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Oneonta Trailblazers Honored

Tonight At City Hall Reception

Mayor Gary Herzig, right, and City Chair of Community Relations and Commission of Human Rights Joyce Miller, left, stand with the 2016 Trailblazer winners Rory Decker and Coleen Lewis, who were honored this evening at a ceremony at City Hall. Runners up Claire Garfield, Maureen Henessey, Martha Mezner and Carla Palmer were also recognized.
Oneonta’s 2016 Trailblazer Award winners Rory Decker, left, an OHS senior active in Girl Up, a U.N. effort to protect girls worldwide, and Coleen Lewis, right, Oneonta Middle School principal and a member of 100 Women Who Care,  were honored this evening at a City Hall reception before the semi-weekly Common Council meeting.  Congratulating the winners are Mayor Gary Herzig, left, and Joyce Miller, chair of the city’s Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights, which presents the awards annually.  Runners-up Claire Garfield, Maureen Henessey, Martha Mezner and Carla Palmer were also recognized.  (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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