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New shelter will be the “cat’s meow”

Like a lot of people, Beth Pearce grew up afraid of cats. Her family never owned any cats and she was never around them, so naturally the unfamiliar frightened her. Fast forward to 2020 and Pearce now spends her days around dozens of felines, serving as director of Stay-A-While Cat Shelter (formerly Bide-A-Wee, Scottish for “stay-a-while) in North Royalton. Pearce was there to celebrate July 21 as the shelter officially broke ground on a new facility set to open by spring of next year on York Delta Drive. The news is the cat’s pajamas for Pearce and her dedicated team of part-time employe ....

Aug 4, 2020

Proposed Charter amendments address several areas

North Royalton voters will be able to decide if proposed amendments to the City’s Charter should be passed in the November 3 election. A City’s Charter defines the organization, functions, powers and essential procedures of the local government, as a constitution does for a country. The Charter Review Commission’s recommendations were approved in the form of ordinances at the July 7 City Council meeting. The committee, that has been meeting since March, made their recommendations to City Council and the ordinances have now been adopted to place the measures on the November 3 ballot. Ev ....

Jul 22, 2020

School Board News

The August meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, July 13. The Board approved the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan grants for 2020-21 as listed. Title I-A Improving Basic Programs $357,086.10 Title II-A Improving Teacher Quality $92,470.27 Title III LEP $24,220.06 Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment $28,124.50 IDEA-B Special Education $924,094.46 IDE Early Childhood Special Education $21,820.87 The Board approved the following transfers: from 001-General Fund to 950-Athletics $55,000 *Yearly initial fund transfer from GF to Athle ....

Jul 21, 2020

North Royalton High School Teacher Puts the “T” in PTA

North Royalton High School English Teacher, Jonathan Dietrich, has earned the Ohio PTA “‘T’ in PTA Award” for promoting the PTA’s mission of engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for children to ensure they can reach their full potential. The award is voted on at a District Level and then moves on to the state level. North Royalton submitted to District 12, which includes 13 school district’s PTA groups. North Royalton was overwhelmingly chosen as the District 12 winner. Dietrich, or “Mr. D” as he is known, is passionate about helping all students and t ....

Jul 21, 2020

School District announces fall reopening plan

The North Royalton School District recently released plans to open up schools for the upcoming school year in a safe and responsible manner. “While we have come up with the plans that best suit our community, things change rapidly,” stated school officials. “As events in our city, county, region and state change, so may our plans. We will communicate this information to you as soon as possible both via constant contact emails and on our website and social media sites.” The District’s goal is to give two options to parents for the upcoming school year. Option one involves in-person l ....

Jul 21, 2020

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 ....

Jul 21, 2020

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, ....

Jul 21, 2020

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 ....

Jul 9, 2020

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 ....

Jul 7, 2020

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 ....

Jul 7, 2020