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The town functions as a local service centre for the southwestern part of the island, with a hospital, schools, stores, and banks. The town also includes a harbour, named Port Harmon, which was used for exporting of newsprint, up until the closure of the Abitibi-Consolidation paper mill in October, 2005. The provincial Community College system, College Of The North Atlantic , is headquartered in Stephenville and maintains a campus there for students from the southwestern region of the island. A provincial minimum security jail is also located in the town. Stephenville was formerly home to Ernest Harmon AFB , which was operated by the United States Air Force between 1941 - 1966 . After the base was closed, the facility was turned over to the federal government which then provided it to the provincial government for divestiture to the local community. The facility included the air field, which has 2 runways (10,000 ft x 200 ft, 4,000 ft x 150 ft) and numerous buildings which are operated as the Stephenville Airport . An abandoned USAF Pinetree Line radar site is located on nearby Table Mountain, north of the town. The town uses many former USAF structures for housing, recreation and entertainment. Stephenville shares a municipal border with Kippens to the west and Stephenville Crossing to the east. Settlements on the nearby Port Au Port Peninsula makes the Stephenville area Newfoundland's only bilingual region. OPERATION YELLOW RIBBON On September 11 , 2001 , 8 civilian airliners made unscheduled landings at the Stephenville Airport following the closure of North American airspace in the wake of the Terrorist Attack on New York City and Washington, DC. An unwitting participant in Operation Yellow Ribbon , the town managed to host the stranded passengers for approximately one week. EVENTS |
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