St. Albert the Great debuts a new TV studio as a memorial

The memory and legacy of Kathleen Cochrane DePiero will live on with every morning broadcast at Saint Albert the Great School. Family, friends and colleagues from Fox 8 gathered Sept. 7 at the Wallings Road school to dedicate a new broadcast studio in honor of Cochrane DePiero, an Emmy-award winning reporter and Fox 8 anchor who died last December from influenza. She was 38 years old. Husband Dean, and the couple’s young children, Blake, 8, and Hadley, 5, who attend Saint Albert the Great School, participated in an emotional ceremony that included a morning Mass, ribbon cutting, unveil ....

Sep 19, 2018

Mayor and ODOT enter agreement for resurfacing of Rt. 82

At its September 4 meeting, the North Royalton City Council adopted an ordinance that authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the resurfacing project of Rt. 82.  This is not to be confused with the widening project, but will resurface an area of Rt. 82 that is not currently being widened. Even though a portion of the Rt. 82 widening project has begun, the entirety of the stretch through North Royalton will not be widened any time soon.  In fact, the portion between York Road and the eastern corporation line to Broadview Heights ....

Sep 19, 2018

City asks State for budget overage

The City of North Royalton has joined other Ohio cities in an effort, trying to encourage state officials to consider municipalities when they determine how to utilize a projected surplus of tax money in the state budget. On September 4, the North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution imploring Ohio Governor John Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly to distribute the state budget surplus tax dollars to municipalities. The legislation was sponsored by Mayor Bob Stefanik, Council President Larry Antoskiewicz and all of the North Royalton City Council.  The cities of Barberto ....

Sep 19, 2018

Council approves legislation to help regulate telecommunication facilities

Council unanimously approved legislation at their September 4 meeting that will help regulate new telecommunications  facilities, which include equipment, towers and antennas.   The legislation amends the city’s codified ordinances regarding regulations in public rights-of-ways. The new legislation amends Part Eight Business Regulation and Taxation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Royalton, which creates a new  Chapter 883 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers.  The legislation states that “increasing demand is being made on the city’s streets and rights of ....

Sep 19, 2018

“The goal is survival.”

‘Just because some coward with no coping skills comes in with a firearm, it does not mean they are in charge’: Meetings address school safety strategy That key statement – and many others – were discussed during a string of informational meetings aimed at educating parents about the North Royalton City Schools’ newly adopted safety strategy. “I wish I could tell you that we could prevent and guarantee nothing bad would ever happen, but that’s not our reality,” said Assistant Superintendent Jim Presot to parents gathered in the North Royalton High ....

Sep 19, 2018