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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

Hero’s salute: With black mourning bands over their badges, members of the Albany County Sheriff’s Office join State Troopers and officials at a ceremony on Monday morning, dedicating a new gravestone for Harold C. Mattice on the 91st anniversary of his death. Fred Peter Bassler alerted The Enterprise last year to the deteriorated condition of Mattice’s grave. Thomas Mungeer, president of the NYS Trooper Police Benevolent Association, said the granite stone cost “upwards of  $1,000 and the PBA secured funding from a couple of anonymous donors.” Mungeer noted last fall, when the stone was installed, “Now future generations will know that, when they pass this spot, they will be in the presence of a hero.”