Week in Review: Berkley Fire, School Rankings, Millage Discussion 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:

• : The festivities Aug. 17 will begin with sidewalk sales during the day and continue into the night with live music until 11, according to committee chairman Marc Coon.
• : No one was seriously injured in the blaze that occurred Wednesday in the 2200 block of Cummings, the Public Safety Department says.
• : Some items in a July 28 opinion piece are incorrect and others are either taken out of context or do not give a complete picture of the facts about the Aug. 7 ballot proposal, a DIA official says.
• : Karen Hagglund, a member of the Huntington Woods Public Library book discussion group, says she plans to give the device to her cousin as a graduation present.
• : 44th District Judge Terrence Brennan on Wednesday delayed a preliminary examination hearing on the evidence against 20-year-old Brent Smetana until later this month, The Daily Tribune reports.
• : But, because Adequate Yearly Progress now has more stringent requirements, the Berkley School District failed to meet the mark, even though a majority of its schools did.
• : Huntington Backpack Index says parents will pay as much as 6 percent more for supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade this year.
• : The Royal Oak festival, which runs Aug. 31-Sept. 3, will feature more than 150 artists, also including R.E.O. Speedwagon, G. Love & Special Sauce, Morris Day & The Time, Annabelle Road, Stewart Francke and lots of other local favorites.
• : Regular meetings will be held at 7 p.m. at the Avery Center in Oak Park.
• : Arcadia Publishing will produce a Berkley edition of its series on Metro Detroit history.
• : The kosher food pantry in Berkley introduces the option, which may be the first of its kind in Michigan, to help preserve clients' dignity.
• : Berkley High School student Maya Wilson's image of a vintage Ford under the Berkley marquee adorns shirts available for purchase at retailers throughout the city.
• : Jenny Sutton Jalet, who now lives in Ann Arbor, was part of a six-woman relay team that set a world record Friday in a bid to raise funds for ALS research, the Detroit Free Press reports.
• : A petition to reverse the Fireworks Safety Act of 2011 gains signatures as Berkley works to craft a proposed ordinance in response to the law.

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