Week in Review: Catch Up on the News You Missed

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 Memorial Day, we posted . We also reported on with more than 100 WWII veterans in attendance. “The nice thing about the film is that is going to be sold to raise funds to build a permanent World War II monument at ” at 13 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, said moviemaker Gabe Downey of Huntington Woods. .
• Students returned to on Tuesday after . Simon passed away unexpectedly Friday of natural causes. She was a teacher at Burton for 26 years, principal Maribeth Krehbiel said, and in the district an additional eight years. She was remembered by colleagues as loving and with "a sneak-attack sense of humor."
• as approximately 130 students graduated during two ceremonies at . Enrollment at the Southfield center for adult and alternative learning – which serves approximately 15 districts in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties – has grown so much in recent years that more than one ceremony was needed to accommodate all of the 2011 graduates.
• The inside the Baldwin Pavilion at Meadow Brook Music Festival on the grounds of Oakland University in Rochester. Pride was evident among the cheering crowd and in the fiery, touching and humorous speeches by administrators and graduates.
• A class of excited fourth-graders finally got to connect with the senior pen pals with whom they've been exchanging letters during a party Friday morning at the school. The meeting was the culmination of , with whom they have swapped letters each month.

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