News Archive - Page 94 of 138 - Royalton Recorder

Local apple farmer harvests smiles

In the fall, there can be nothing better than taking a bite out of a crisp, locally grown seasonal apple. Thanks to a partnership with Royalton Farms, the city’s youngest residents are getting the tasty treat hand-delivered to their school buildings each week by Bruce Grayson, owner of the Royalton Road family farm that’s been cultivating apple varieties since 1982. Every Monday morning during apple season, Grayson loads his pick-up truck with bushels of his farm’s apples and drives them to the various school buildings by 7 a.m. – one bushel to each elementary school, three bushels ....

Sep 19, 2018

Health Fair & Family Expo, 5K Bear Run set for September 29

Unless there’s a doctor in the family, it’s not very often that a person has the unique chance to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with a physician, asking questions and getting one-on-one health advice and tips in an outdoor setting. But that valuable opportunity, and many others, will come Sept. 29 during the North Royalton Health Fair & Family Expo sponsored by the City of North Royalton, North Royalton City Schools and Southwest General North Royalton Physical Therapy. Back for its ninth year at North Royalton High School, the event will be held from 8:30 a.m. until noon Sept. 29 and f ....

Sep 19, 2018

St. Albert the Great debuts a new TV studio as a memorial

The memory and legacy of Kathleen Cochrane DePiero will live on with every morning broadcast at Saint Albert the Great School. Family, friends and colleagues from Fox 8 gathered Sept. 7 at the Wallings Road school to dedicate a new broadcast studio in honor of Cochrane DePiero, an Emmy-award winning reporter and Fox 8 anchor who died last December from influenza. She was 38 years old. Husband Dean, and the couple’s young children, Blake, 8, and Hadley, 5, who attend Saint Albert the Great School, participated in an emotional ceremony that included a morning Mass, ribbon cutting, unveil ....

Sep 19, 2018

Mayor and ODOT enter agreement for resurfacing of Rt. 82

At its September 4 meeting, the North Royalton City Council adopted an ordinance that authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the resurfacing project of Rt. 82. This is not to be confused with the widening project, but will resurface an area of Rt. 82 that is not currently being widened. Even though a portion of the Rt. 82 widening project has begun, the entirety of the stretch through North Royalton will not be widened any time soon. In fact, the portion between York Road and the eastern corporation line to Broadview Heights ....

Sep 19, 2018

City asks State for budget overage

The City of North Royalton has joined other Ohio cities in an effort, trying to encourage state officials to consider municipalities when they determine how to utilize a projected surplus of tax money in the state budget. On September 4, the North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution imploring Ohio Governor John Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly to distribute the state budget surplus tax dollars to municipalities. The legislation was sponsored by Mayor Bob Stefanik, Council President Larry Antoskiewicz and all of the North Royalton City Council. The cities of Barberto ....

Sep 19, 2018

Council approves legislation to help regulate telecommunication facilities

Council unanimously approved legislation at their September 4 meeting that will help regulate new telecommunications facilities, which include equipment, towers and antennas. The legislation amends the city’s codified ordinances regarding regulations in public rights-of-ways. The new legislation amends Part Eight Business Regulation and Taxation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Royalton, which creates a new Chapter 883 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers. The legislation states that “increasing demand is being made on the city’s streets and rights of ....

Sep 19, 2018

“The goal is survival.”

‘Just because some coward with no coping skills comes in with a firearm, it does not mean they are in charge’: Meetings address school safety strategy That key statement – and many others – were discussed during a string of informational meetings aimed at educating parents about the North Royalton City Schools’ newly adopted safety strategy. “I wish I could tell you that we could prevent and guarantee nothing bad would ever happen, but that’s not our reality,” said Assistant Superintendent Jim Presot to parents gathered in the North Royalton High ....

Sep 19, 2018

Lions Club honors member at NRHS football home opener

North Royalton City Schools made the first home football game on August 24 at North Royalton Serpentini Chevrolet Stadium a little more meaningful by holding a flag dedication before kickoff. The North Royalton Lions Club donated a 10 ft. by 15 ft. flag for the stadium in memory of Bob Serpentini, Sr. who served with the Lions Club for 45 years. He passed away this past June. After the announcer named those involved in the dedication, the American flag was raised as well as the Ohio and U.S. Marine flag. U.S. Marines and Lions Club members took part in the flag raising, and Bob Serpentini, Sr ....

Sep 4, 2018

Time to put safe driving practices in gear

Now that the new school year has begun, more attention must be paid while driving, especially in neighborhoods and near schools and areas where children play. Drivers need to be mindful of enhancing safety by following safe driving practices, especially in these areas. The North Royalton School District’s Transportation Department consists of a fleet of 66 Buses and six Vans, employing 50 Bus Drivers, eight Substitute Bus Drivers, three Van Drivers, and 4 Bus Monitors. The District is responsible for transporting more than 3,100 students each school day to 12 different buildings, traveling ....

Aug 31, 2018

North Royalton School Board approves new contracts with Non-Teaching Employees

The North Royalton Board of Education recently approved a new contract and compensation plans for non-teaching employees of the North Royalton School District. At the August 13 Board of Education meeting, the Board adopted the negotiated agreement with the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) and the compensation plans for the Central Office Professional Staff Association (COPSA), the North Royalton Principals’ Association, and the Central Office Administrators for the period of August 1, 2018, through July 31, 2021. The contract approves a two percent yearly increase for the ....

Aug 31, 2018