right to vote in this country. In the exhibition catalogue, Gretchen Sorin writes, “The right to vote was so meaningful that these activists petitioned, demonstrated, were arrested and jailed...…
I proudly announce my full endorsement of Jen Basile to serve as the next Otsego County clerk. Jen has served Otsego County for over 14 years...…
It is without hesitation that I write this endorsement of Jennifer Basile for Otsego County clerk. As a licensed real estate broker, former town supervisor and current county representative for District 8, I have had countless interactions with the Clerk’s Office in several counties.…
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is getting involved in our local race for Otsego County clerk. Washington is in a state of chaos and dysfunction at the hands of Elise Stefanik’s “leadership.” We have gone two weeks without a Speaker of the House for the first time in American history.…
I keep hearing claims that MacGuire Benton is unqualified. Jennifer Basile claims that only someone who has worked in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office is qualified. She has gone so far as to say that Otsego County is so unique that even someone who has been a county clerk elsewhere could not do the job.…
Unlike “organic farming,” “permaculture,” or “biodynamic farming,” the idea of regenerative agriculture is not an absolute prescription, but rather an agricultural philosophy which is directed at high-quality production within the context of preservation and restoration of the local “natural capital” embedded in soil, water, and biodiversity.…
As of press time, five candidates had accepted the invitation to the Otsego County Candidate Forum on October 25: County Clerk candidate MacGuire Benton, New York State Supreme Court District 6 candidate Deirdre Hay, and County Board of Representatives candidates Margaret Kennedy, Nora Mendez, and Adrienne Martini.…
The most recent SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Otsego Lake testing results and a Veteran's Resource Fair are among the topics covered.…
This morning, Otsego County clerk candidate Jennifer Basile—the county's current deputy clerk—heralded the county’s new DMV satellite office in Oneonta. The new office will be in the Otsego County Office Building at 242 Main Street, Oneonta.…
