St Albert the Great has groundbreaking for new Parish Life Center
Construction has begun for Saint Albert the Great’s new Parish Life Center and should take less than one year to complete. Church leaders gathered July 9 to bless the grounds and share prayerful words during an official groundbreaking ceremony. Those in attendance included local government leadership, capital campaign chairs and committee members, parochial school leaders and members of the construction, engineering and architectural design teams, among others connected to the project who gathered to show their support and enthusiasm. The Wallings Road parish has embarked on a journey to t ....
Long-awaited Children’s Garden draws nature, admirers
For several years, patrons visiting the children’s section of North Royalton Branch Library have stared out at a large mulch bed just outside the space’s floor-to-ceiling windows. And for just as long, library employees have wanted to beautify that outdoor space, giving the branch’s youngest patrons something else to look at besides books, toys and motorists driving past on Wallings Road. Thanks to funding from the Friends of the North Royalton Library and the work of the North Royalton Garden Club, visitors to the library’s children section can finally see something besides the dry, ....
Ward 3 Councilman, Dan Langshaw, resigns after Council vote to bring charges
Ward 3 Councilman, Dan Langshaw, has resigned from the North Royalton City Council. On July 4, Langshaw posted his letter of resignation to North Royalton Mayor and Council President on social media. This comes after Council voted 6-0 to bring charges against him, after a recording of a questionable phone call to a city employee was released to the public regarding the recent jail closing issue. His resignation letter states that upon the June 30 special council meeting, “ the conduct of the President of Council denying the residents for or against me to even be heard, and none of you membe ....
Police body cams soon to be operational
The North Royalton Police Department will soon be fully functioning with the assistance of body cameras and dash cams. North Royalton Police Chief Ken Bilinovich said that the cams are expected to be up and running by the middle of July. Training for the new cameras began in early July, after the new standard operating procedures were completed by the Lieutenant in charge, according to Bilinovich. He said that the officers will have the cams turned on from roll call until the time they come back. “There will be no time when it will be shut off, except for certain situations, such as going i ....
Requests for assistance – and ways to find help – increase locally
It has been four months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic and in that time requests for local emergency food assistance continue to trend upwards. Terry Close, Mission and Ministry Coordinator at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, which houses the North Royalton Food Bank, said requests for help have jumped along with the number of people living together and cohabitating under one roof and asking for assistance. “It may be that adult children are moving back in with their parents or that two families are coming together to live in one household. We’re no ....