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Week in Review: Catch Up on the News You Missed

Check out lighthearted fare and breaking news from Berkley and Huntington Woods.

It was busy this week in Berkley and Huntington Woods, so we'd like to catch you up on what's new in the neighborhood. Here are some of the highlights.

  • On Monday, we wrote about freshman . “It was pretty exciting,” Alexis said of the beginning of her high school career. “It was a new experience. There was hard competition, and it was quite fun.” Alexis and her older sister, Erika, have proven to be a powerful punch at the No. 1 and 2 singles flights this season.
  • On Tuesday, we followed up on the busy Berkley City Council meeting that was held Monday night. The council approved a as the two cities consider a possible public safety collaboration. also was approved during the meeting at . Declining tax revenues and investment income, as well as uncertainty about statutory state-shared revenue funds, were key factors in the budget. But, there was good news: For the first time in several years, .
  • On Wednesday, we reported that the Huntington Woods City Commission officially approved during its meeting Tuesday night at . While general fund revenues are projected to decline from $5,713,434 this fiscal year to $5,581,610 in 2012-2013, the drop is less than expected. In addition, the rainy day fund remains funded above 15 percent, and property values appear to have bottomed out in 2010.
  • A beloved tradition played out Thursday evening as in Huntington Woods filled with young ladies wearing fancy dresses, their dates in coordinating tuxes and emotional parents snapping photos. Party buses ringed the grassy gathering place during the event, dubbed , before teens headed to the big dance at the Atheneum Suite Hotel in Detroit.
  • that would lessen planned cuts to schools and put aside money in the state's rainy day funds could mean fewer layoffs and less drastic cuts at the elementary level in the , officials said Friday, but it does little to allay concerns about a perceived loss of local control over education. 

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