The March meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Wednesday, March 13. Board member Lisa Shuck was absent. The Board nominated Jackie Arendt for the Ohio School Board Association’s Recognition Award. Assistant Superintendent, Melissa Vojta gave an update from the Curriculum and Instruction and Teaching and Learning Team on the K-12 curriculum alignment. The Board approved the all-day kindergarten fees for the 2024-25 school year at $2,500 per year, which is the same as the previous year. The Board approved the following appropriation adjustments: from 001-General F ....
Council and administration talk trash options
Over the past few weeks, Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz and the North Royalton City Council have been discussing the options for rubbish/recycling removal. The current contract with Rumpke Waste and Recycling Services will expire on May 1. Council originally discussed the options with the Mayor after the bid openings on February 28 produced only one bidder, Rumpke. The bids included the following options: Automated Collection of Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Weekly; Automated Collection of Solid Waste Weekly and Recyclable Materials Bi-Weekly; Manual Collection of Solid Waste and Automated C ....
Council eyes addition of more surveillance cameras
The addition of a number of cameras was a topic of discussion at the North Royalton City Council’s March 20 Safety Committee meeting, with the additional cameras being more than just plate reading. North Royalton Police Chief Keith Tarase proposed the addition of five cameras to the City’s ten Flock Falcon cameras. North Royalton City Council had approved the lease of ten Flock cameras in December, 2022. Two of the cameras would be the same plate-reading cameras that would be added to the ten cameras already in place. Three of the Flock cameras would be Flock’s Condor cameras, which are ....
What’s on the March 19 Presidential Primary Ballot
It’s time to vote! According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, the following is what you will see on the March 19 Presidential Primary ballot for North Royalton voters *Note: Only races with competition are listed): DEMOCRATIC BALLOT: For Delegates-at-Large and Alternates-at-Large to the National Convention Dean Phillips Joseph R. Biden, Jr. For Representative to Congress 7th District Matt Diemer Doug Bugie For Justice of the Supreme Court (Unexpired Term Commencing 12/31/2026) Terri Jamison Lisa Forbes Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (General Division) (Full Term ....
Being prepared for disasters, natural or otherwise - Part 1
The topic of individual preparedness has recently come into the forefront, as reports of downed cell phone communications and potential threats to infrastructure have been in the headlines. Couple that with the usual seasonal potential of weather-related emergencies, and it makes it even more plausible to look at what, as an individual, you can do to be prepared. Some may not recall, but in 2003, North Royalton and much of northeast Ohio and beyond had a power outage, due to a problem with the electric grid, that lasted over two days. What would you do if there was no electricity or cell phon ....
