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Plattsburgh Press Republican
January 3, 2018
The property, located just off Route 374, is the former Facility S-9 of Plattsburgh Air Force Base's Installation No. 7475, a missile facility. Town Attorney John C. Fitzpatrick said the town “will clean up the beach area ... and possibly install some fireplaces and put up a few campsites for public use.” 75 YEARSÃÂ ...
LGBTQ Nation
January 2, 2018
With this I'm so proud of having served in 1980's SAC Air Force where at Plattsburgh AFB we had uploaded FB-111's on 24 hour alert. Destination: the Soviet Union Russia. Michael • 1 week ago. What a pity you didn't get the chance to annihilate millions of dumbed-down Russian peasants who had clearlyÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 25, 2017
Touring Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Representative-elect John McHugh said competition between this base and Griffis could develop during the next round of base closures. He said some of PAFB's selling points are the base's room for expansion and its access to large quantities of jet fuel. What might alsoÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 23, 2017
They were transferred stateside in the late '50s and were stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the '60s and '70s. “My children were educated at St. John's Academy and Our Lady of Victory,” Dorsey said. “Miss Asher” launched her first studio in Plattsburgh by renting a space upstairs at the YMCA forÃÂ ...
Mountain Lake PBS
December 15, 2017
As you drive north on U.S. Route 9 into the City of Plattsburgh, you are greeted by two landmarks, relics of the Cold War that are on display near the entrance to the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. For 50 years, the base was home to a wide variety of the country's flying military arsenal from the KC-135ÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 10, 2017
“Having had the Plattsburgh Air Force Base here for so long means that there were a lot of people who enjoyed living here but because of their station, they had to move away,” Dagley said. “Plattsburgh's a unique place, and my experience has been that they still want to know what's going on here.”.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 20, 2016
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. continues to move toward the end of its existence. Speaking at the corporation's annual meeting Monday morning, Chief Financial Officer Lee Mitchell said PARC started the new fiscal year on July 1 with just six properties available.
North Country Public Radio
January 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 — The groundwater near the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base is partially contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam, according to officials with the Air Force Civil Engineering Center, which tested 29 water wells near the base late last year. Three wells were found to have higher thanÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
October 6, 2015
Oct 06, 2015 — It's been more than 20 years since the Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed. When the decision came from the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission, it was a total shock. The base had been spared in an early round of closures, and the Air Force even had plans to expand inÃÂ ...
WAMC
September 25, 2015
Then cynically we got pulled into the list and then when that BRACC decision was made we were sitting in the mayor's office once again and it was 8-1 to close Plattsburgh Air Force Base. So the reuse effort came off that incredibly unexpected roller coaster ride. Where some bases had some lead up to theÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
November 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 — The upstate New York city of Plattsburgh has been deciding how to use its decommissioned air force base for the past two decades. Since the base closed in 1995, several businesses have moved in, but much of the property still feels like a ghost town. Local officials said that could changeÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 31, 1999
Berdan's backup, E. Hutchinson, was in the 26th Weather Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base and had been reassigned to another base. Long and short, Gib did the audition and didn't hear anything for six months. While on bus duty at Peru, the news director's son asked Gib to return to the station for aÃÂ ...
WatertownDailyTimes.com
September 29, 2017
Krieg, a member of the Air Force from 1976 to 1980, including a stint at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has several family members who ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 27, 2017
Krieg, a member of the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1980, including a stint at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has several family members ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 27, 2017
Something remarkable happened between the time Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed in 1995 and this point in time, 22 years later. It's a story ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 19, 2017
Plattsburgh International Airport, which opened on the flight line of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the summer of 2007, recently ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 20, 2016
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. continues to move toward the end of its existence. Speaking at the ...
North Country Public Radio
January 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 — The groundwater near the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base is partially contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam, ...
North Country Public Radio
October 6, 2015
Oct 06, 2015 — It's been more than 20 years since the Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed. When the decision came from the federal Base ...
WAMC
September 25, 2015
The Plattsburgh Air Force Base was officially closed and decommissioned at the end of September 1995. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief ...
North Country Public Radio
November 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 — The upstate New York city of Plattsburgh has been deciding how to use its decommissioned air force base for the past two ...
WatertownDailyTimes.com
September 30, 2017
Krieg, a member of the Air Force from 1976 to 1980, including a stint at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has several family members whoÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 19, 2017
Plattsburgh International Airport, which opened on the flight line of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the summer of 2007, recentlyÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 9, 2017
For many years, he was the organist at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. He directed the Madrigal Singing Chorus in Franklin Centre, Que., untilÃÂ ...
