Community partners up for prevention and collects unused medications
In support of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s national medication take back initiative, members of the community partnered up to help dispose of unwanted, unused, and expired medications, keeping them from falling into the wrong hands or harming the environment. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and health issue. Dedicated students in the high school club STAND (Students Together Against Negative Decisions), members from CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), volunteers from PHNR (Partnership for a Healthy North Royalton), and law enforcement joined together and ....
Drug Take Back Day Oct. 28 - Dispose of unused and unwanted meds at two locations
News media report that the growing drug epidemic and drug overdose deaths are reaching dangerous levels. These messages focus on this growing problem, as addiction often starts at home, in your own medicine cabinet. Many medicine cabinets contain unused, unwanted or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. If not disposed of, they may fall into the wrong hands and run the risk of accidental overdose and addiction. The Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at two locations: Timber Ridge Plaza, 9199 Sprague Road and Giant Eagle Plaza, 6000 Royalton Road (Ro ....
Have a Safe and Happy Halloween Night
Ghosts and goblins are getting ready for a night of Halloween fun and and collecting loads of candy! Parents have as much fun as the kids when it comes to creating costumes and decorating the home. Halloween is also the holiday when safety issues prevail. Following a few basic guidelines will ensure that the evening will end up as much fun as it began. On Tuesday, October 31, before heading out to “trick-or-treat,” be sure the kids have eaten dinner so that tummies are full and they won’t be so hungry for the candy. A responsible adult should always accompany the young children. Older ....
Arson being investigated on Gabriella Drive house
On Thursday morning, October 19, at 8:05 a.m., a call came in to the North Royalton Fire Department regarding a house on Gabriella Drive that was on fire. It is believed that the fire was intentionally set. “Smoke was coming from the eaves,” said North Royalton Fire Chief Bob Chegan. He said that once the Fire Department, Station 2, arrived at 8:08 a.m., they found that multiple fires were set in the home at 10023 Gabriella Drive. The house had been broken into and several fires had been set. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire. Arson is suspected to be the cause of the blaz ....
St. Albert Day of Service brings out 2000+ volunteers
More than 1,900 parishioners of Saint Albert the Great Church completed nearly 200 volunteer projects as part of the Catholic church’s annual Day of Service event. Now in its fifth year, the two-day Day of Service event, held this year on October 13 and 14, invited parishioners, school children and their families to sign-up and participate in a service project. Projects ranged from visits to nursing homes to assist in meal serving and activities, to church cleaning at inner-city parishes, shifts at hunger centers and animal shelters, meal delivery to homebound-residents, grocery loading at ....