Teachers are engaging in virtual opportunities for students

‘We’ve never been so compassionately connected’ Educators have always worked to inspire others and sometimes, if they’re part of a dedicated team and community network, they get inspired themselves. “I have observed people who are in their own ways dealing with what has changed for them personally, and I’ve seen them be the hands and feet of Jesus for someone else, to a point where I’m absolutely inspired,” said Heidi Malone, who serves as principal at Royal Redeemer Lutheran School. “I think God’s hand is in all of this. To see an extension of G ....

May 12, 2020

School district construction is progressing

At the April 13 School Board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Jim Presot presented an update on the progress of the construction at the various district facilities. School Superintendent Gurka noted that “construction at both our elementary site and our high school site are continuing. School construction has been deemed an essential business. Hammond Construction has worked diligently with our contractors to put precautions in place of social distancing, hand washing stations, sanitizing stations and we continue to move forward with both our projects.” Presot noted that construction con ....

May 12, 2020

Take the challenge and solve the Small Business Word Search

In these challenging times, it is more and more important to support

our local businesses that are struggling to stay afloat. Local businesses

have always been very generous to our community, always willing to

donate to a worthy cause. Let’s support our local business now in their

time of need. We’ve put together a fun Small Business Word Search.

While at home with some spare time on your hands, see if you can solve

the Word Search, then submit it to the Recorder for a chance to win a

gift card to Royalton Ace Ha ....

Apr 29, 2020

Rite Aid building razed to make room for Chase Bank

The building that previously housed Rite Aid has now been demolished and the beginning of construction of something new can be seen. The Rite Aid property, which is located at the corner of Royalton Road and State Road is where this has been taking place, and will be changing from a retail store to the home of a bank. Rite Aid vacated the property when they closed down that store’s location last year. Rite Aid was built in 1997 on the 1.37 acre parcel. The existing 11,316 square foot building was demolished recently and a new building housing Chase Bank is being constructed. The Archite ....

Apr 29, 2020

North Royalton City Schools dropped from EdChoice voucher program

The North Royalton School District recently learned that they will be taken off the list of Ohio school districts that were mandated to participate in the state’s EdChoice Voucher Program. Last year, with the adoption of the state’s biennium budget, it included a change in its EdChoice scholarship program that has added the North Royalton District, as well as other well-to-do districts to their program. The EdChoice Scholarship program offers scholarship to parents of students in underperforming public schools and for low income students. The scholarship is used to attend private school ....

Apr 29, 2020