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City looks to Issue 1 for funding

The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution at their October 20 meeting that authorizes the Mayor to apply for assistance from the State’s infrastructure program. The assistance is for the 2021 Issue 1 funding year. This year, the project involves the West 130 Street and York Road Sanitary Sewer Improvement Projects. According to North Royalton City Engineer, Mark Schmitzer, “The W. 130 Street Project is to build the lateral connections from the existing sanitary sewer on W. 130 Street (Strongsville side) to the individual properties on the North Royalton side between ....

Nov 3, 2020

Police seeing uptick in fraud

In one 30-day period, 15 cases of theft by deception, fraud and/or identity theft were reported to the North Royalton Police Department. It is not unusual to get several reports in one day, according to North Royalton Police Detective, David Loeding. Many think that older individuals are mainly the victims of these types of crimes, but that is not necessarily true. “Fraud knows no age,” said Loeding. Last month, a resident received a call from a male who claimed to be a senior investigator with the Drug Enforcement Agency and Department of Justice. The resident reported that the male gave ....

Nov 3, 2020

One resident perishes from house fire

A North Royalton resident has passed away after being rescued from a house fire on Sunday, October 18. A call came in at about 1:10 p.m. to the North Royalton Fire Department regarding a house fire at the 13200 block of State Road. A 79-year-old resident and her 57-year-old daughter were trapped in the house. “We had some passersby call 911 after they saw the fire on the street side of the house,” according to North Royalton Fire Chief Bob Chegan. Mutual aid was called from the cities of Parma, Broadview Heights and Strongsville. He said that a resident was entrapped inside the house. “ ....

Nov 2, 2020

School Board News

The North Royalton Board of Education held their October meeting on Monday, October 12. The Board approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Five-Year Forecast., then approved additions to the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plant grants for 2020-21 as listed.:572-9121 Title I Expanding Opportunities for Each Child, $7,738.65. Patrick Farrell, Director of Personnel, introduced the new temporary High School Assistant Principal, John Dauber, who will be filling in for Julie Cole, who is on maternity leave. Royal View Principal Kirk Pavelich gave a presentation on the Bear Huddle program, which allows ....

Oct 21, 2020

Building totaled after driver in burning car drives into gas station

On Thursday, October 8, at about 4:20 p.m., a call came in to the North Royalton Fire Department as a vehicle fire. North Royalton Fire Chief Robert Chegan responded with the crew, and came to realize that the car was on fire, as well as the building. According to North Royalton Police reports, a Parma resident was traveling east on Wallings Road when the interior of the car he was driving began to fill with smoke. He lost the power steering and brakes. He went through the intersection of Wallings and State Roads and drove into the Sunoco gas station/convenience store at the corner. Accordin ....

Oct 21, 2020

Dollar store moratorium legislation is adopted

North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted legislation that places a temporary moratorium on small box discount stores across the city. The measure was introduced by Ward 2 Council Representative Linda Barath, Ward 1 Council Representative Jessica Fenos, and Ward 3 Council Representative Joanne Krejci. It was also co-sponsored by Council President, Paul Marnecheck. Originally, Council discussed the matter to place the moratorium only in the city’s Town Center District (TCD). Generally, that area is located between Royalwood Road and Royalton Roads to the north and south, and State Road ....

Oct 21, 2020

Pandemic doesn’t overshadow church’s annual day of service

There’s something to be said for the three tenets of Saint Albert the Great Church’s Parish Service Day – compassion, service, community – and the fact that these pillars have held strong during one of the region’s shakiest times. Four days before the annual charity event took place, the Wallings Road church was just shy of reaching 1,900 volunteers signing up for various service projects to be performed over a two-day period – their typical net is around 2,000, said Denise Bobulsky, services and volunteer coordinator for Saint Albert the Great Church. Though this year’s charit ....

Oct 21, 2020

NRHS Installs Wall of Fame Interactive Kiosk in New Wing

As part of the North Royalton High School construction project, the District installed a 65-in. Wall of Fame kiosk (location in the building) that will display present and historical content. The community will be able to electronically access yearbooks, class photos, commencement programs electronically as well as click on other categories including athletics, academics, history, clubs/activities, arts, distinguished alumni and District-wide information. The content will be available both on the kiosk and on the District’s website. Anyone with internet access can view the content. A link ....

Oct 21, 2020

Community preparing to provide much-needed aid during Thanksgiving, Christmas

There’s been a “new normal” for just about everything in the seven months since the pandemic started, and the community is on the brink of another learning curve – navigating the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Employees of the North Royalton Food Bank are expecting requests for assistance to rise as stimulus packages run out and the larger economy continues to find ground. There’s been a 60 percent increase in the amount of people the food bank is serving, notes Terry Close, mission and ministry coordinator at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, which houses the North Royalton Foo ....

Oct 21, 2020

North Royalton City Schools Installs Stop Arm Cameras to School Buses

North Royalton City Schools’ mechanics have begun the installation of stop arm cameras to 13 of its District buses. These cameras are mounted on the exterior of the bus and give a clear view of the license plates of any vehicles illegally passing our stopped buses. This will be used, in addition to the driver’s report, to help the police issue citations to these drivers. After the District receives its nine new buses, there will be 22 total buses with stop arm cameras, which equals approximately one-third of its fleet. Mechanics in the transportation department also have begun the install ....

Oct 5, 2020