FAIRMONT —
There is something missing all up and down the Swisher Hill area.
Those helpful little green road signs ... the ones that tell you whether you’re on Mods Run Road or Mahans Run Road ... have been stolen.
Street and road signs started disappearing about five years ago when new signs were being put up, said Chris McIntire, director of Marion County Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
“It was every few months, not a major thing. It was to be expected. But here in the past few months, it’s been 10-12 missing in one night.”
For example, just on Oct. 5 alone, 10 signs were reported stolen between 9 and 9:30 a.m. in Worthington and Fairmont.
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Do you know the name of this side road? With the road sign having been stolen, neither would first-responders if they had to rush to an emergency on this lane. There has been a rash of state street signs being stolen in Marion County, said Chris McIntire, director of Marion County Homeland Security and Emergency Management. PHOTO BY TAMMY SHRIVER
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