City looks to decrease energy costs

City Council recently selected Leopardo Companies, Incorporated to prepare an energy conservation report for the city. The measure was unanimously adopted at the November 20 City Council meeting. Ultimately, the city is looking to reduce operating costs through energy conservation improvement projects. “We’re always looking to reduce our energy costs,” said Mayor Bob Stefanik. At a Mayors and Managers meeting earlier this year, Stefanik learned about an opportunity through a presentation that was made by Leopardo Companies, Incorporated. The company offered a free energy audit, in which ....

Dec 4, 2018

Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church serves more than 1700 Thanksgiving Day Care and Share dinners

It started back in 1989 when volunteers at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church at the corner of Royalton and Abbey Roads began the Care and Share Community Dinner. On that Thanksgiving Day nearly 30 years ago, volunteers served 100 dinners. In 2018, hundreds more volunteers prepared about 1,700 Thanksgiving Day dinners to be taken to shut-ins and to be served at the church. “Our preparations to serve the hundreds on Thanksgiving Day began on Tuesday, two days before,” said Paul Martin, a member of the Committee that oversees the dinner. “We prepared about 900 pounds of turkey plus all the f ....

Dec 4, 2018

Holiday Lighting adds a warm hometown feeling

Motorists and pedestrians traveling past the North Royalton City Green are once again being greeted by a tradition now 18 years in the making. The Annual Holiday Lighting and Christmas Parade took place Nov. 25 with a large crowd enjoying festive floats, visits with Santa, a commemorative gift, free hot cocoa and donuts, special performances and a turn with Mayor Robert Stefanik “flipping the switch” to illuminate the City Green and officially kick off the Christmas season. Mother Nature even threw in a nice surprise for event-goers – a near 50-degree day capped with sunny skies. “It ....

Dec 4, 2018

You’ll find the feeling of warmth shopping on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24

Small Business Saturday, a movement launched in 2010 by American Express, celebrates these sentiments and the bonds local retailers make that keep local economies strong. The day is heralded throughout the country on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which falls this year on Nov. 24. Dozens of small businesses dot North Royalton’s landscape, from home goods stores and giftshops to beauty salons to restaurants to dance and fitness studios to health and wellness stores to auto mechanics, machining and landscape companies and every service in between. In celebration of “shopping small,” man ....

Nov 19, 2018

Police officer investigated after charges challenged

A veteran police officer in the North Royalton Police Department is being investigated after a judge’s ruling challenged his charges of an OVI. A man was pulled over in April for a tinted window violation and a non-operating license plate light. The man was ultimately charged for those two misdemeanors, as well as OVI, Failure to Comply with Order or Signal of Police Officer and Resisting Arrest. The police officer initiating the traffic stop reported that the vehicle did not stop immediately when his lights were activated, but did come to a stop soon after he sounded his siren. He also rep ....

Nov 19, 2018