Local service clubs provide update on activities, meetings

The worst of the pandemic is over and local service clubs are reconnecting, regrouping, and in some cases, experiencing a renaissance. Following the recent folding of the Royalton Hills Lions Club, the North Royalton Lions Club has acquired several of its members, said Vice President Dan Lester. The pandemic has not slowed the Lions’ pursuit of service projects and members have held two successful fundraisers at Topgolf in Independence. Monies raised support the Lions’ many charities and causes including diabetes, vision and pediatric cancer. The North Royalton Lions Club has also held st ....

Jul 6, 2021

Stay-A-While Cat Shelter has a new place to call home

The felines, employees and volunteers of Stay-A-While Cat Shelter are days away from having a new place to call home. Nearly one year after breaking ground on a new facility at 12662 York Delta Drive in the Industrial Parkway, construction is wrapping up and moving day is approaching for the 70-some kitties who call Stay-A-While home. Stay-A-While Cat Shelter, which has been located on Akins Road since 1984, is a cage-free, no-kill shelter that provides a safe, loving environment for kittens and cats as they await adoption. If for any reason a feline is deemed unadoptable, it is guaranteed a ....

Jul 6, 2021

Recently found 1976 time capsule perplexes civic leaders

The mystery has been solved for anyone wondering whatever happened to the missing 1976 Bicentennial Time Capsule. And like any good mystery, the answer has been right under our noses the whole time – sort of. As local lore goes, residents gathered in 1976 on the City Green to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States. To mark the occasion, members of the Historical Society organized the filling of a time capsule with notable contents and materials from the time. Leaders dropped off the unsealed time capsule at one of the city’s largest employers at the time, Spectro Equipment, to ....

Jul 6, 2021

What a post-season run by the Baseball Bears

What a season! The North Royalton Varsity Baseball team had a successful 2021 campaign. With an overall record of 21-9, they were the Suburban League Champions, capturing the Division One Sectional/District Baseball Championship. They also defeated state-ranked Brecksville three times during the season. Those are accomplishments that will be talked about for years to come. The season ended in the Regional semi-final round at Louisville High School. Mayfield defeated the Bears 6-0, but that loss should not take away from thrills that the Bears provided to their fellow students, parents and fa ....

Jun 22, 2021

School Board News

The North Royalton Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 14. Assistant to the School Superintendent Jim Presot gave a brief construction update, stating that the demolition section of the 1950’s section of the High School has been completed. Site work is being completed to that front part of the building and preparing the front for the parking lot. The time line for that renovation is completion by October 31, given the current projections. Renovation work at the Middle School has begun and is expected to be completed before the start of the new school year. ....

Jun 22, 2021