Middle School sustains damage when driver hit building

The North Royalton Middle School sustained some damage when a driver ran into the building on Wednesday, November 28. Luckily, no severe injuries were reported. At about 7:20 a.m., a parent, who was dropping a student off for school, went over the curb, first striking a bench, then traveled farther to crash into the building. The air bags in the vehicle were deployed during the crash. The parent, a Middle School student and a High School student were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Police were dispatched to the scene within ten minutes of its occurrence. The vehicle penetrated a stu ....

Dec 18, 2018

St. Albert the Great lends a hand to neighboring Assumption Academy

Saint Albert the Great will embark on a new journey with Church of the Assumption and its parish school Assumption Academy in Broadview Heights. Beginning with the 2019-20 academic year, leadership from Saint Albert the Great will manage Assumption Academy in an effort to revitalize the more than 60-year-old school and assist in boosting enrollment, which has been declining for the past several years and currently sits at roughly 140 students with full capacity being around 300. “We could see the class sizes getting smaller and smaller and we knew that children were choosing other schools ....

Dec 18, 2018

Christmas is a time of great goodwill and this year is no different

At the city level, the Office on Aging & Human Services has teamed up with Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church and Saint Albert the Great Church for the Adopt a Family program providing Christmas gift donations from church parishioners, private individuals and residents, local businesses and civic groups. This holiday season, approximately 51 families and nearly 130 children will be helped by the program, said Debra Burrows, outreach specialist for the Office on Aging & Human Services. Sunday school students at St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church will also be donating to the cause, bringing in ....

Dec 18, 2018

NRFD needs your help to “Stuff the Squad” to benefit local food banks

In the spirit of this Season of Giving, the Fire Departments in the cities of North Royalton, Parma, Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Broadview Heights and Seven Hills, in conjunction and coordination with the University Hospitals Parma and the University Hospitals E.M.S. Training Institute, will sponsor a three-day “Stuff the Squad” event to benefit the local food banks within the respective communities. Collectively, these communities are requesting the public throughout Northeast Ohio to support this effort by donating non-perishable food items at any local fire station withi ....

Dec 7, 2018

Three NR athletes sign Letters of Intent

On November 15, three North Royalton Student-Athletes signed National Letters of Intent to play their sport next year in college. Two of the three athletes signed to play at NCAA Division One Schools. The three are senior swimmer Sarah Turchanik, who will attend The Ohio State University. Senior volleyball player Anna Kirkke, who will attend Ashland University in 2019. And senior basketball player Taiyier Parks, who will be on the court for the Michigan State Spartans. Sarah has been a member of the North Royalton swimming team since her freshman year and is the most decorated swimmer in sch ....

Dec 4, 2018