City to add more roads on repair list
Due to an increase in tax receipts this year, the city will increase its road budget and spend more than $2 million on the 2018 Road Repair Program. At its June 19 meeting, the North Royalton City Council authorized the Mayor to go out to bid on June 20. Bid openings were to take place on July 5. Earlier this year, the city elected to repave Edgerton Road at a cost of about $650,000, from Bennett Road to Ridge Road and South Akins Road, between Bennett Road and York Road, at a cost of about $240,000. The city will be receiving $250,000 from Cuyahoga County to assist with the Edgerton Road pro ....
Citywide Sidewalk Sale kicks off bicentennial celebration
The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce was formed a hundred years ago to assist in creating an environment in which local businesses could prosper and owners would work as one to further the area’s economic wellbeing. The Chamber’s publication, the Royalton Recorder, will kick off the bicentennial celebration by sponsoring a two-day Sidewalk Sale event on July 28 and 29. Every local business, in every corner of the community, is being encouraged to open doors wide for visiting customers, who can easily traverse many of North Royalton’s shopping districts on-foot. A number of businesses ....
St. Albert the Great School again recognized as a ‘Top Workplace’
Saint Albert the Great Roman Catholic School has again earned a very special nod in the Plain Dealer’s 2018 Top Workplaces survey. The parochial school earned second place in the survey’s small business category and has been recognized as a Top Workplace for four consecutive years. “Everyone is rather proud of this because of how it happens,” said Principal Ed Vittardi. “It’s not a contest or a competition. It’s based on direct feedback from the folks most directly involved, and that’s a very worthy point of pride from my standpoint, that our folks enjoy their work here, and t ....
Elementary school building could be set back
Due to the possible need for additional permitting, the new elementary school could be delayed as much as a year. This would be due to the wetlands on the school’s building site, which is located at the southwest corner of State Road and Valley Parkway. Recently, it was determined that property’s wetlands had grown to over a half an acre from 2001 when the Army Corp of Engineers conducted a study that outlined the wetlands on that site. According to school officials, “upon passage of the bond issue in May 2017, North Royalton City Schools contracted with ATC Group Services, an environme ....
Principal dunked to help young patients
As a reward for raising more than $15,000 for the American Heart Association and Jump Rope for Heart, students at Valley Vista Elementary got the chance to dunk not only their Principal Jeff Hill in a dunk tank, but also numerous building staff including Head Custodian Bob Rodriguez and Music Teacher Sarah Burrows. Students at the Wallings Road school were the top fundraisers in northeast Ohio, raising just under $15,600 for the annual national fundraiser that aims to develop heart-healthy habits in children and raise needed funds for the American Heart Association and its youngest patients w ....