Grants will add more Wi-Fi and Sidewalks
City officials recently received word that they will be receiving two new grants. Mayor Bob Stefanik is well known for going after as many grants that will help assist city coffers as possible. The city will receive a grant from the Elks for city Wi-Fi, as well as a grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), for a sidewalk project. On June 5, Mayor Bob Stefanik received notification from the Elks that the city received a Gratitude Grant in the amount of $2,000. North Royalton resident, Craig Fugitt, “Exalted Ruler” (President) of the Elks Parma Lodge #1938, was r ....
NRFD adds safety vehicles to its fleet
Both the North Royalton Police and Fire Departments are updating their fleets with new vehicles this year. The Fire Department has received a new ladder and engine, now called Ladder1 and Engine1. The Police Department will receive four SUVs and two motorcycles. On May 24, Ladder1 was delivered. That will be replacing the department’s current ladder truck that was built in 1995 and has been inoperable for several months. The city’s mutual aid partners have been covering in the case where a ladder truck would be needed, until the new truck is available for service. Communications are being ....
Sylvia Jensen, pageant director, takes final bow at 101
Sylvia Jensen (nee Salerno), 101, a beloved friend to many in the North Royalton community, passed away May 13, at the age of 101. Sylvia had been a part of the North Royalton beauty pageant since the year North Royalton celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1968. In addition to running the North Royalton pageant for 50 years, she also served as executive director of the Miss Greater Cleveland and Miss Cuyahoga County pageants. Throughout those years, Sylvia put her heart and soul into coaching beauty pageant contestants. She was their mentor, their teacher and their friend. Sylvia was an accom ....
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 ....
