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Bus drivers named School Bus Road-e-o state champs

On April 23, ten North Royalton bus drivers participated in the Ohio Department of Education North Region School Bus Road-e-o at Solon High School. The competition included a 100 question written exam and a Road-e-o course to test the 133 driver’s skills. After the nine hours of competition, the North Royalton team of ten drivers and ten judges/helpers tied with Wadsworth for first place for the best decorated area/team spirit. The North Royalton team had a total of four drivers in the top 25. Drivers Anne Marie Scharfenort, Karin Wolford, Jerry Niemira and Bruce Abbott finished in a tie for ....

May 19, 2016
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Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1983-1985)

1983 - The North Royalton City Schools offered enrichment classes on Saturdays for any student in grades three to seven. The classes were held at either the high school or Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School on Brecksville Road. The classes included introductions to Spanish or French, Beginning typing (word processing), Commercial Art, and Theater. A cooking class for aspiring chefs was also included. They were offered at a great price of just $12.00 plus any fees if needed. Classes were offered three times during the school year and ran for ten weeks. The newly establish ....

May 4, 2016
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St. Albert School has a surprise presentation for 12-year-old Duchenne MD patient being honored at Cleveland Clinic Children’s 2016 gala

The usual expanse of blue and white uniform shirts was dotted here and there by bright orange T-Shirts with a JOA logo on the front. Weekly Mass had just concluded for St. Albert the Great School as Principal Ed Vittardi took the microphone to introduce a representative from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Genevive Falconi, M.D. pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Brunswick office. Dr. Falconi introduced herself as John Owen Dumm’s pediatrician. She has known the twelve-year-old since he was a little bitty ten days old. She knows Owen and his family. Dr. Falconi asked, “What was cour ....

May 4, 2016
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Teenagers are not invincible – Mock car crash shows what can happen in an instant

Sirens shouted in the Performing Arts Center at North Royalton High School. Students looked like they were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. They weren’t auditioning for a TV show but took the stage during a mock car crash dramatization. On Thursday, April 28, approximately 400 twelfth-grade students gathered to experienced first-hand the aftermath of an alcohol-related automobile accident. Buzzed driving and distracted driving can also result in the same fate. “This scenario revolves around an alcohol impaired driver,” said School Resource Officer and organizer of the mock crash, J ....

May 4, 2016
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City’s free Wifi hotspots to go live

  According to Mayor Bob Stefanik, two of the four Wifi hotspots are set to be up and running. These “hot spots” would allow the public to access the Internet on their smart phones, laptops and tablets, by accessing a wireless connection with a certain area around each server. Servers would be located in each municipal building, which could allow users to remotely access the Internet within a certain distance from that server. Originally, the areas of Memorial Park, York Road Fields, Heasley Fields and the City Green were targeted for wifi access. The areas of Memorial Park and Y ....

Apr 20, 2016
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What’s the Buzz? It’s the arrival of the 17-year Cicadas

The buzz you will be hearing shortly doesn’t have anything to do with current events or even politicians. The buzz you will hear will be the return of the 17-year cicadas, which are set to reveal themselves any time now. Some call cicadas locusts, but they are not locusts. Locust is a form of a grasshopper. They are often confused, as they both make a lot of racket. In Ohio, there are four species of these little creatures, three of which are cyclical, according to officials at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. There are also those we hear every year, called the annual dog-day cicad ....

Apr 20, 2016
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Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1980 – 1982)

1980 - Start of a new decade. The Recorder picked out three or four things per year from the 70’s to highlight, here are a few. The 1970 Royalton Bears won the State Wrestling Title and St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church was dedicated in October. Royalton’s first large shopping center opened in ’73, Rego’s Stop-n-Shop opened in May. In July of 1975 the Royalton Chamber of Commerce and the Recorder moved to its present location on State Road. Finally! The new high school was formally dedicated in October of ‘76. The new Post Office opened in 1977. The White Hurricane ....

Apr 20, 2016
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Residents invited to storm water fee workshop scheduled on April 25

Mayor Bob Stefanik has scheduled a workshop on Monday, April 25, for residents who are interested in learning about the proposed new fee through the Northeast Regional Sewer District’s Storm Water Management Program. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 14600 State Road, in Memorial Park. According to Stefanik, the meeting will discuss the new fees and how not only residents, but also homeowners associations and businesses can apply to receive credits toward those fees. According to Stefanik, Matt Scharver, Watershed Team Leader, and Dave Ritt ....

Apr 20, 2016
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Former Princess North Royalton heads to Miss Ohio pageant in June

North Royalton High School Senior, Erin Simonek, continues to make her hometown proud as she competed in a Miss Ohio Preliminary pageant. She was crowned Miss Ohio River 2016 on March 12 in Mansfield. Simonek, soon to be 18, will be the youngest woman to compete for the title of Miss Ohio 2016. She will be joined on stage with Karolina Ulasevich, 2013 Miss North Royalton. Erin, a senior at NRHS, has held three titles in her high school career, including Princess North Royalton 2012, Miss Greater Cleveland’s Outstanding Teen 2015, and now Miss Ohio River 2016. Her mother Pauline said, “I a ....

Apr 5, 2016
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Metroparks acquire North Royalton land for rookery

The Cleveland Metroparks, in an effort to enhance its ecosystem mission of conservation along the East Branch of the Rocky River, has acquired fourteen acres in North Royalton to ultimately create a natural resource reserve of 237 acres in the Millstream Run Reservation area.  The acreage has been acquired in the “Heron Rookery Wetland” area, adding the fourteen acres to the current 20-acre “Heron Rookery Wetland,” adjacent to an existing 88-acre Metroparks property and a 70-acre Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District easement. This addition makes the area a Category 3 wetland ....

Apr 5, 2016
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