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Plans in place for April 8 Solar Eclipse Bash

Although it’s still a few months away, the upcoming total solar eclipse is on the minds of some people in North Royalton. The once-in-a-lifetime event will take place on April 8, 2024. North Royalton schools will be closed for the event and plans are being made for a special event to take place on that date. North Royalton falls into the 124-mile-wide band in Ohio that will experience the total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon align in a straight or almost straight configuration. The solar eclipse occurs only during a new Moon, when the Moon moves between t ....

Jan 22, 2024

City Council passes 2024 Budget

The 2024 Budget for the City of North Royalton was unanimously adopted by City Council at their final meeting in December. According to Ohio law, Council must adopt its yearly budget by March 31 of that year. The measure was initially introduced in November and a special Finance Committee meeting took place on December 5 to discuss the budget. Council was presented with the budget, prepared by the Mayor and North Royalton Finance Director, Jenny Esarey after meetings with the various city department heads took place for input. The proposed 2024 budget totals $59,182,520.00, up from the total ....

Jan 22, 2024

Schools change monthly Board meeting times

The North Royalton Board of Education has changed the schedules of their monthly work sessions and regular meetings, after decades of a fixed schedule. For more than thirty years, the regular School Board meetings took place monthly, on the second Monday of each month, at 7 p.m. The following is the new schedule, which changes the meetings to mostly Thursday, but at 5:30 p.m. Regular Meetings School Board regular meetings are held in the North Royalton High School Community Room, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15; Wednesday, March 13; Thursday, April 11; Thursday, May 16; Thursday, June 20; ....

Jan 10, 2024

North Royalton again changes General Assembly District

North Royalton has again changed Ohio General Assembly Districts, after a new map has been approved by the Ohio General Assembly, as adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. The new district will be in effect for the upcoming March 19 primary election. The Ohio redistricting process normally takes place after each census. In 2022, the process was affected by anti-gerrymandering rules that were approved in 2015, plus lawsuits that were filed against the maps that were previously drawn. It took several attempts for the Ohio Supreme Court to adopt the newly created district map that identif ....

Jan 10, 2024

Council adopts new sewer rate increase schedule

The North Royalton City Council approved legislation that will increase the five-year sewer rates, beginning this year. The measure was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting and then passed unanimously at the December 19 City Council meeting. The plan, formulated by the Raftelis Financial Consultants, Incorporated, included recommendations for proposed rates for the next five years for the sewer enterprise fund, in order to support the revenues to support the sewer system. An enterprise fund is a government fund that is self-supporting by selling goods and/or services to the publ ....

Jan 10, 2024

Volunteers and Veterans take part in Wreaths Across America

The custom of laying a wreath in remembrance of fallen heroes is centuries old. Wreaths Across America continues this tradition on the third Saturday in December. In 1992 the Worcester family in Maine had a surplus of holiday wreaths from their evergreen farm. Mr. Morrill Worcester arranged for the extra wreaths to be placed in Arlington National Cemetery in an area that had few visitors to honor the sacrifices of those whose resting places are marked with a white stone. What began as one family’s gesture of remembrance has become Wreaths Across America. It now has over 1300+ participating l ....

Dec 19, 2023

Council adopts Marijuana legislation

The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a measure at its December 5 City Council meeting that would prohibit cannabis operations within its municipal jurisdiction. The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting. On November 7, the Ohio electorate passed a law that, among other things, legalized recreational marijuana. The law took effect on December 7. The Ohio legislature is currently in the process of tweaking that law. The possible changes are yet to be seen as of the writing of this article. This leaves municipalit ....

Dec 19, 2023

NRSD deals with bomb threat, later deemed a hoax

On Sunday, December 10, the North Royalton School District was one of many Ohio school districts that received bomb threats via email. In the end, there was no indication of a threat, but a case of swatting. Swatting is the practice of making a prank communication, such as a call, email, or text, “to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address,” according to Oxford Languages. In these cases, the communication was sent to schools. The North Royalton School District joined other local districts, such as Nor ....

Dec 19, 2023

Illuminated City Green brings Christmas Cheer

North Royalton welcomed Santa Claus and the Holiday Season to the City on Sunday November 26th with the 22nd Annual Christmas Parade and Holiday Lighting Ceremony on the City Green. It had been raining all day, but that did not dampen the spirits of residents and their children. They came to see the parade and excitedly waited for Santa to arrive on the big red fire truck. He did arrive with his elf and they made their way to the gazebo to help with the lighting before making their way to Santa’s Red and White House to welcome the children and have a chat. Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz and a gr ....

Dec 4, 2023

Council looks at Marijuana legislation

The North Royalton City Council is discussing a measure that would prohibit cannabis operations within its municipal jurisdiction. The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting. On November 7, the Ohio electorate passed a law that legalizes recreational marijuana. The law takes effect on December 7. The ballot language for the law that was passed, is to “enact Chapter 3780 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would: • Define adult use cannabis to mean marijuana as defined in Section 3719.01 of the Revised Code and establish the D ....

Dec 4, 2023