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Turnpike noise wall to be completed this fall

Although the progress of the Ohio Turnpike Sound Wall Project has been delayed, the construction is still on target, expected to be completed later this year. City Engineer Mark Schmitzer said that he received notification last year that indicated that the bidding process for the project, which was originally scheduled to take place in June of last year, will be pushed to late summer/early fall, due to slope issues on the west bend. For that reason, added plan designs needed to be made and those details incorporated into the final plan, adding time to the process. The noise wall project alon ....

Jan 24, 2017

Two more local businesses are burglarized

Two more burglaries have taken place since the December 27 theft from Accurate Arms and Armor, located at 6834 Bunker Road. On January 3 a man and woman in their 40’s from Cleveland smashed the front doors of Discount Drug Mart, located at 5500 Wallings Road and stole cigarettes. Both appear to have lived together. Several days later, on January 8, the pair, and a 50-year-old man broke into the front door of Joe D’s Beverage, located at 5261 Wallings Road. At that location, they stole cigarettes and alcohol. Both thefts took place in the early morning hours. Security alarms prompted the p ....

Jan 24, 2017

North Royalton City Schools receives grant from Ohio EPA to purchase two school buses

North Royalton City Schools applied for a grant last fall from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the replacement of two school buses for next school year. The district’s grant was one of 29 that were awarded state-wide. North Royalton City Schools will receive $178,418.00 to assist in the replacement of four 2005 school buses with four new diesel-powered school buses. Each bus costs approximately $90,000 so with the grant, the district will be able to purchase two of the four that need to be replaced. Through the Ohio Diesel Emission Reduction Grant Program, the Ohio EPA ....

Jan 24, 2017

Heart and determination guide girls basketball team

Those are the words that will carry the North Royalton Girls Basketball team through the 2017 portion of their season. The squad starts the second half of the season with a record of four wins and six losses. The Lady Bears are battling through what any coach at any level of basketball does not want to deal with, the dreaded “Double I’s”, Injuries and Inexperience. But, North Royalton Girls Head Coach Matt Stricker says his team is not ready to wave the white flag. No way. “The coach of every team we have played against this season has told me how impressed they are with the heart t ....

Jan 10, 2017

School District holds special meeting to discuss future of bond issue

Voters within the North Royalton City School District may see the return of a bond issue on the May 2 ballot. In a special meeting held Jan. 4 at North Royalton High School, more than 200 people – including teachers, parents with and without children in the district, school employees, retirees and older adults, and civic leaders – gathered in the main cafeteria to hear district representatives share available options following the failed Nov. 8 bond issue that called for the construction of one centralized elementary school, and renovations to the middle school and high school including t ....

Jan 10, 2017

Ward 5 Councilman resigns, creates vacancy

Ward 5 Councilman Steve Muller announced his resignation at the December 20 City Council Meeting. Muller said that he was moving out of the city because he was recently married and moving closer to his wife’s job. The position was officially vacated on January 1, 2017. City Council is now looking for a replacement of the Ward 5 position, which is in effect until the end of this year. Muller was in the middle of his third term. The last time City Council had to make an appointment was in 2013, to fill the term of Ward 3 Councilman Don Willey, who passed away in office. Dan Langshaw was th ....

Jan 10, 2017

Look for increase in your sewer bill

This year, residents will again see an increase in their sewer bills. This is the final increase in the city’s rate schedule, that was adopted in 2012. The new rate goes from $81.45 to $84.71, starting this year. The sewer rate schedule was based on results from a $15,000 sewer rate study done by wastewater consultant, Montgomery Watson Harza. At that time, the rate was $52.52 per 1,000 cubic feet of water (MCF) It was agreed at that time to form the new sanitary sewer rates, per MCF, to be $67.67 for 2012, $73.41 in 2013, $75.30 in 2014, $78.32 in 2015, $81.45 in 2016 and $84.71 in 2017. T ....

Jan 10, 2017

Use tactics to help keep your New Year’s resolutions

Lose weight. Quit smoking. Spend more time with friends and family. Cut back on spending. Many Americans ring in the New Year with a resolution to improve some aspect of themselves. Statistically, more than half of the United States population makes a resolution each year, but the percentage of Americans who actually make good on their resolutions is too bleak to even report. So what are some tactics for keeping your New Year’s resolution so that by midway through 2017 your gym shoes aren’t collecting cobwebs in the garage or your credit card statement doesn’t continue to blindside you ....

Jan 10, 2017

Reward offered in gun shop robbery

North Royalton Police and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are working to solve a recent robbery at the Accurate Arms and Ammunition, located at 6834 Bunker Road. The theft took place at about 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27. Surveillance video shows the burglars smashing their way into the store with what is believed to be a sledgehammer. Seven rifles were taken from Accurate Arms, which is a federal firearms licensee, according to the ATF. They then fled in a stolen car. Less than a week later, on Monday, January 2, at about 4:14 a.m., police, who wer ....

Jan 5, 2017

Thoughts of Christmas: Giving is better than receiving

It’s been quite a year here at the Recorder. We celebrated our 75th anniversary of delivering the news to the residents of our wonderful city. Through our stories, we have documented the lives of our residents, and the progress our city and schools have made as our community grew and grew. We hope you have enjoyed reading about all the events that have transpired throughout the seven plus decades. Although our village has grown to a modern city of more than 30,000 residents, some things have not changed. In many ways, we are still a close-knit community, a place where people care about each ....

Dec 20, 2016