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The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia

Candy flew through the air, as did red-white-and-blue streamers and flags, brandished by a cheerleader for reading on the Berne Library’s float. After the fanfare of floats took its last turn, scores of people lining Helderberg Trail in the hamlet of Berne encircled a podium, large American flags, and a wreath laid at the memorial by veteran Marty Herzog and State Police Trooper Cait-E Kiani.