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Being Visible and Accessible is key says Superintendent Jeff Cicerchi

With the school year underway, new Supt. Jeff Cicerchi said he is "working in a great community with great kids and great families and a community that supports its schools."

Cicerchi brings a wealth of experience to the district most recently serving as Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction. Prior he served as assistant principal and principal at North Royalton Middle School completing a one-year internship in administration. His teaching experience includes teaching sixth grade English Language Arts, social studies and reading at the Middle School and ....

Oct 15, 2026

North Royalton Couple's Ebike Business is Booming

Belisa and David Rivera opened their Parma Heights business on March 1, held a grand opening and ribbon cutting at the end of April, and business has been booming ever since at Outspoken EBikes, located at 6477 Pearl Road.

The duo have a second location on the towpath at 1829 Merriman Road in Akron.

Their Pearl Road store features 5,000-square-feet of space, and so many different Ebikes, which stand as a testament to the growing popularity of this mode of transportation. Belisa Rivera said their customers come from as far away as Kansas ....

Oct 15, 2026

'Strength in the Community': Niko’s Bar & Gyros, Browns Backers Support David Smerek’s family

While on vacation with his family in Greece, Niko Moulagianis, owner of Niko’s Bar & Gyros, received news of the July 24 shooting that left building commissioner David Smerek dead.

“I’ve been in this business 35 years. I’ve been in North Royalton, for I believe, it’s been 14 years and I just dedicated myself — at the time this was my fifth establishment — and I just said to myself that I’m going to help out when it comes to local,” Moulagianis said. “A tragedy like that, anything I can do to help.”

Oct 14, 2026

The Kinney Bros helping the Bears win on the football field.

In High School football, it's not unusual to have a father and son coaching and playing for the same team. The North Royalton Bears have something a bit unusual this season familywise. The Kinney Brothers. Coach Joe Kinney is on the sidelines and junior Anthony Kinney is playing in both the offensive and defensive backfields.

Joe Kinney graduated from North Royalton High School back in 2025. He threw for over 4,000 yards in his three years on the varsity and completed 47 touchdown passes. This past off season, head coach Judd Lutz named Joe Kinney as an ....

Oct 14, 2026

Fall Ushers in with Apple Picking Time

It's the season when trees heavy with crisp, ripe apples tempt our tastebuds. When the apple harvest comes in you know that fall has arrived and a stop at Royalton Farms on State Road can supply you with 15 varieties suitable for everything for pie making, apple sauce, or just good eating. A visit last week found Bruce Grayson hard at work tuning up equipment while his salesladies, sisters Bree and Kylei Kosek, waited on customers. Grayson said his father, Dave, founded the farm in the mid-1960's but recalled when he was little, he spent summers playing on the property by the remains of a ....

Oct 14, 2026