Sun Community News
September 8, 2017
Shnob served as an organist everywhere from the Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Dannemora Correctional Facility to various weddings andÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 4, 2017
Within six months, Plattsburgh Air Force Base will become one of the few bases in the country to broadcast from its own television station.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
August 29, 2017
Bright Beginnings is located on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. “Which everybody knows about, and everybody knows the great staffÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
September 20, 2016
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. continues to move toward the end of its existence. Speaking at theÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
January 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 — The groundwater near the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base is partially contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam,ÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
October 6, 2015
Oct 06, 2015 — It's been more than 20 years since the Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed. When the decision came from the federal BaseÃÂ ...
WAMC
September 25, 2015
The Plattsburgh Air Force Base was officially closed and decommissioned at the end of September 1995. WAMC's North Country Bureau ChiefÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
November 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 — The upstate New York city of Plattsburgh has been deciding how to use its decommissioned air force base for the past twoÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 31, 1999
Krieg, a member of the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1980, including a stint at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has several family membersÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
December 31, 1999
Something remarkable happened between the time Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed in 1995 and this point in time, 22 years later. It's a storyÃÂ ...
Auburn Citizen
March 11, 2017
John Meili, 25 years ago while he was stationed in Cindy's hometown at the Plattsburgh Air Force Base. They have since traveled with the Air Force to Germany, Texas, Washington, D.C.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
March 6, 2017
Congressman David O'B. Martin could not paint a clear picture of the future of Plattsburgh Air Force Base, but he came out sternly against deep military cuts, warning that the nation's ability to prepare for war could be jeopardized.
Maine Edge
March 2, 2017
Six months before Phish Food made its official debut, Ben & Jerry appeared with Phish in front of 70,000 fans at the band's festival dubbed The Clifford Ball, held at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in upstate New York, about 75 minutes from Burlington ...
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
March 2, 2017
Since the first BRAC was authorized in 1988, dozens of military installations throughout the country have been deemed obsolete and thus shuttered, including several in New York state, such as the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base and Seneca Army Depot.
Niagara Gazette
March 1, 2017
Since the first BRAC was authorized in 1988, dozens of military installations throughout the country have been deemed obsolete and thus shuttered, including several in New York state, such as the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base and Seneca Army Depot.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 26, 2017
The cemetery on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base and land at Camp Gabriels prison were considered as sites for a state veterans cemetery but didn't work out, for various reasons.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 14, 2017
The races, which involve an indoor obstacle course for kids ages 2 to 14, are being held at 2 p.m. each Saturday this month at 18 Northern Avenue on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. "The Winter Adventure races were wildly popular last year ...
Greenwich Sentinel
February 13, 2017
In 1945 the camp was turned over to the Army Air Forces and in 1954 became the Plattsburgh Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command bomber base and home to the 308th and 380th Bomber Wings and 497th Refueling Wing. As a critical component of theÃÂ ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 13, 2017
Clifford Boddy, president of the Black Heritage Committee at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, said his group decided to hold the first Black History Bowl because they wanted to "cover all the avenues of involvement" besides entertainment and social ...
WAMC
February 9, 2017
SterRx, a sterile drug manufacturer, has been located on the former Plattsburgh Air Force base since 2012. This week it announced it has secured a new contract valued at up to $1 billion over the next five years from an Illinois-based subsidiary of ...
North Country Public Radio
February 7, 2017
SterRx currently employs 45 people at its plant on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. The company plans to expand and hire 35 new workers by the end of this year to help fill the billion-dollar order, SterRx announced on Monday.
North Country Public Radio
February 7, 2017
SterRx currently employs 45 people at its plant on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. The company plans to expand and hire 35 new workers by the end of this year to help fill the billion-dollar order, SterRx announced on Monday.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 6, 2017
William J. Winsor Jr., commander of the 528th Bomb Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, has flown his 10,000th hour as an Air Force pilot.
North Country Public Radio
February 2, 2017
Other historic news stories included the closing of the Plattsburgh Air Force Base, the Ice Storm of 1998, the 9/11 terror attacks, and the 2015 manhunt for the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 1, 2017
For water mains, the system on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a target. "We've tackled the sewer side (on the base); now it's time to address the water mains out there," Stoddard said.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
February 1, 2017
When Plattsburgh Air Force Base was threatened with closure, we kept you abreast of every move, nationally and locally. When the shocking decision came down, we helped rally the community with editorials and sent reporters across the country toÃÂ ...
