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Oakridge Pool offers memberships, lessons, spots on swim team

Oakridge Pool is a hidden gem in North Royalton and is the community’s only outdoor pool open to the public. Located off State Road, just south of Sprague Road, Oakridge isn’t only a great place to hang out all summer, but also focuses on the importance of water safety by providing swim lessons and the promotion of fun fitness opportunities for kids through swim team. The importance of water safety cannot be overstated. Everyone, especially children, should be able to swim. Sadly, this is not the case and per Safe Kids Worldwide, almost 800 children drown in the U.S. every year. At Oakrid ....

Apr 17, 2017

Discard old drugs safely on Drug Take Back Day – April 29

The U.S. Poison Control Center receives about 500,000 calls per year about young children who take drugs that were not intended for them. In most cases, the drugs belonged to a parent or grandparent. According to Safekids.org, 64,000 children go to the emergency room due to accidental poisoning. It is critical that all medications, both prescription and over the counter, are placed up and away from children’s reach and out of sight. Another way to protect children is to make sure all drugs that are not being used are being disposed of, totally removing them from the residence. In North Royal ....

Apr 17, 2017

Ciaccia-Fenos named to Planning Commission

North Royalton resident Jessica Ciaccia-Fenos has been named as the Mayor’s appointment to the city’s Planning Commission. The North Royalton City Council unanimously approved the appointment at its March 7 meeting for a term that is effective on March 7 and expires on September 29, 2017. She is filling the place of Cheryl Hannan, who stepped down to take the Council position vacancy of Ward 5, after Councilman Steve Muller resigned in January. According to the city’s Charter, the function and duty of the Planning Commission is to control the planning of the city and recommend regulatio ....

Apr 17, 2017

Metroparks adds archery to recreational offerings

North Royalton residents now have another form of recreation right in their back yards. They can add archery to the list of recreational offerings. The Cleveland Metroparks has converted the former York Road Picnic Area to an archery range. The area is located on Valley Parkway, just west of York Road. The new range, opened on April 1, offers twenty-two shooting lanes that can accommodate all levels of skill, ranging from beginner to expert archer. There are nine lanes, measured in yards; nine lanes measured in meters for competition shooting and four, ten-yard lanes for youth introductory cl ....

Apr 17, 2017

North Royalton Easter Egg Hunt was a hopping good time for all

Only in North Royalton can you have five inches of snow one day and 70 degrees and sun with a visit from the Easter Bunny just two days later. Yet, that is what happened on a lovely Sunday afternoon, April 9, when more than 300 kids from North Royalton lined the path at the Memorial Park in North Royalton waiting for their opportunity to search for hidden eggs. The North Royalton Kiwanis has been sponsoring this Easter Egg Hunt for over 30 years in every type of weather imaginable. “We have withstood snow, rain, ice and even the occasional beautiful day as we have had today,” said Linda A ....

Apr 17, 2017

Route 82 widening meeting held to explain scope of project

A public open house took place on Monday, March 27, at Royal Redeemer Church, hosted by the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works, regarding the widening and reconstruction of sections of Royalton Road between West 130th Street and York Road. The meeting was held to explain the project and upcoming tasks that will be taking place, including right-of-way acquisition. The project will begin just west of the Walnut Hills Drive/Rt. 82 intersection and continue east to just west of the York Road/Rt. 82 intersection. Matthew Wahl, Senior Project Manager and Associate Vice President of HNTB sai ....

Apr 3, 2017

Easter Egg Hunt is Sunday, April 9, at Memorial Park

Volunteers of Royalton Woods are busy filling eggs for area children to find at the upcoming Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 9. A few thousand plastic eggs will be filled with treats and scattered throughout Memorial Park with the help of members of the Kiwanis Club, and the North Royalton High School Key Club. The Easter Egg Hunt will be held from 2-3 p.m. behind City Hall at 14600 State Road. The children will be lined up by age groups: 4 and under, 5-to-7 and 8-10 years old, and will be sent out in groups in search of the colorful Easter eggs. There is no rain date for the Eas ....

Apr 3, 2017

Meetings set for new city recycling program

Residents are invited to attend meetings to learn about the upcoming newly enhanced curbside recycling program. The meetings will take place on Monday, April 17, at City Hall, Community Room number one, at 7 p.m. There will be a Shred Day on April 22 from 9 a.m. to noon, at Memorial Park. A meeting will take place directly after the event at the City Hall Community Room number one, at about 12:30 p.m. The program is scheduled to start on May 1. City Council accepted the bid of Rumpke Waste & Recycling Services at their January 17 meeting. This comes after Council reviewed several options ....

Apr 3, 2017

St. Albert the Great School goes high tech – unveils brand new zSpace STEM Lab

On March 17, St. Albert the Great Catholic School, in partnership with University Hospitals Parma Medical Center, unveiled its brand new, state-of-the-art educational technology in its new zSpace STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Lab. St. Albert the Great School is one of the only schools in Ohio to receive this new technology, which is expected to open up a whole new world for students. This extremely hands-on and visual way of learning was first introduced in California. According to zSpace officials, “ zSpace STEM Lab, consists of virtual reality desktops each outfitte ....

Apr 3, 2017

NRCS District’s Enriched Language Arts Students RISE to the Challenge with Research Projects

On March 22, the North Royalton City Schools’ Research and Independence Study Extravaganza (RISE) was held at North Royalton Middle School. Enriched English Language Arts students in grades three through eight conducted formal research on a topic of their choice and then combined their findings into the form of an Independent Study Project that was showcased to the public during the event. Samantha Lumpkin’s third and fourth grade classes and Tim Anderson’s fifth grade class researched a topic they found an interest in; Tim Anderson’s sixth grade classes chose an historical event to re ....

Apr 3, 2017