Loring Air Force Base News

Festival 8 at the Empire Polo Club was a hit with Phish fans before the first note was sounded by the nation's premier rock jam band Friday night.

Maine State Police say a U.S. Air Force parachute that possibly came from a C-45 cargo plane that crashed 53 years ago has been found in a rugged region of rural Maine.

A U.S. Air Force parachute found near Nollesemic Lake in this remote part of the Katahdin region might have come from a C-45 cargo plane that crashed in 1956, state police said Monday.

18--PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- Even if you did not get to the concerts, most people who live in Aroostook County can remember the three Phish music festivals that took place in Limestone in 1997, 1998 and 2003.

Marine Pfc. Casimer Kuza, son of Mr. and Mrs. Casimer Kuza of 22 North Summer St., is currently serving with the Third Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, aboard U.S. amphibious force ships operating with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Oaklawn Hospital is pleased to welcome Richard Goodstein, D.O. to their active medical staff.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will take a look back at the three Phish events hosted at the former Loring Air Force Base in nearby Limestone.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will take a look back at the three Phish events hosted at the former Loring Air Force Base in nearby Limestone.

North Adams' new Chamber of Commerce manager, Albert Carbonneau, began duties in the Chamber office on Main Street this morning with an optimistic look at Chamber activities including the future of the Retail Trade Council.

Like any good electrician examining a wired circuit, Joseph Ford of Morristown can trace the path of his life in precise detail.

A splash page currently displayed on Phish's website currently reads, "Save the Date ... A 3-day festival 10/30, 10/31, 11/01." Further details, including the location of the festival, haven't been announced, however, current rumors have the event taking place at Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, where the annual, multi-day Coachella and Stagecoach ...

From music to meteorology to molars - you might say that characterizes the storied career of John Rogerson, a retired Air Force colonel.

Math teacher Pete Pedersen directs studentsa attention to the dry-erase board as they crunch numbers in an accelerated advanced math class at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics recently.

After Loring Air Force Base closed, the town of Limestone created a committee to help rebuild the community.

The Aroostook Band of Micmacs will use newly acquired property in Limestone to spark economic development and sustain some of the tribe's own economic resources.

On Friday, May 22, the students at the D.J. Bakie Elementary School celebrated Memorial Day.

Chief Petty Officer Joseph Wiejaczka, U.S. Naval Reserve, of 1 Potter St., has returned from Philadelphia, Pa., after receiving two weeks of extensive schooling at the navy shipyard there.

Mr. Tommie Lee Clemens, 87 of Port St. Joe Beach passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

Many folks in the Coastal Empire are paying close attention to the swine flu. Robert Morris from Port Wentworth is especially concerned.