County Board Observes ‘Moment Of Silence’ For Heller’s Heroism COOPERSTOWN – As one, county representatives bowed their heads for a “moment of silence” at this morning’s meeting in remembrance of John D. Heller, the former OFD on-call firefighter who died Saturday, Dec. 29, in a fire on Oneonta’s Walling Avenue. County Rep. Dan Wilber, R-Town of Burlington, proposed the observance, noting Heller’s heroism: His sister-in-law said he died while rescuing his four nephews and fiance from the flames. In a…
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Will ‘Clean Energy Community’ Status Help Us? Reps Ask Or Will It Limit Natural-Gas Options, They Say In Voting To Delay Action By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Is New York State’s “Climate Smart Communities Pledge” going to limit Otsego County’s economic-development future? Failing to get an answer to that question, the county Board of Representatives this morning – by voice vote, apparently unanimous – decided to delay action on making that pledge for at least a…
STATE OF THE STATE BREAKFAST This Year, Oneonta Will Bloom With DRI Money, Mayor Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – This will be the year, Mayor Gary Herzig said, that the City of Oneonta begins to see the results of the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grants “In 60 days, we’ll unveil the redesign of our downtown,” he said. “And this redesign is not by City Hall, but by 80 downtown business owners who have submitted…
With 2 Nays, Bliss Keeps Chairmanship Clark Again Demurs; Frazier Joins Her By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – His predecessor, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, again voted nay, but county Rep. David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, was reelected nonetheless for a second year as chairman of the county Board of Representatives. Clark was joined by her vice chair when she led the board, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, making the vote 12-2 for Bliss. Bliss’s vice chairman, Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, was…
Oneonta Photography Exhibit Now On Display At City Hall Wayne Wright, the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s, shows off a two-lens stereoscopic camera that is featured in three panels from the “Oneonta Photographers, 1850-1900” he staged for GOHS during the fall now being installed in the City Hall lobby. The show features work from William Mereness, Perry Young and Howard N. Smith, who took some of the earliest images of Oneonta. At right, Wright shows Mayor Gary Herzig a stereoscope of…
IN MEMORIAM John D. Heller, 38, Died Saving Fiancé, 4 Nephews ONEONTA – John D. Heller, 38, of Oneonta, gave his life saving the love of his life and fiancé, Amber Roe and his four precious nephews on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. He was born Sept. 22, 1980, in Oneonta, the son of John R. and Gayle (Eggler) Heller. John graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 2000. He attended Herkimer Community College. John was a Life Skills supervisor at…
Key County Leaders Vow To Serve Fellow Citizens With wife Katie holding the Bible, County Judge John Lambert of Cooperstown, top, prepares to be sworn in for a second 10-year term by his colleague, County Judge Brian Burns of Oneonta, right, this afternoon in the Foothills Atrium in Oneonta. At left are the Lamberts’ children, Anna and Charlie. At right, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. of Milford is sworn in by Lambert. Next to the sheriff is his father,…
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Friday Funeral Planned For Heroic Firefighter ONEONTA – A funeral for John Heller, the former firefighter who died rescuing his four nephews and fiancee in the Saturday morning fire at his Walling Avenue home, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 at the Bookhout Funeral Home. Calling hours will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3. Heller served with the Oneonta Fire Department in an on-call and part-time capacity from 2002-2009.…
