PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Again next week, the Presque Isle Elks, Lodge #1954 will offer a free Veterans Day supper for all military veterans, current military service personnel and their spouses on Monday, November 11 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Elks Lodge located at 508 Main St. in Presque Isle. According to Tina Dougherty, […]
FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its Veterans Day ceremony on the University’s newly built Veterans Square Friday, November 8 at 11 a.m. The ceremony is open to the general public. The event will include a welcome from Stacy Martin, UMFK Student Life coordinator; UMFK President Deb Hedeen […]
Across Aroostook County, several installations defended the base against incoming harm, relayed communications, conducted simulated warfare, housed personnel and more.
Those who served at Loring will always remember the base for the crucial and sometimes frightening role it played at the height of the Cold War.
Decades of population decline that accelerated after Loring closed on Sept. 30, 1994, remains the most challenging hurdle on the way to securing a prosperous future.
Every year, the cemetery committee hosts a ceremony honoring National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which falls on the third Friday in September.
The grant will pay for building three more walls that will add 576 columbarium niches, as well as for landscaping to plant flowers near those memorials.
The search for Lewis “Billy” Hogan’s plane is front and center again, because at 1 p.m. Saturday the Maine Army National Guard is giving a U.S. flag to his brother Jerome in honor of Billy, who was a member of the Houlton Army Guard.
A six-foot-tall bronze battle cross is now in place at the park, honoring the 27 service members from Washburn, Wade and Perham who gave the ultimate sacrifice during wartime.
The Loring Air Museum marked a homecoming: pieces of the plane in which the base’s namesake crashed during a Korean War mission have arrived in Limestone to become part of the museum’s collection.
