Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church serves more than 1700 Thanksgiving Day Care and Share dinners
It started back in 1989 when volunteers at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church at the corner of Royalton and Abbey Roads began the Care and Share Community Dinner. On that Thanksgiving Day nearly 30 years ago, volunteers served 100 dinners. In 2018, hundreds more volunteers prepared about 1,700 Thanksgiving Day dinners to be taken to shut-ins and to be served at the church. “Our preparations to serve the hundreds on Thanksgiving Day began on Tuesday, two days before,” said Paul Martin, a member of the Committee that oversees the dinner. “We prepared about 900 pounds of turkey plus all the f ....
Holiday Lighting adds a warm hometown feeling
Motorists and pedestrians traveling past the North Royalton City Green are once again being greeted by a tradition now 18 years in the making. The Annual Holiday Lighting and Christmas Parade took place Nov. 25 with a large crowd enjoying festive floats, visits with Santa, a commemorative gift, free hot cocoa and donuts, special performances and a turn with Mayor Robert Stefanik “flipping the switch” to illuminate the City Green and officially kick off the Christmas season. Mother Nature even threw in a nice surprise for event-goers – a near 50-degree day capped with sunny skies. “It ....
You’ll find the feeling of warmth shopping on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24
Small Business Saturday, a movement launched in 2010 by American Express, celebrates these sentiments and the bonds local retailers make that keep local economies strong. The day is heralded throughout the country on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which falls this year on Nov. 24. Dozens of small businesses dot North Royalton’s landscape, from home goods stores and giftshops to beauty salons to restaurants to dance and fitness studios to health and wellness stores to auto mechanics, machining and landscape companies and every service in between. In celebration of “shopping small,” man ....
Police officer investigated after charges challenged
A veteran police officer in the North Royalton Police Department is being investigated after a judge’s ruling challenged his charges of an OVI. A man was pulled over in April for a tinted window violation and a non-operating license plate light. The man was ultimately charged for those two misdemeanors, as well as OVI, Failure to Comply with Order or Signal of Police Officer and Resisting Arrest. The police officer initiating the traffic stop reported that the vehicle did not stop immediately when his lights were activated, but did come to a stop soon after he sounded his siren. He also rep ....
Thanksgiving weekend ends with Holiday Lighting of the Green
We’re entering that time of year when Santa Claus gets ready for his big day and holiday lights illuminate houses, buildings and trees. Santa has his calendar circled for Sunday, November 25, for a visit to the City Green in North Royalton. And you should, too! Santa will ride in the annual Christmas Parade and will take part in the Holiday Lighting Ceremony on the City Green. After the switch is flipped, Santa will visit with area children to find out what they would like to find under their Christmas tree or in their Christmas stocking. The Holiday Lighting Committee continues to keep t ....
