Bowlers take to the lanes for North Royalton High School
After years of requests by parents and students, North Royalton High School is fielding a Bowling Team for the first time. The team is competing in the National Conference of the Suburban League. For those of you who do not know, bowling teams are made up of separate teams of boys and girls. Each match is made up of teams bowling two individual ten-frame games (with five bowlers on a team) and three so-called baker games. A baker game has a line-up of five team members each bowling two frames out of the 10. (1-6, 2-7, 3-8, 4-9 and 5-10). This brings the team element into bowling. The winner ....
Burger King closed for repairs due to fire
On Monday, December 12, a call came in to the North Royalton Fire Department at about 8:30 p.m. from a person driving by the Burger King, located at 5702 Royalton Road. The caller said that heavy smoke was coming from the smoke stack for the grease trap. There were flames in the hood that could not be put out with an extinguisher. Everyone was immediately evacuated. Mutual aid was given by Broadview Heights, who responded with a ladder, as well as Hinckley, Strongsville and Parma. CEI and Columbia Gas also responded. According to Fire Chief Bob Chegan, there was a pretty significant fire, th ....
Young entrepreneur's invention to be featured on ABC sitcom Black-ish Wed., Dec. 14
As CMO of the retailer Bear On The Chair, Symonne Harrison helps oversee everything from updating social media to reviewing product design to monitoring sales data. She’s just taken over the company’s Instagram account and will participate in a Meet-and-Greet event Dec. 18 at Learning Express at SouthPark Mall, where the Bear On The Chair product is sold.
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,” ....