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Chamber marks 100 years of service! A Look Back

The North Royalton’s very young Chamber of Commerce, called the Committee of Improvement, got busy with their first order of business, the placement of street signs. The first street sign was on Ridge and Royalton Roads. The Committee Board members consisted of President Mr. C.E. McCombs, who later became the first mayor, Vice President Mr. B. J. Gortner, and Secretary Mr. Annis. Under their guidance electricity was brought to the growing township. In 1923, electricity was to be run down State Road to Akins, across Royalton Road, and one half mile both north and south on Ridge Road. Subscrip ....

Feb 5, 2018

Celebrations planned for City’s and Chamber’s BIG years!

The year 2018 will be a banner year for the city of North Royalton, as it celebrates its bicentennial. Plans are being finalized for the festivities, which will start this summer. Mayor Bob Stefanik said that plans are currently being finalized. “We wanted to mark the occasion without going over the top,” he said. The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce will also be celebrating this year, as they have been in existence for one hundred years. North Royalton was founded in 1818, breaking away from the jurisdiction of Brecksville. One of the early settlers, Knight Sprague, named the township ....

Jan 22, 2018

Experts share info on new tax bill at Chamber luncheon

Taxes were the topic at the January Chamber of Commerce meeting which took place on Wednesday, January 17, at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante. Several representatives from the firm Walthall Rea discussed the current tax cuts and some of their effects. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was signed into law on December 22, 2017, by President Donald Trump. Dan Holben, CPA and North Royalton Chamber Treasurer, began the presentation and then introduced Susan Kornatowski, CPA, JD and Cynthia Kula, CPA/PFS, CFP®. The three addressed some of the changes in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which will general ....

Jan 22, 2018

North Royalton cemetery to get a facelift

North Royalton’s main cemetery has been targeted for a sprucing up over the past few years by the City administration and this year, the renovation will hopefully be competed. The cemetery is located at 6170 Royalton Road, and is one of two cemeteries in North Royalton. In 2008, Mayor Bob Stefanik’s administration started to target the renovation and long term maintenance of the cemetery when they started earmarking some of the funds from the proceeds of plots. Since then some sewer work has been done, as well as the replacement of the sidewalk in front of the cemetery, along Royalton Roa ....

Jan 22, 2018

NRHS Alumni Association honors the past and embraces the future

In the 1950s, just a few thousand men and women called North Royalton home. Gas and power lines had only recently been brought in and our municipality was still officially a Village and not yet a City. It was a tight-knit farming community, and those enrolled in school shared even closer ties. These relationships continue today in the form of the North Royalton High School Alumni Association. “All of my classmates were like my brothers,” said member Marlyn Cerino, a 1953 North Royalton High School graduate who earned her diploma that year with less than 50 others. She became an active Alu ....

Jan 8, 2018

City Council adopts five-year sewer rate plan

City Council unanimously adopted legislation at the December 19 meeting that will result in a change in sewer bills for most residents. The legislation, was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting by the Council Finance Committee of Council President, Larry Antoskiewicz, Ward 2 Councilman Gary Petrusky and Ward 4 Councilman Paul Marnecheck. The legislation was placed on second reading at that meeting, then on third reading at the December 5 meeting, with the final vote taking place on December 19. It amends the current ordinance regarding sanitary sewer charges in the city’s codi ....

Jan 8, 2018

City Green Project on Target for 2018

North Royalton’s City Green will get a facelift this year, after the removal last year of the old city hall last July. The City Green is located at the intersection of Rt 82, Bennett and Ridge Roads and has served as a gathering place for many events over the years. On December 19, a presentation was given to City Council by North Royalton Community Development Director, Tom Jordan, and representatives from Brandstetter Carroll Incorporated on the project. Jordan said that the city appointed Brandstetter Carroll, Incorporated as the architect to offer concepts to replace the old City Hall t ....

Jan 8, 2018

School community meeting shares facilities progress

Over one hundred residents braved the frigid weather to attend a community meeting that not only highlighted the progress being made on the North Royalton School District facilities plan, but also to participate in the finer details of the plan. The meeting was held on Wednesday, January 3, at the North Royalton High School Performing Arts Center. School Superintendent Greg Gurka began the meeting by giving the long history of how the district came to the point where it is now in the process, through the realization of the need, several failed bond issues, formalization of the need and ultima ....

Jan 8, 2018

City and Chamber of Commerce plan big birthdays this year

North Royalton proudly proclaimed its centennial in 1918. That year the “Great War” in Europe would come to an end. The United States did its part to help the Allies, Britain and France, fight the war to end all war. North Royalton, along with the rest of the nation, celebrated the Armistice of November 11. North Royalton welcomed home thirty-six of thirty-nine men, husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers, who answered the call of duty to their country. In victory the city mourned the loss of three that could not return to the arms of a loving family and a grateful nation. During that centen ....

Jan 8, 2018

Finding peace behind the glass – St. Albert the Great Nativity

The air is bitter cold and biting, but the scene inside is warm and serene. I stand in front of the Saint Albert the Great Nativity perched brightly along Wallings Road and grow transfixed by the majesty in front of me. Mary, the mother of Jesus, kneels with her hands crossed softly against her heart and takes in her infant son, just minutes old, or so I imagine. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, stoops lovingly by the manger with a look of adoration and amazement on his painted face. Lifelike sheep sit near and wispy straw lines the wooden floorboards. A peaceful angel looks on from the c ....

Dec 19, 2017