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Kathy Sinnott Gardner

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Insinga, Basile Win Their Races

Proposal Number One, an amendment regarding removal of small city school districts from special Constitutional debt limitation, passed (59.7%) as did Proposal Number Two, an amendment extending sewage project debt exclusion from debt limit (64.46%).…

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Tillapaugh: Basile the Only One Qualified

In a small county such as ours, the position of county clerk is a “working position,” not a “management position.” It is not, and should not be, a political position, but rather a position that is occupied by an individual who possesses the requisite service skills and knowledge.…

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Satellite DMV Space: Progress or Just a Ploy?

Early voting began Saturday, October 28 and Election Day itself is just five days away from this paper’s publication date. Benton and his supporters are crying foul after Basile’s announcement, contending this is just a last-minute campaign ploy—that she has not gone through the proper channels to make such a claim, nor have costs associated with the satellite office been included in the county’s 2024 budget.…

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Editorial: Who Will You Choose?

Election Day is just 19 days away and early voting starts October 28. If you’re like us, your head is swimming with questions about the race for Otsego County clerk. Experience and departmental knowledge versus energy and vision. Republican versus Democrat. Jennifer Basile versus MacGuire Benton.…

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County DMV Office To Open On Monday

For Appointments, Visit www.picktime.com/otsegocountydmv County DMV Office To Open On Monday COOPERSTOWN – By appointment only, the county’s Department of Motor Vehicles office will open this coming Monday, June 22, County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner announced. Appointments may be made online at www.picktime.com/otsegocountydmv, which will be available as of tomorrow, June 19, where customers will be asked for a date, time and type of transaction. “”This is very easy to operate,” said Sinnott Gardner.…

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DMV Renews Transactions Today, But Via Mails Only

DMV Renews Transactions Today, But Via Mails Only State Commissioner Gives Details; Local Office Won’t Open Until 6/28 COOPERSTOWN – While the county DMV office can’t open until June 28, state DMV offices are open today for “limited transactions,” according to an e-mail Otsego County’s Kathy Sinnott Gardner and other local county clerks received today. Sinnott Gardner said the county clerk’s office will open next Monday, only by appointment.  When the local DMV office does open four weeks from today,…

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County DMV, Clerk’s Office Closed Until April 9, At Least

County DMV, Clerk’s Offices Close Until April 19, At Least Validity Of Expiring Licenses Extended COOPERSTOWN – Pursuant to a order from Governor Cuomo, Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner this morning announced her Department of Motor Vehicles Offices here and in Oneonta and the clerk’s office in general will be closed until at least April 19. Cuomo also directed the following: The extension of validity of any driver’s license, non-driver Identification or registration expiring on or after March 1,…

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‘Green Light’ Law Threatens Voting Integrity, Clerk Says

SHE SAYS CUOMO ‘FORCES’ SYSTEM ON HER ‘Green Light’ Law Threatens Voting Integrity, Clerk Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The state’s “Green Light” Law that went into effect over the weekend is all about registering potential Democratic voters, Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner said in an interview. “They are making a mockery of our voting system,” said Sinnott Gardner Tuesday, Dec. 17, as she was organizing her staff to administer a law she disagrees…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.