Council has plans for City Green after old City Hall comes down
Plans to demolish North Royalton’s old City Hall have been made and are in full swing. The decision was made on the fate of the old city hall by City Council at its March 21 Council meeting. 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. Mayor Bob Stefanik said that the city has been seeking funding to rehabilitate the building, but there are no grants to be had. The city green has gone through a series of changes since th ....
Air Bear makes a stop in Bear Country during annual Career Week event
“I feel sorry for the parent who has to go after this,” said North Royalton Fire Chief Robert Chegan, Jr., following the Career Week presentation of Albion Elementary mom Tina Duman. Duman, a pediatric flight nurse educator with Akron Children’s Hospital and mother of third grader Liam Duman, turned Career Week on its head May 17 when she directed the helicopter landing of Air Bear on school grounds. Air Bear is the pediatric rotor wing aircraft that has the important duty of transporting critically ill and injured children to hospital facilities. It comes equipped with tools to ease a ....
NR Safety Fair draws many to fire station for a fun day
At the 21st annual North Royalton Safety Fair, it was hard to tell who was having more fun, the youngsters, their parents or the first responders who were showing off their “tools of the trade.” Take, for example, North Royalton Police Officer Scott Cerrito. His Safety Fair was spent helping youngsters on-and-off the motorcycle on which he patrols North Royalton Streets. “I’d much rather do this than writing traffic tickets,” said Officer Cerrito with a smile. He helped youngsters put the flashing red and blue lights on, and gave each of them a bag filled with goodies, stickers and ....
Bennett’s Corners phase one development begins
The first phase of the Bennett’s Corners development has begun, which will be called The Shops at South Market. The new mixed use development will be the draw to the Bennett’s Corners area. Bennett’s Corners is the area where North Royalton meets Strongsville, Brunswick, Hinckley. The multi-city intersection has had development in the past years, but never on the North Royalton portion of the area. The development is proposed for the northeast corner of Bennett’s Corners, located at West 130 Street and Boston Road. The 13-acre mixed use development proposes restaurants and two nationa ....
School District ready to begin new building process
Now that the school bond issue has passed, it’s time for the district to be begin the process of the new facilities project. The North Royalton Board of Education met on May 17 to begin the planning of the design, construction and renovation of the new elementary school, middle school and high school. They discussed various construction methods, the overall time line, processes and legal obligations that will be involved with their work with the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission. School Legal Counsel David Riley advised the board on these measures. “The next step in the process is f ....
