Former Princess North Royalton heads to Miss Ohio pageant in June
North Royalton High School Senior, Erin Simonek, continues to make her hometown proud as she competed in a Miss Ohio Preliminary pageant. She was crowned Miss Ohio River 2016 on March 12 in Mansfield. Simonek, soon to be 18, will be the youngest woman to compete for the title of Miss Ohio 2016. She will be joined on stage with Karolina Ulasevich, 2013 Miss North Royalton. Erin, a senior at NRHS, has held three titles in her high school career, including Princess North Royalton 2012, Miss Greater Cleveland’s Outstanding Teen 2015, and now Miss Ohio River 2016. Her mother Pauline said, “I a ....
Metroparks acquire North Royalton land for rookery
The Cleveland Metroparks, in an effort to enhance its ecosystem mission of conservation along the East Branch of the Rocky River, has acquired fourteen acres in North Royalton to ultimately create a natural resource reserve of 237 acres in the Millstream Run Reservation area. The acreage has been acquired in the “Heron Rookery Wetland” area, adding the fourteen acres to the current 20-acre “Heron Rookery Wetland,” adjacent to an existing 88-acre Metroparks property and a 70-acre Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District easement. This addition makes the area a Category 3 wetland ....
City Council discusses storm water fee
Two pieces of legislation were introduced at the March 15 City Council meeting that could ultimately affect the pocketbooks of North Royalton residents. The first ordinance authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Northeast Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) to settle litigation regarding the billing “C” district. The second ordinance would then authorize the Mayor to enter into a service agreement with NEORSD in order to include all of the city’s storm water districts within the NEORSD Regional Storm Water Management Program. Both ordinances were introduced by Ma ....
City administrations review deer hunting legislation
Now that the deer hunting issue was passed in the March primary election, it’s time for the city to get down to the work of writing the legislation that will determine the parameters of the program. All six communities passed the measure. In North Royalton, 6,395 voters voted for the measure and 2,968 voted against it. Last November, the North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution that would allow a deer hunting measure to be placed on the March ballot. The resolution is one that also came in front of City Councils of the other communities in a regional effort to thin the h ....
Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1977-1979)
The North Royalton Kiwanis Club celebrated the completion of its silver anniversary of service to the community in January of 1977. In the 25 years that Kiwanis had been making Royalton a better place to live. In 1976 the Kiwanis had supporting blood drives, bingo and social activities at the nursing homes, the annual Easter Egg hunt, Annual Scholarships to the graduating classes of North Royalton High School, the after prom, support for children with learning disabilities, and donated a total of $2,856 for the benefit of North Royalton residents backed by over 2,046 man hours of good works. T ....