First Common Council Meeting
Of 2019 Opens On Somber Note
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Common Council opened its first meeting of 2019 on a somber note, with Mayor Gary Herzig calling for a moment of silence in honor of former Oneonta firefighter John D. Heller, who lost his life while rescuing his fiancée and four nephews from a house fire last Saturday, Dec. 29.
Herzig said about Heller, “I think we can all feel that we do have a true hero among us and can be very proud of him.”
