Fire Department looking for Food Bank donations
There is still time to drop off donations to the North Royalton Fire Department for their food drive challenge. The summer campaign started July 1 and will continue through the end of this month. The Fire Department is challenging residents to drop off “unexpired” food donations to the lobby of their main station, located at 7000 Royalton Road. All food donated will be distributed among families in our community through the North Royalton Food Pantry located at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church. The challenge is taking place this month, due to the inventory being low during the summer month ....
Leak is repaired and Splash Pad is now reopened
After another dry run, the North Royalton splash pad has reopened. An announcement was made that the splash pad reopened on Thursday, June 29, just before the Fourth of July holiday. The splash pad is located at Memorial Park, 14600 State Road. Last year, the North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted legislation that accepted the bid of Cook Paving and Construction Company to handle the splash pad project, which includes a shade structure. The splash pad is located between the playground, restrooms and pavilion, adjacent to the tennis courts. The splash pad project had been problematic ....
Students digitize and interpret WWII letters
Signed “Yours Till Victory” History is not just remembering a bunch of old battles, dates, and documents no matter how important they are. History is remembering people who lived their daily lives just like we do now. Since the founding of the little village of Royalton in 1818, people who lived here wrote in diaries, journals, and letters. Often they included little snippets of news from home and community that were included in the letters sent to men and women serving in the military at the fighting front during all our various conflicts. Letters from the hom ....
What’s on the Ballot August 8
The August 8 special election will contain one issue, a proposed constitutional amendment. The ballot will read as follows, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections: “Issue 1 Proposed Constitutional Amendment ELEVATING THE STANDARDS TO QUALIFY FOR AN INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND TO PASS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposed by Joint Resolution of the General Assembly To amend Sections 1b, 1e and 1g of Article II and Sections 1 and 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass. The pro ....
Council votes to place question on term extensions on ballot
North Royalton voters will have an opportunity in November to decide if they would like to make a charter change. The change would not only increase the term of Ward Council Representatives from two to four years, but, could potentially increase the actual term from its current twelve-year limit. If passed in November, some current members of the North Royalton City Council could potentially increase their term limit from twelve years to eighteen years, if they win in the next two Council elections. Currently, three members of City Council have already served two terms and two have served one ....