North Royalton resident leads Padua’s skating team to 10th state championship
Padua Franciscan High School’s Figure Skating Team won the Ohio High School Team Figure Skating Championship on Sunday, February 6, at Thornton Park in Shaker Heights. They claimed their tenth state title in school history. (Past championship years include: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010 and 2008.) This year in addition to winning overall first place, Padua also took first place in the Production Ensemble event, in which teams of eight or more skaters performed a themed group number. The team performed to music from Mamma Mia. The numbers are judged on illustration of char ....
School Board News
The North Royalton Board of Education’s monthly School Board meeting took place on Monday, February 14. The music group Royal Harmony performed was recognized for their various awards. The Board approved the following 2021-22 appropriation adjustments: - 507 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief from $3,993,716.42 to $4,018.124.42 - 516 IDEA from $1,333,565.38 to $1,343,511.77 - 572 Title I from $438,600.12 to $440,778.90 - 587 IDEA from $39,887.35 to $40,071.64 - 590 Improving Teacher Quality/Title IIA from $108,464.76 to $109,126.25 School Superintendent Mike Laub thanke ....
Paul Marnecheck hired as Brookpark Economic Development Head
North Royalton Council President Paul Marnecheck was recently hired as the Economic Development Commissioner for the City of Brookpark. His hiring was announced at the Brookpark City Council meeting on February 1. Marnecheck served North Royalton as the Ward 4 City Councilman from December 2009 to December 2019. He then was elected as North Royalton Council President, with his term starting in January 2020 and where he is currently serving a four-year term. Before being named Brookpark Economic Development Commissioner, Marnecheck worked for the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) and the Co ....
Number of white-tailed deer has been steadily declining
With the recent close of the deer hunting season, the North Royalton numbers are in. With this season’s end, North Royalton Chief of Police, Keith Tarase, reported the 2021-22 season’s update to the Council Safety Committee at their February 15 meeting. The Ohio Deer Hunting Season for 2021-2022, for archery started on September 25, 2021 and concluded on February 6, 2022, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Since the passage of the ordinances that permit the bow hunting of the white-tailed deer within the city limits several years ago, the number of white-tailed deer ha ....
School Board approves sale of Valley Vista land
The North Royalton Board of Education voted to approve the sale of the Valley Vista School property to a Cleveland-based development company at their February 14 monthly School Board meeting. The Board had resolved to sell the property at their July 12, 2021 meeting. Valley Vista, Albion and Royal View were the three elementary school properties that were vacated with the opening of the new North Royalton Elementary School in fall, 2021. The district has decided to keep Royal View and the Albion Elementary property will also be placed up for sale. The 21.88-acre Valley Vista property is on W ....
