Number of white-tailed deer has been steadily declining

With the recent close of the deer hunting season, the North Royalton numbers are in. With this season’s end, North Royalton Chief of Police, Keith Tarase, reported the 2021-22 season’s update to the Council Safety Committee at their February 15 meeting. The Ohio Deer Hunting Season for 2021-2022, for archery started on September 25, 2021 and concluded on February 6, 2022, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Since the passage of the ordinances that permit the bow hunting of the white-tailed deer within the city limits several years ago, the number of white-tailed deer ha ....

Feb 22, 2022

School Board approves sale of Valley Vista land

The North Royalton Board of Education voted to approve the sale of the Valley Vista School property to a Cleveland-based development company at their February 14 monthly School Board meeting. The Board had resolved to sell the property at their July 12, 2021 meeting. Valley Vista, Albion and Royal View were the three elementary school properties that were vacated with the opening of the new North Royalton Elementary School in fall, 2021. The district has decided to keep Royal View and the Albion Elementary property will also be placed up for sale. The 21.88-acre Valley Vista property is on W ....

Feb 22, 2022

NRHS celebrates Pride in Academics for second quarter

North Royalton High School staff celebrated their students’ second quarter success in person and with their families on February 10 in the new Community Room. Families were treated to a breakfast with muffins, fruit cups, coffee and juice. Teachers nominated students in four categories (Achievement, Character, Engagement, and Leadership).They recognized more than 60 students and wrote personal nominations as to why they deserved their awards. At the event, every nomination was read aloud and the student was then surprised with finding out who nominated him/her. Every award winner was prese ....

Feb 22, 2022

Emma Kmet celebrates 107th birthday

On January 31, 1915, North Royalton was not quite 100 years old when a future North Royalton resident was born to Suzanna and Paul Demian in the Tremont area of Cleveland. They named their new addition, Emma Blanche Demian. Tremont at that time was positively cosmopolitan. Emma’s dad owned a corner meat and grocery store and later did furniture repair and refinishing for Cleveland’s high-end furniture stores. Emma’s mom raised Emma and her three sisters, Ellen, Elsie, and Selma. Emma recalls, “My mom made every meal from scratch and sewed all our clothes! Our parents gave us a happy yo ....

Feb 8, 2022

County to rebuild the West 130 Street bridge

The bridge that spans the east branch of the Rocky River on West 130 Street is scheduled to be rebuilt by Cuyahoga County next year. West 130 Street is shared by North Royalton and Strongsville, as it is the boundary between both cities. North Royalton City Council recently adopted an ordinance that recognizes the need and purpose of improvement. It gives consent to Cuyahoga County to participate in the cost of the construction. The ordinance states that North Royalton will participate with the county in the cost by an allocation from the county’s Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund, in order to ....

Feb 8, 2022