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Teenagers are not invincible – Mock car crash shows what can happen in an instant

Sirens shouted in the Performing Arts Center at North Royalton High School. Students looked like they were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. They weren’t auditioning for a TV show but took the stage during a mock car crash dramatization. On Thursday, April 28, approximately 400 twelfth-grade students gathered to experienced first-hand the aftermath of an alcohol-related automobile accident. Buzzed driving and distracted driving can also result in the same fate. “This scenario revolves around an alcohol impaired driver,” said School Resource Officer and organizer of the mock crash, J ....

May 4, 2016

City’s free Wifi hotspots to go live

According to Mayor Bob Stefanik, two of the four Wifi hotspots are set to be up and running. These “hot spots” would allow the public to access the Internet on their smart phones, laptops and tablets, by accessing a wireless connection with a certain area around each server. Servers would be located in each municipal building, which could allow users to remotely access the Internet within a certain distance from that server. Originally, the areas of Memorial Park, York Road Fields, Heasley Fields and the City Green were targeted for wifi access. The areas of Memorial Park and Y ....

Apr 20, 2016

What’s the Buzz? It’s the arrival of the 17-year Cicadas

The buzz you will be hearing shortly doesn’t have anything to do with current events or even politicians. The buzz you will hear will be the return of the 17-year cicadas, which are set to reveal themselves any time now. Some call cicadas locusts, but they are not locusts. Locust is a form of a grasshopper. They are often confused, as they both make a lot of racket. In Ohio, there are four species of these little creatures, three of which are cyclical, according to officials at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. There are also those we hear every year, called the annual dog-day cicad ....

Apr 20, 2016

Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1980 – 1982)

1980 - Start of a new decade. The Recorder picked out three or four things per year from the 70’s to highlight, here are a few. The 1970 Royalton Bears won the State Wrestling Title and St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church was dedicated in October. Royalton’s first large shopping center opened in ’73, Rego’s Stop-n-Shop opened in May. In July of 1975 the Royalton Chamber of Commerce and the Recorder moved to its present location on State Road. Finally! The new high school was formally dedicated in October of ‘76. The new Post Office opened in 1977. The White Hurricane ....

Apr 20, 2016

Residents invited to storm water fee workshop scheduled on April 25

Mayor Bob Stefanik has scheduled a workshop on Monday, April 25, for residents who are interested in learning about the proposed new fee through the Northeast Regional Sewer District’s Storm Water Management Program. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 14600 State Road, in Memorial Park. According to Stefanik, the meeting will discuss the new fees and how not only residents, but also homeowners associations and businesses can apply to receive credits toward those fees. According to Stefanik, Matt Scharver, Watershed Team Leader, and Dave Ritt ....

Apr 20, 2016

Former Princess North Royalton heads to Miss Ohio pageant in June

North Royalton High School Senior, Erin Simonek, continues to make her hometown proud as she competed in a Miss Ohio Preliminary pageant. She was crowned Miss Ohio River 2016 on March 12 in Mansfield. Simonek, soon to be 18, will be the youngest woman to compete for the title of Miss Ohio 2016. She will be joined on stage with Karolina Ulasevich, 2013 Miss North Royalton. Erin, a senior at NRHS, has held three titles in her high school career, including Princess North Royalton 2012, Miss Greater Cleveland’s Outstanding Teen 2015, and now Miss Ohio River 2016. Her mother Pauline said, “I a ....

Apr 5, 2016

Metroparks acquire North Royalton land for rookery

The Cleveland Metroparks, in an effort to enhance its ecosystem mission of conservation along the East Branch of the Rocky River, has acquired fourteen acres in North Royalton to ultimately create a natural resource reserve of 237 acres in the Millstream Run Reservation area. The acreage has been acquired in the “Heron Rookery Wetland” area, adding the fourteen acres to the current 20-acre “Heron Rookery Wetland,” adjacent to an existing 88-acre Metroparks property and a 70-acre Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District easement. This addition makes the area a Category 3 wetland ....

Apr 5, 2016

City Council discusses storm water fee

Two pieces of legislation were introduced at the March 15 City Council meeting that could ultimately affect the pocketbooks of North Royalton residents. The first ordinance authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Northeast Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) to settle litigation regarding the billing “C” district. The second ordinance would then authorize the Mayor to enter into a service agreement with NEORSD in order to include all of the city’s storm water districts within the NEORSD Regional Storm Water Management Program. Both ordinances were introduced by Ma ....

Apr 5, 2016

City administrations review deer hunting legislation

Now that the deer hunting issue was passed in the March primary election, it’s time for the city to get down to the work of writing the legislation that will determine the parameters of the program. All six communities passed the measure. In North Royalton, 6,395 voters voted for the measure and 2,968 voted against it. Last November, the North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a resolution that would allow a deer hunting measure to be placed on the March ballot. The resolution is one that also came in front of City Councils of the other communities in a regional effort to thin the h ....

Apr 5, 2016

Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1977-1979)

The North Royalton Kiwanis Club celebrated the completion of its silver anniversary of service to the community in January of 1977. In the 25 years that Kiwanis had been making Royalton a better place to live. In 1976 the Kiwanis had supporting blood drives, bingo and social activities at the nursing homes, the annual Easter Egg hunt, Annual Scholarships to the graduating classes of North Royalton High School, the after prom, support for children with learning disabilities, and donated a total of $2,856 for the benefit of North Royalton residents backed by over 2,046 man hours of good works. T ....

Apr 5, 2016