Jun. 5—The lines at area boat docks are starting to pick up and heavy machinery is being used to place larger vessels in the water for the summer boating season. Law enforcement officials who deal with the rivers, streams and lakes of Ohio are urging caution for those heading out to fish or just enjoy a day of relaxation. One of the areas of concern for the U.S. Coast Guard is the large amount .
By ERIC MEYER
Staff writer
As the year’s final seconds tick off the clock Thursday night, many in Marion County will breathe a still-mask-covered sigh of relief for the passing of what may have been its worst year in collective memory.
COVID-19 quarantined thousands of residents, sickened hundreds of others, claimed an ever-increasing number of lives, and dominated headlines unlike any issue in recent years.
Still, other topics also were in the news in 2020. Here’s a rundown on the top topics, based on data for the most-read news stories this year:
1. Pandemic
Among the 500 most-read stories in the Marion County Record, Hillsboro Star-Journal, and Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, COVID-19 figured in more than a third of them.
to the palm trees. boat docks were damaged due to the high tide. compared to other past hurricanes, some residents think this was a walk in the park. jon: for you, as a professional storm tracer, you ve chased blizzards, tornadoes, now you re chasing hurricanes. was it satisfying to be that close? as a weather lover, anytime you can get near the power of the storms, the power to withstand, wend for 130 miles per hour for multiple hours. it s unbelievable that mother nature has this power. jon: an incredible amount of energy in those storms. so what you do now? what you do with the information that you ve gathered? basically as we ve seen from past hurricanes residents who have withstand the hurricane damage now know how to build
can cut off some time is, you know, all they can hope for right now. greta: you know, the conditions were deplorable as you say. the sewage, the toilets overflowing, no water, no electricity, no heat elevators. but you know, so many of them tell us that the crew was hustling to try to make the best it could out of pa bad situation. and so far nothing, but high grades for the crew. absolutely. that was one thing that i made sure to ask, what, what would you what do you want me to say? what message do you want me to pass along? and that was a very strong point that the crew was being amazing, that they were all, you know, kind of like sticking to their posts and doing everything that they could. so, i mean, that says a lot. that says a lot. greta: i suppose that after the boat docks and they would sort through everything, we ll find some people suffering he
towers, but this is not the towers itself. you can see the boat docks right there. all along the areas are restaurant, shops, officers and stores and then you have these tall skyscrapers and all those business serve the folks that come down and not only live in the area but work in the area as well. this building reopened back in 2002 boast september 11th. that s why there are people to evacuate down there, because it is an active office setting. jon: you might remember one of the iconic images after the 9/11 attacks was the winter garden, it s a dome structure sort of a gigantic botanical garden you might say. it s got enormous palm trees in it. well the panes of glass in that winter garden were absolutely obliterated by the force of the falling debris when the world trade centers fell. it took a longtime for the winter garden to be repaired. it is attached to number 2 world