Demolition of Old City Hall will change look of the City Green
At about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, the building that was once known as City Hall came tumbling down. The old City Hall is located on the City Green at the intersection of Rt 82, Bennett and Ridge Roads. The building was vacated in 2014, when the city’s administration moved to the old library building on State Road. Prior to the demolition, asbestos abatement on the structure took place, at a cost of about $24,000. The city estimated the cost of demolition to be about $200,000. It is being funded through the city’s Future Capital Improvement Fund. The cornerstone and cupola were removed ....
Nick Margevicius begins pro baseball career with San Diego Padres
Nick Margevicius’ family has a new favorite baseball team. In the recent Major League Baseball Amateur draft, the San Diego Padres selected Nick, a left-handed pitcher from Rider University and from North Royalton, in the seventh round. Margevicius was the 198th player selected in the 2017 Draft. Nick’s baseball story can be traced all the way back to playing T-ball in the North Royalton Recreation League back in the early 2000s. “Nick played two years of T-Ball, one year of coach-pitch and three years of ‘Rec Ball’ before moving to travel ball,” said his dad Mark. From there, Ni ....
Changes continue at the NR Police Dept.
The North Royalton Police Department has had some changes this year, from the top, down. With the retirement of Chief John Elek in March, Sergeant Ken Bilinovich was named new Chief. In addition, there have been some retirements in the department, which needed to be filled. Detective Flo Ann Rybicki was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. She has been with the North Royalton Police Department for over 20 years. She holds an AA degree from Cuyahoga Community College. She started with the North Royalton Police Department as a part time corrections officer in 1995. She then became a full time poli ....
Residents now have option of Texting 911
Anyone experiencing an emergency in Cuyahoga County can now Text 911. The program began on July 1. Although it is recommended to Call 911, in some cases, this additional option is now available. Cuyahoga is now one of a handful of counties in Ohio that offer this service. When calling 911 from a land line, the call goes directly to the Southwest Emergency Dispatch Center, which North Royalton is a part of. If calling 911 on a cell phone, or now texting 911 in North Royalton, the call will go to the Cuyahoga Emergency Communications System (CECOMS), where the dispatch will determine the locati ....
City eyes EMS levy for November ballot
City Council introduced two resolutions at its June 20 meeting needed in order to place a levy on the November 7 election. The five year, 1.7 mill EMS levy would replace the current 1.7 mill levy which expires at the end of 2018. If passed, the new levy will then take the place of the old levy. The new levy will raise taxes, as it will be a replacement, rather than a renewal. This would be the second time that this issue would be on the ballot. The levy continues to help pay for the program, helping to fund the salaries of the city’s thirty firefighters/paramedics, equipment and operation of ....
