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Council eyes future of Old City Hall

A decision is expected to be made on the fate of the old city hall, located on the City Green at the intersection of Rt 82, Bennett and Ridge Roads. The building was vacated in 2014, when the city’s administration moved to the old library building on State Road. Mayor Bob Stefanik said that the city has been seeking funding to rehabilitate the building, but there are no grants to be had. The City Green has gone through a series of changes since the inception of Royalton Township, which was established in 1818. The area was the home of the North Royalton Baptist Church, which was razed in 19 ....

Feb 6, 2017

Middle Schoolers provide their mealtime input

It’s lunchtime at North Royalton Middle School. Today’s choices include a freshly chopped romaine salad bar, a chipotle chicken station, a variety of whole-grain pizzas, and numerous grab-and-go options like hummus, fruit, and assorted vegetable cups. Children drift in and excitedly scan the day’s offerings. Many go straight for the make-your-own salad bar or chipotle chicken station featuring brown rice and add-your-own toppings like black beans, salsa and lettuce. These sorts of lunchtime options – where students are offered more autonomy in their meal preparation and consumption � ....

Feb 6, 2017

Thankful Vet stationed in Okinawa sends care package home

Wally Ohler is used to sending boxes - lots of care packages to special people all over the world, 162 countries. Ohler has lots of friends; the VFW, American Legion, private citizens, school kids, moms and dads who help sending those boxes. The care packages can only be sent through the United States Post Office in specially made and marked boxes specifically labeled APO or FPO. The Army Post Office serves the Army and the Air Force and the Fleet Post Office serves the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. Wally has been sending boxes to the men and women who wear the uniforms of the United States m ....

Feb 6, 2017

School Bond Issue slated for May 2 Ballot – School Board schedules open discussions and building tours

On Monday, January 23, the North Royalton Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution that would place a 30-year, 4.9 mill school bond issue on the May 2 ballot. The bond issue is in the amount of $88,900,000 and, if passed, will build one new elementary school to replace the three existing buildings, renovate as portion, demolish and build new at a portion of the high school and renovate the middle school. The resolution was unanimously adopted. “There is no way to use current funds to complete the $81million in renovations that the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission has stat ....

Feb 6, 2017

Community Meal program nears third year of sharing food, fellowship and blessings

The North Royalton Community Meal is approaching its third birthday. Fr. Edward Estok suggested the meal to The North Royalton Ministers’ Association in late 2013. Discussion and ideas were talked about at the meetings. January 2014 saw the pastors of the various flocks put the finishing touches on the proposal that would see the first Community Meal served on Sunday April 27, 2014. Once a month the freshly prepared meal is cordially served at St. Albert the Great ‘Lis Family’ Hall for all those who choose to come. Share food, share fellowship, and share the blessings that North Royalto ....

Jan 25, 2017

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