Rescue under way for scores stuck on ice floe

This is developing.I will update."The ice floe, 8 miles long, was created when a large piece of ice broke off from land near Locust Point, Ohio, east of Toledo, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Robert Lanier. At...

Lorain County Parks Adds Boat Trail

"This summer, Lorain County (Ohio) Metro Parks will add a 27-mile (43 km) -long water trail for canoes, kayaks and other paddle boats.x1 The trail starts at the park system’s Vermilion River Reservation, goes...

Comet Holmes Still Visible

"2007-12-07: I saw Comet Holmes again the night before last, one of the few clear nights during this cloudy late autumn near Erie’s southern shore. Being far enough from city lights to see the milk of the Milky...

White Hurricane of 1913 was Worst Great Lakes Disaster

The story of the worst storm in Great Lakes history and two ore boats that battled it:"31 cargo ships and barges stranded, twelve ships sunk with crew, 253 sailors drowned—that was the the toll of the most...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

The Great Black Swamp

The Great Black Swamp in Ohio was as large as the Everglades, but covered with broad leaf trees:"“Water! Water! Water!” wrote an early surveyor of northwestern Ohio, “tall timber! deep water! Not a blade of...

Great Lakes, great problems

"Cleaner beaches, better sewage treatment, an end to toxic chemical dumping -- what should be done to improve the Great Lakes in the next 10 years?"

Ohio the Crossroads in Fight for Congress

The road to a Democrat majority runs through Ohio. And the two main parties both know it.

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