School Board takes first step toward bond issue
The North Royalton Board of Education voted on a resolution that will ultimately place a bond issue on the November ballot. On Wednesday, June 15, the Board voted unanimously on a resolution of necessity to place the measure on the November 8 ballot. This comes after two meetings on June 6 and June 9, where they discussed the recent community survey on the proposed facilities plan. The North Royalton School District recently distributed to gain input from the community one last time on the proposed district facilities plan. The survey was mailed to every household in the school district, whi ....
City Council adopts deer hunting ordinance
Two ordinances pertaining to the hunting of white tailed deer by bow hunting in North Royalton, introduced at the May 3 City Council meeting, were unanimously adopted at the June 7 meeting. This follows the passage of the measure at the March 15 Primary, where six communities all passed the measure. Broadview Heights, Parma, Parma Heights, Seven Hills and Strongsville joined North Royalton, in an effort to address the deer population problem on a more regional level. In North Royalton, 6,395 voters voted for the measure and 2,968 voted against the measure. “The voters recently spoke overwhe ....
Cyber criminals targeting small business and home computers
Members of the Chamber of Commerce learned more about how to protect themselves and their businesses from cyber attacks and breaches at their monthly luncheon meeting at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante. A presentation was given by Janet Gehring and Jim Kerr, owner of CRU Solutions, based in Middleburg Heights. Kerr began the presentation, stating that “work used to be a place you go to. Now, it’s something you do.” Today, not only personal, but company data is carried with us from place to place with cell phones, tablets and laptop computers, which makes that data very vulnerable. “This ....
North Royalton scores high in Cleveland Magazine ranking
The annual rating of the Cleveland Suburbs by Cleveland Magazine showed that North Royalton ranked in the top twenty. Of the 77 suburbs ranked for 2016, North Royalton placed 18th overall, First in Safety and 22nd in Education. Mayor Bob Stefanik thanked all city employees for their efforts to make North Royalton successful. “Thank you and congratulations to the Police Department and Fire Department for their efforts year-round! Many of the other rankings are due to the combined efforts of the remaining departments to make this a great community in which to live and work. Many people contin ....
North Royalton remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
On Memorial Day, words like respect, duty, honor, sacrifice are used by everyone in the country, not just by those who wear a uniform. North Royalton is one of the few communities in the area that have two Memorial Day ceremonies to honor those soldiers who gave their lives so we might enjoy the freedoms that we have. One ceremony was at the North Royalton Cemetery on Royalton Road. The other was at the Jeffrey Boskovitch Memorial at the Old City Hall on Ridge Road. North Royalton resident Jerry Parrish was one of several hundred people who came to honor those who served. “I came o ....
