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North Royalton resident pleads guilty in police attack

A 58-year-old North Royalton man was indicted after he allegedly attacked a North Royalton Police officer. He was arrested on August 18. John Pugnea pleaded guilty to Felonious Assault on a Peace Officer and three counts of Aggravated Menacing. According to North Royalton Police Reports, a resident reported that he was threatened by another motorist after a driving altercation. The driver called police during the altercation, reporting the license plate number. According to the report, Officer Alexandra Bell spotted the vehicle and followed him back to his house to investigate the threat. ....

Mar 24, 2020

North Royalton Browns Backers earn “Club of Year” nod

“I just told them our story.” Out of hundreds of stories from around the globe, the story of the North Royalton Browns Backers, told by Founder Tim Rudnick, prompted the Browns Backers Presidents’ Leadership Council to name them the 2019 Browns Backers Club of the Year. To celebrate, the Cleveland Browns threw the North Royalton Browns Backers a private party March 10 at Niko’s Bar & Gyros where the club meets. Amidst a glowing sea of orange and brown, the spirited party featured a special meet-and-greet visit with beloved Browns alum Hanford Dixon, mascot Chomps, presentations by N ....

Mar 24, 2020

School Board News

The March meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, March 9. The following building presentations were given: “Lil’ Bears Preschool utilizes typically-developing peers in its continuum of services for students with special needs. These peers receive an outstanding education in pre-academic preparation based on the state standards of development. They also are valuable assets in providing models in the classrooms of language and literacy development, motor development, physical well-being, cognitive and general knowledge development, approaches toward lea ....

Mar 24, 2020

Seasonal flu and other illness in kids still relevant as COVID-19 takes over

On the day the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), North Royalton City Schools District Health Coordinator Carolyn Baetjer took time to address another virus that has taken a backseat in the wake of recent headlines – seasonal flu. Contrary to what parents may be hearing in their social circles and local news reports, the number of students who have called off school due to illness has been milder than usual, Baetjer said March 11. Each school building in the district submits a weekly report to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health that includes t ....

Mar 24, 2020

STAYING IN TOUCH WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ROYALTON RECORDER DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

March 16, 2020 North Royalton - The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce and Royalton Recorder remain available to serve you even though our offices will be closed to the public for the time being while we all deal with the Coronavirus emergency situation. The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has made the following adjustments based on recommendations from the Ohio Department of Public Health. These changes are effective immediately and will remain in place until further notice. 1. All face-to-face meetings and events have been cancelled or postponed. Alternative meth ....

Mar 16, 2020

Girl Scouts celebrate World Thinking Day

In the Girl Scout World, February 22 represents World Thinking Day, also known as World Friendship Day. It’s a day that Girl Scouts take the time to get to know and honor other cultures and countries. Last Saturday, the North Royalton Girl Scouts did exactly that with 16 troops and approximately 265 girls. The North Royalton Middle School was filled with food, music, dancing and plenty of worldly education on a wide variety of countries. Girls learned how to Polish dance, speak the Egyptian language and heard Fairy Tales from Belgium just to name a few highlights. This event is ....

Mar 10, 2020

Residents pedaling toward forming local chapter of Bike Cleveland

The wheels are turning for a group of residents interested in forming a local chapter of Bike Cleveland, an advocacy group promoting bicycling and safe transportation. Resident and cyclist Chris Brasdovich led a meeting last week at the North Royalton Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library to introduce his focus, exchange ideas with those gathered and discuss what it takes to sign on with Bike Cleveland. Since its formation in 2011, Bike Cleveland has worked to improve policy, infrastructure and legislation that makes roads more sustainable and equitable for people commuting with two wheels ....

Mar 10, 2020

New legislation reduces deer damage permit fee

The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted legislation at their March 3 meeting which will cut the Municipal Deer Damage Control Permit fee in half. Previously, the fee was $150 and thought by many to be too high, prohibiting hunters to participate in the program. As in previous years, Police Chief Ken Bilinovich gave City Council an update on the 2019 deer season statistics at the January meeting of the Council Safety Committee. At that time, Ward 4 Councilman Jeremy Dietrich stated that he thought the cost of the hunting permit should be reduced. “They are doing a favor for t ....

Mar 10, 2020

Council passes 2020 $44 million budget

The North Royalton City Council adopted the city’s 2020 budget at their March 3 meeting. Although Council has until March 31 to adopt the city’s budget, City Council has, in the past few years, adopted it before year’s end. This year, however, since there is a new Mayor and a new Council President and most City Council members, it was pushed into 2020, so all the new members could discuss and decide. “It’s the first time Council did it on this timetable,” said Council President Paul Marnecheck. The measure was unanimously adopted. The 2020 budget has a total of just over $43,9 ....

Mar 10, 2020

City to join State in Stake Against Opioid Lawsuit

City Council unanimously adopted legislation at its March 3 meeting that would join the State of Ohio to seek restitution for the opioid problem. The legislation states the city, state “and its communities have been significantly harmed by misfeasance, nonfeasance and malfeasance committed by certain entities within the Opioid Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; and the State of Ohio, through its Attorney General, and certain Local Governments, through their elected representatives and counsel, are separately engaged in litigation seeking to hold Opioid Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Participants a ....

Mar 10, 2020