Week in Review: Berkley, DIA Millage Requests Pass; Home Invader Takes Jewelry, Laptop; and More

We shared a lot of good information last week and want to make sure you didn't miss a thing, so here are some highlights:

• : Government officials and residents took to Twitter and Facebook to react to the news Saturday that Wisconsin's Paul Ryan was Mitt Romney's vice presidential nominee.
• : According to news reports, L. Brooks Patterson suffered broken bones as a passenger in an Auburn Hills crash but is expected to make a full recovery.
• : The following information was supplied by the Berkley Public Safety Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
• : The Berkley SummerFest event will be held Aug. 23, weather permitting.
• : The city is in second place in the Recyclebank and SC Johnson Green Choices Recycling Challenge among 50 communities participating across the United States.
• : The state agency has mandated that Title I schools with significant achievement gaps – such as Norup International School – must allow some students to transfer within the district beginning in the 2012-13 school year.
• : Incumbents County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and County Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard win the Republican nominations by a wide margin.
• : City Clerk Cheryl Printz says she is pleased with that figure, although a bit surprised by particularly heavy turnout at some polls.
• : City Clerk Joy Solanskey said she was pleased with the outcome and speculated that the Detroit Institute of Arts millage request and the Oakland County Commission race may have driven voters to the polls.
• : Craig Covey of Ferndale loses his seat to the Huntington Woods resident; Republican candidate Steven Zimberg, also of Huntington Woods, ran unopposed to represent the new 18th District.
• : Macomb County businessman Don Volaric will face U.S. Rep. Sander Levin in the general election to represent Michigan's 9th Congressional District in Washington.
• : The Huntington Woods resident will face off against Republican candidate Ezra Drissman of Oak Park in November.
• : Current U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow will face Pete Hoekstra in the November election after voters narrowed the field Tuesday during the August primary.
• : "At the end of the day, the community spoke. Now we've got to work together," resident Marc Herron says of the Municipal Operating, Police and Fire Millage Proposal that received 69 percent approval at the polls Tuesday.
• : The Detroit Institute of Arts millage passed in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties on Tuesday.
• : The following information was supplied by the Berkley Public Safety Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
• : Head Start serves children ages 3-5 living in Oakland County whose families don’t have access to traditional preschool programs.
• : "Everything really went well," Berkley Department of Public Works Director Derrick Schueller said Monday.

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