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Royal Redeemer dedication to Servant Saturday continues

It’s going to take something more than COVID to bring Servant Saturday to a halt. For the past 15 years, members of Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church have dedicated a Saturday in the spring and fall to help others in North Royalton and surrounding communities with various projects. Some of the activities involve raking leaves, yard work and household chores. Other activities involve playing bingo with nursing home residents and cleaning up animal shelters and parks. “Being the ‘hands and feet’ of Jesus is about sharing the love of Christ in tangible and practical ways, and that’s what ....

Oct 5, 2021

St. Albert the Great Pet Blessing was a drive-by success

For more than a decade, St. Albert the Great has had a Blessing of the Pets on the first Sunday of October in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of dogs and animals. The one o’clock pet blessing was about to begin, but the usual gathering of pets on the lawn was missing. This year the pet blessing took place as a drive-by. Cars began to line up at 12:45 p.m., after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. The drive-by concept was certainly different, but done due to Covid precautions. As the Church carillon chimed the one o’clock hour, there were about 100 cars lined up and ready for their pets ....

Oct 5, 2021

City eyes Storefront Renovation Rebate Program

Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz and Council President Paul Marnecheck recently introduced legislation that would enable the city to start a storefront renovation rebate program for local businesses. The program has been designed by Community Development Coordinator Tom Jordan. According to Antoskiewicz, his office will be responsible for the implementation and administration of the program. According to North Royalton Finance Director Eric Dean, the City has “$50,000 as part of our original budget for the 2021 storefront program. This is budgeted for out of the City’s General Fund, through the E ....

Oct 5, 2021

Awareness and technology can help to apprehend vandals

Since September 11, residents in the Nottingham and Timber Ridge Estates, as well as Lytle Road have been the victims to various forms of vandalism. Several homes were egged, some mail boxes were removed and strewn about and a political yard sign was deconstructed and left on the lawn. Most of the incidents were reported on September 11, around midnight, September 17 and the evening of September 25. Residents on Lytle Road, Harrow Place, Greyfriars and Fawnhaven called in the reports. Although there have not been a lot of formal reports filed regarding this mayhem, there have been quite a nu ....

Oct 5, 2021

Drive-thru Pet Blessing at St. Albert the Great Church on October 3

St. Albert the Great Parish has marked the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on the first Sunday in October with a blessing of our pets since 2014. St. Francis is associated with a love of nature through his beautiful prayer, The Canticle of the Sun, which praises the beautiful elements of nature and the earth as God’s gifts to humans. St. Francis is also credited with saving a village from a wolf that was ravaging the sheep and terrorizing villagers. St. Francis talked to the wolf and as a result, it didn’t terrorize the village, was always fed by the villagers and everyone was safe and happ ....

Sep 21, 2021

School Board News from September 13 meeting

The September meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on September 13. One resident addressed the Board regarding questions on the COVID mask mandates. The Board approved the 2021-22 appropriation adjustments. The Board adopted the comprehensive continuous improvement plan for 2021-22 as listed: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III, $2,734,776.89 Title I - Expanding Opportunities for Each Child $11,902.05 The Board authorized a Guaranteed Maximum Price amendment for the abatement of Royal View Elementary School not to exceed $250,000. The Board author ....

Sep 21, 2021

St. Albert the Great’s Purple Star designation is renewed

The Ohio Department of Education announced that St. Albert the Great School is among the schools to have its Purple Star designation renewed for 2021-2024. The Purple Star Award indicates the school is military friendly and shows a major commitment to students and families that are connected to the United States military. St. Albert first received the award in 2017. This designation is earned by schools that demonstrate support of active duty, reserve and veteran military members and their families. Here are some of the activities undertaken by the St. Albert the Great community to support ....

Sep 21, 2021

Operation Christmas Child prepares for holiday giving, accepting donations

It’s almost the Christmas season again, which means time to request those Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes, pack them, and get them to Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church (RRLC) for inspection and packing, ready for the national collection. If you are unfamiliar with Operation Christmas Child, it is a program of Samaritan’s Purse a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine w ....

Sep 21, 2021

Plans begin for vacated elementary schools

At the September 13 North Royalton School Board meeting, the Board of Education voted to authorize the district to abate the asbestos from the three vacated elementary school buildings and the demolish two of them. The three schools have been vacated now that the new elementary school is open. Albion Elementary was constructed in 1956 and had additions in 1976 and 1988. Valley Vista originally opened in 1960 and then in 1962 the balance of the building was completed. In 1988 the new addition was dedicated. Royal View Elementary was built in 1965 and then had an addition in 1988. The Board aut ....

Sep 21, 2021

After ribbon cutting, new North Royalton Elementary School is open

It was a bright sunny day on Saturday, August 28, when the ribbon was cut opening the new North Royalton Elementary School building. The new structure is located at 16400 State Road adjacent to the Cleveland Metroparks Valley Parkway. If you haven’t seen the building, its design is similar to that of the capital letter “E”. There are two playgrounds/courtyards located in the open part of the “E” facing the Metropark. The east wing houses pre-school and kindergarten students, the middle wing is for first and second graders and the west wing is for third and fourth graders. As you ....

Sep 21, 2021