Two more local businesses are burglarized
Two more burglaries have taken place since the December 27 theft from Accurate Arms and Armor, located at 6834 Bunker Road. On January 3 a man and woman in their 40’s from Cleveland smashed the front doors of Discount Drug Mart, located at 5500 Wallings Road and stole cigarettes. Both appear to have lived together. Several days later, on January 8, the pair, and a 50-year-old man broke into the front door of Joe D’s Beverage, located at 5261 Wallings Road. At that location, they stole cigarettes and alcohol. Both thefts took place in the early morning hours. Security alarms prompted the p ....
North Royalton City Schools receives grant from Ohio EPA to purchase two school buses
North Royalton City Schools applied for a grant last fall from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the replacement of two school buses for next school year. The district’s grant was one of 29 that were awarded state-wide. North Royalton City Schools will receive $178,418.00 to assist in the replacement of four 2005 school buses with four new diesel-powered school buses. Each bus costs approximately $90,000 so with the grant, the district will be able to purchase two of the four that need to be replaced. Through the Ohio Diesel Emission Reduction Grant Program, the Ohio EPA ....
Heart and determination guide girls basketball team
Those are the words that will carry the North Royalton Girls Basketball team through the 2017 portion of their season. The squad starts the second half of the season with a record of four wins and six losses. The Lady Bears are battling through what any coach at any level of basketball does not want to deal with, the dreaded “Double I’s”, Injuries and Inexperience. But, North Royalton Girls Head Coach Matt Stricker says his team is not ready to wave the white flag. No way. “The coach of every team we have played against this season has told me how impressed they are with the heart t ....
School District holds special meeting to discuss future of bond issue
Voters within the North Royalton City School District may see the return of a bond issue on the May 2 ballot. In a special meeting held Jan. 4 at North Royalton High School, more than 200 people – including teachers, parents with and without children in the district, school employees, retirees and older adults, and civic leaders – gathered in the main cafeteria to hear district representatives share available options following the failed Nov. 8 bond issue that called for the construction of one centralized elementary school, and renovations to the middle school and high school including t ....
Ward 5 Councilman resigns, creates vacancy
Ward 5 Councilman Steve Muller announced his resignation at the December 20 City Council Meeting. Muller said that he was moving out of the city because he was recently married and moving closer to his wife’s job. The position was officially vacated on January 1, 2017. City Council is now looking for a replacement of the Ward 5 position, which is in effect until the end of this year. Muller was in the middle of his third term. The last time City Council had to make an appointment was in 2013, to fill the term of Ward 3 Councilman Don Willey, who passed away in office. Dan Langshaw was th ....