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City approves contract for new Senior Center design

The City of North Royalton has approved a contract for the new senior center at the old Royal View Elementary School with FMC Architects LLC and Frank Castrovillari, who is the founder and President. Castrovillari has served as a Board member on the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission and Architectural Review Board. The School District and City have been in the process of securing an agreement to transform a portion of the former Royal View Elementary School into a City Senior Center since April. “I believe this is a prudent use of tax dollars and is an efficient utilizati ....

Oct 5, 2022

Schools are graded on State report card

The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) recently released the 2022 Ohio School Report Card for all districts in the state of Ohio. The State Report Card is one way to measure our educational system. The data used by the ODE analyzes performance of each district and is broken down into six components: Achievement, Progress, Early Literacy, Gap Closing, Graduation and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness. Achievement: This component indicates the student’s performance on the State tests and how the student performed overall, as well as if they had met the State’s thresholds. P ....

Oct 4, 2022

City to increase jail rates for 2023

The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that will raise the charges for both annual and per diem rental of the City’s jail cells for 2023. According to the ordinance, “the annual rate to be charged for 2023 be fixed at Sixty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($63,875) per jail cell bed and that the per diem rate be fixed at Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per jail cell bed.” Currently, the City has the cities of Parma Heights, Broadview Heights, Brecksville and Berea under contract. Those contracts expire at the end of this year. The ordinance was ....

Oct 4, 2022

School Board News

The September meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on September 12. The Board approved the 2022-23 appropriation adjustments. The Board approved the following transfers: 401-9022 Auxiliary Services - St. Albert to 401-9023 Auxiliary Services - St. Albert’s, $28,823.87; 401-9022 Auxiliary Services - Royal Redeemer to 401-9023 Auxiliary Services - Royal Redeemer, $13,578.33. Assistant Superintendent Melissa Vojta presented a report on enhancements to the advanced/gifted programming. A resident addressed the Board about what parents think about education in conjunctio ....

Sep 20, 2022

Good healthy info and fun at Health Fair & Family Expo

The weather was perfect for the annual Health Fair & Family Expo with the 5K Bear run and one-mile Wellness Walk on September 10. Runners gathered around the starting arch waiting for the official and timed start of the 5K. Age groups for the race went from 10 and under to 70 and older. Check in was 8 – 9 a.m. for an entry packet and a T-shirt. There were some people who walked in and signed up on the spot. This year the 5K Bear Run and one-mile Wellness Walk was coordinated by Hermes Cleveland Sports and Events. Nearly 50 runners participated in this year’s 5K, and many did the Welln ....

Sep 20, 2022

Fundraiser aids RhizoKids awareness and research

RhizoKids Ohio, Night at the Races 2022, Kickin’ It for a Cure is back on Saturday, October 8, from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Adalbert Keller Hall, 66 Adalbert Street in Berea. Enjoy an evening of action-packed horse-racing excitement with appetizers, dinner, dessert, free beer, wine & soda. There will be raffles, a silent auction, 50/50, and great fun for those trying their luck for a Big Win (18 years+), all for $75 per person. Each year the participation has grown; the deadline for purchasing tickets is October 1. RhizoKids was founded by the parents of Jake Cirner, who was diagnosed with ....

Sep 20, 2022

Harvest Fest canceled, will be part of Halloween Madness

Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz recently announced that the annual Harvest Festival that was scheduled for Sunday, September 18, has been canceled. He added that the Halloween Madness event, scheduled for Saturday, October 22, will not only go on, but be enhanced with some of the events that would have been included with the Harvest Fest. The Harvest Fest has taken place for many years, sponsored by the Holiday Lighting Committee. The event started as a fund-raiser to help pay for the holiday lights on the City Green. With Covid, the event had not taken place for a couple of years, just as other cit ....

Sep 20, 2022

November election will have GOP write-in candidate

Although Republican voters in North Royalton did not have a candidate for an Ohio House Representative to vote for in the August 2 primary, they will have an opportunity to elect a Republican candidate come November 8. The only catch is that they will have to remember the name of the candidate, write it in and fill in the little oval on the left. North Royalton resident and attorney Nicholas E. Phillips (Nick Phillips) has thrown his hat in the ring for the position of Ohio House Representative. Phillips submitted his declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the Cuyahoga County B ....

Sep 20, 2022

School Board News

The August meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, August 15. During the June 29 meeting, the minutes were questioned by Board Member Jeremiah Sawyer, who stated that the conclusion regarding discussion on parental/children’s rights at that meeting, was that the District’s lawyer was going to address the Board with policy options. “All he did, was come in and defend his recommendation,” said Sawyer. Board President John Kelly stated that, “He didn’t have any other options to present.” School Superintendent Mike Laub said that “I was under the imp ....

Aug 31, 2022

Outstanding community support for 4-H Jr. Fair Livestock Auction 2022

Results in record-setting proceeds for 4-H Youth and Scholarship Fund Local community businesses and individuals smashed auction records on Saturday night, August 13, at the annual 4-H Jr. Fair Livestock Auction at the 125th Cuyahoga County Fair, doubling the previous year proceeds, for a total of $61,680. The auction, sponsored by Animal Science Committee and the Cuyahoga County 4-H, brings to sale 4-H youth projects and items to benefit the Bruce Kucharski Sr. Scholarship Fund. Community support for the 4-H auction has grown exponentially. “In 2005, the sale rai ....

Aug 31, 2022