Care & Share continues Thanksgiving meal tradition in a different way
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition. For the past 30 years, the Care & Share Thanksgiving meal at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church has been a tradition in North Royalton. Those who are new to our city, who may be a shut-in or who may not have any family in the area, have found fellowship at Royal Redeemer on Turkey Day, and they are served a great meal. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Thanksgiving meal will continue for its 31st year. “About a month ago, before I got the ball rolling for this year, I got in contact with my core group of volunteers and asked how they felt about doing this ....
City looks to Issue 1 for funding
The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution at their October 20 meeting that authorizes the Mayor to apply for assistance from the State’s infrastructure program. The assistance is for the 2021 Issue 1 funding year. This year, the project involves the West 130 Street and York Road Sanitary Sewer Improvement Projects. According to North Royalton City Engineer, Mark Schmitzer, “The W. 130 Street Project is to build the lateral connections from the existing sanitary sewer on W. 130 Street (Strongsville side) to the individual properties on the North Royalton side between ....
Police seeing uptick in fraud
In one 30-day period, 15 cases of theft by deception, fraud and/or identity theft were reported to the North Royalton Police Department. It is not unusual to get several reports in one day, according to North Royalton Police Detective, David Loeding. Many think that older individuals are mainly the victims of these types of crimes, but that is not necessarily true. “Fraud knows no age,” said Loeding. Last month, a resident received a call from a male who claimed to be a senior investigator with the Drug Enforcement Agency and Department of Justice. The resident reported that the male gave ....
One resident perishes from house fire
A North Royalton resident has passed away after being rescued from a house fire on Sunday, October 18. A call came in at about 1:10 p.m. to the North Royalton Fire Department regarding a house fire at the 13200 block of State Road. A 79-year-old resident and her 57-year-old daughter were trapped in the house. “We had some passersby call 911 after they saw the fire on the street side of the house,” according to North Royalton Fire Chief Bob Chegan. Mutual aid was called from the cities of Parma, Broadview Heights and Strongsville. He said that a resident was entrapped inside the house. “ ....
School Board News
The North Royalton Board of Education held their October meeting on Monday, October 12. The Board approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Five-Year Forecast., then approved additions to the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plant grants for 2020-21 as listed.:572-9121 Title I Expanding Opportunities for Each Child, $7,738.65. Patrick Farrell, Director of Personnel, introduced the new temporary High School Assistant Principal, John Dauber, who will be filling in for Julie Cole, who is on maternity leave. Royal View Principal Kirk Pavelich gave a presentation on the Bear Huddle program, which allows ....
