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School District announces fall reopening plan

The North Royalton School District recently released plans to open up schools for the upcoming school year in a safe and responsible manner. “While we have come up with the plans that best suit our community, things change rapidly,” stated school officials. “As events in our city, county, region and state change, so may our plans. We will communicate this information to you as soon as possible both via constant contact emails and on our website and social media sites.” The District’s goal is to give two options to parents for the upcoming school year. Option one involves in-person l ....

Jul 21, 2020

St Albert the Great has groundbreaking for new Parish Life Center

Construction has begun for Saint Albert the Great’s new Parish Life Center and should take less than one year to complete. Church leaders gathered July 9 to bless the grounds and share prayerful words during an official groundbreaking ceremony. Those in attendance included local government leadership, capital campaign chairs and committee members, parochial school leaders and members of the construction, engineering and architectural design teams, among others connected to the project who gathered to show their support and enthusiasm. The Wallings Road parish has embarked on a journey to t ....

Jul 21, 2020

Long-awaited Children’s Garden draws nature, admirers

For several years, patrons visiting the children’s section of North Royalton Branch Library have stared out at a large mulch bed just outside the space’s floor-to-ceiling windows. And for just as long, library employees have wanted to beautify that outdoor space, giving the branch’s youngest patrons something else to look at besides books, toys and motorists driving past on Wallings Road. Thanks to funding from the Friends of the North Royalton Library and the work of the North Royalton Garden Club, visitors to the library’s children section can finally see something besides the dry, ....

Jul 21, 2020

Ward 3 Councilman, Dan Langshaw, resigns after Council vote to bring charges

Ward 3 Councilman, Dan Langshaw, has resigned from the North Royalton City Council. On July 4, Langshaw posted his letter of resignation to North Royalton Mayor and Council President on social media. This comes after Council voted 6-0 to bring charges against him, after a recording of a questionable phone call to a city employee was released to the public regarding the recent jail closing issue. His resignation letter states that upon the June 30 special council meeting, “ the conduct of the President of Council denying the residents for or against me to even be heard, and none of you membe ....

Jul 9, 2020

Police body cams soon to be operational

The North Royalton Police Department will soon be fully functioning with the assistance of body cameras and dash cams. North Royalton Police Chief Ken Bilinovich said that the cams are expected to be up and running by the middle of July. Training for the new cameras began in early July, after the new standard operating procedures were completed by the Lieutenant in charge, according to Bilinovich. He said that the officers will have the cams turned on from roll call until the time they come back. “There will be no time when it will be shut off, except for certain situations, such as going i ....

Jul 7, 2020

Requests for assistance – and ways to find help – increase locally

It has been four months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic and in that time requests for local emergency food assistance continue to trend upwards. Terry Close, Mission and Ministry Coordinator at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, which houses the North Royalton Food Bank, said requests for help have jumped along with the number of people living together and cohabitating under one roof and asking for assistance. “It may be that adult children are moving back in with their parents or that two families are coming together to live in one household. We’re no ....

Jul 7, 2020

State legislation amendment helps School District’s bottom line

North Royalton School officials have just closed the books on the 2020 fiscal year financials. At the time of this writing, they expect that they will have ended on a positive note, partially as a result of an amendment to an Ohio bill that would reduce district funding. “Thanks to House Bill 164, the North Royalton Schools will see their reduction of funds decrease from $1.1 million to approximately $642,500,” confirmed North Royalton City Schools Superintendent Greg Gurka. The bill was introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives on March 25, 2019 and in the Ohio Senate on November 1 ....

Jul 7, 2020

Community Garden Experiences Growing Pains

The North Royalton Community Garden is not only growing like gang busters this year with the summer’s bounty of fresh vegetables, but also the garden, itself, is growing in size! The garden, since its inception has been very popular with residents, a waiting list is continually being maintained and updated. With that, there has been talk over the years about expanding the garden. Several years ago, there was a planned expansion, which was to take place with the assistance of an Eagle Scout project. Unfortunately, that did not take place. The garden committee continued to discuss various pot ....

Jul 7, 2020

Cemetery refurbishing continues

The facelift of the North Royalton Cemetery continues. North Royalton City Council adopted legislation at their June 16 meeting that approves a change order regarding the one of the cemetery projects that recently commenced. North Royalton’s main cemetery has been targeted for a sprucing up over the past few years by the City administration. The cemetery is located at 6170 Royalton Road, and is one of two cemeteries in North Royalton. The City started the process to refurbish the stone outbuilding, known as the receiving vault last year. The building once served to hold the deceased over th ....

Jul 7, 2020

Mayor reverses decision, jail now to remain open

On June 22, Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz released a statement stating that the North Royalton Jail will remain open, as an understanding was reached with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 15, Correction Officers. The agreement is pending an opportunity for the Corrections Officers to reduce expenses and increase revenue. “I am pleased for all parties that we are now able to work together with our corrections officers in a concerted effort to address the historical, annual deficits in the operation of our city jail, “ said Antoskiewicz. He had announced the jail closing on April 29. Th ....

Jun 23, 2020