• Leslie Ellis, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Huntington Woods-Berkley, MI

Email leslie.ellis@patch.com

Phone 248-303-4434

My family was a news family - we got the daily paper and discussed the nightly news over dinner. On the weekend, CBS News Sunday morning was part of our breakfast routine and we spent the first part of the day reading and swapping sections of the newspaper. With all that information floating around in our heads, you'd think one of us would have been able to beat my Dad at Trivial Pursuit. But, we never did - even when we teamed up against him! My first internship was in high school with the Rochester Eccentric newspaper. But I really caught the news bug at Michigan State University, where I studied history and journalism. I found a way to combine both subjects with jobs at The State News and the Lansing State Journal. Journalism, after all, has been called "the first rough draft of history." As luck would have it, I landed my first professional job near home at The Oakland Press and from there moved to The Detroit News. Despite its ups and downs, journalism has been a rewarding career that has allowed me to learn something new every day, meet fascinating people, be creative and serve the community!

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Sound Off on Right-to-Work Legislation

Leaders, including Berkley Education Association president Mary Lou Gleason and U.S. Congressman Gary Peters, weigh in on what's at stake.

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Berkley High School Marching Band Wins $1,000

The program received more votes than Rochester Adams High School in the final round of online voting in the My TV20 “Battle of the Bands” Bracket Challenge.

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New $1,000 College Scholarship Available

The Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools will award scholarships to six students per year beginning in April 2013.

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Standing Room-Only Crowd Turns Out for Woodward Transit Meeting

Officials from Berkley and Huntington Woods, public transportation users and interested citizens packed the Berkley Community Center on Monday evening to discuss the $2 million Woodward Avenue Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis.

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