Santa makes grand arrival for Holiday Lighting of the Green
Holidays are rooted in tradition, and by the size of the crowd gathered on the City Green for the North Royalton Holiday Lighting and Christmas Parade, it’s apparent that the popular annual event is one of residents’ favorite customary ways to kick off the season. Families arrived early Nov. 27 to get a good view of the festive display of parade participants. The parade, which celebrated its 16th year, stepped off the Royalwood Road exit of St. Albert the Great Church at 4:45 p.m. and made its way down Ridge Road to the City Green, where eager crowds watched the excitement from the sidewa ....
From NRHS grad to Batboy for the Tribe
For the past six years, North Royalton High School graduate James Palko has had a great summer job. During the school year, James attends classes at Cleveland State. This fall, any baseball fan in Northeast Ohio would have traded jobs with James. Since 2011, James has been the batboy for the Cleveland Indians. Imagine what it was like to be on the field for Game Seven of the World Series or be around the players, coaches, reporters and front office personnel during the Tribe’s playoff run. “Just to say you were on the field for Game Seven of a World Series, win or lose is pretty cool,” ....
Residents to weigh NOPEC options on Gas and Electric
North Royalton residents should have received a mailing from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) regarding their options on gas and electric suppliers. Each year, residents have the opportunity to opt out of the NOPEC contract for gas and electric suppliers and choose alternative suppliers, if they so choose. NOPEC was formed about fifteen years ago, when voters agreed to appoint it as a negotiator for electricity. The thought was that by communities gathering together and appointing one negotiator, it would then be able to negotiate a better price, securing lower rates. Currentl ....
North Royalton leads other cities in deer hunting permits
With the passage of ordinances for the hunting of white tailed deer earlier this year, some may wonder how the program is going. About half of the bow hunting deer season has concluded. The Ohio Deer Hunting Season for 2016-2017, for archery started on September 24 and runs through February 5, 2017, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Two ordinances pertaining to the hunting of white tailed deer by bow hunting in North Royalton, introduced at the May 3 City Council meeting, were unanimously adopted at the June 7 meeting. This follows the passage of the measure at the March ....
Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 2014 - 2015)
The years are quickly winding down as the Recorder approaches 75. 2014 began with a bone freezing Polar Vortex. The forecast for Tuesday, January 7, called for patchy blowing snow with a high temperature of 3 wind chills could be as low as -37 before 4 a.m. After 4 a.m. there was a slight chance of snow with the daytime temp hovering about 1 degree with the wind chill warming to about -18 due to light wind of 10 to 18 mph. January 7 was considerably warmer than January 6 that broke temperature records in North Royalton that went back to 1994. The temps were -11 with a spritely 23 mph breeze c ....