Roundabout nears completion
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
August 6, 2025
Two roundabouts on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard, one at East Fifth Street and one at the western entrance of Walmart, as shown above, will be the first phase of intersection upgrades done on the roadway sometime in the next 1-2 years. Work will also include adding a median, eliminating many of the left turn options for those parking lots. (Graphic submitted)

Roundabout nears completion

Planning for two more begins

By Michael Williamson 

The roundabout project at Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard and Industrial Parkway is progressing ahead of schedule and is likely 2-3 weeks from opening.

Kyle Hoyng, engineer at the City of Marysville, said the project was given three months to be completed, putting the opening sometime in mid-September...

“It really was a bomb”
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FBI agents, firefighters, rescue workers and engineers work at the Pentagon crash site on Sept. 14, 2001, three days after a hijacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building on Sept. 11. (Photo submitted)
“It really was a bomb”
Area man recalls scene at Pentagon on 9/11
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On Sept. 11, 2001, Union County, like much of the world, watched the events in New York City, Washington, D.C. and rural Pennsylvania unfold over national news broadcasts on television. Carl Ey, a res...
Fifth Street to reopen for weekend events
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Work has officially started on East Fifth Street in Marysville but a number of notable events are set to happen this weekend. Will the road work impact those events? City officials said no because the...
Dog swim held at city pool
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Dog swim held at city pool
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Dogs take to the water during the annual Marysville Dog Swim at the Marysville Municipal Pool on Sept. 8. The annual end-of-summer event gave local dogs a chance to swim and play in the pool before it...
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