Royal Oak News

There will be no new recreation center in the city of Berkley's immediate future.

For some, downtown Royal Oak's proposed 10-screen theater and bowling alley, with its already-approved liquor license, is the harbinger of suburban ruin.

Royal Oak voters shot down a proposal to place a 2-year moratorium on bars opening with liquor licenses transferred from outside the city.

ROYAL OAK - Voters rejected a two-year moratorium on liquor license transfers in Tuesday's election, turning down the ballot proposal by a 2 to 1 margin.

Voters in Oakland County defeated ballot measures Tuesday that included a new tax to build a new community center in Berkley, a proposal to stop new liquor licenses in Royal Oak and another tax hike for services in Royal Oak Township, the county's most-taxed community.

ROYAL OAK/CLAWSON - It was the two ballot proposals that brought Joe Abramson out to the polls Nov.

TRAIN & UNCLE KRACKER: Train chugs into Michigan today toting opener Uncle Kracker, right, who likely will draw a hefty hometown crowd in this second area appearance supporting "Happy Hour," released last month.

ROYAL OAK - Organizers of the Memorial Day Community Parade will get more money from the city to hold the annual event on downtown streets.

The Royal Oak school board discussed today recommendations from the superintendent as to how it could deal with $3 million in cuts in state funding including not filling non teaching staff positions as they become vacant, the school board president said.

Oakland will be the first county in the metro area to deposit county tax dollars in credit unions.

The Planning Commission is to consider a plan tonight to put a complex of 10 movie screens, 16 bowling lanes and a large bar downtown.

A former Michigan soldier who lost his hand after an explosion while trying to disarm a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004 won a $4.3 million verdict today against the U.S. Army in a disability discrimination civil case.

A fleeing armed-robbery suspect surrendered today in the middle of Woodward Avenue when an officer fired shots at him following his crash of a stolen car near I-696 in Pleasant Ridge, police said.

Royal Oak Township, the poorest community in Oakland County, is also among the most taxed in the state -- and it's getting ready to ask residents to open their wallets even wider.

BERKLEY - Donnie Dykes said he decided to be a write-in candidate for three open City Council seats on the Nov.

ROYAL OAK - The young girl in the drawing had tears in her eyes. Her wrists, which had been cut, were bloody, said Tom Violante Jr.

BROKEN LIZARD: The guys who brought you lots of gross-out laughs in movies like "Super Troopers" are taking their raunch-fest on the road.

Royal Pontiac began campaigning Pontiacs in 1959 for national and regional drag-race competitions.

Right now, residents in the I-696 and Woodward area have to drive to Madison Heights or Birmingham to see first-run movies.

Compiled by B.J. Hammerstein, editor of Detroit.metromix.com. Contact him at 313-223-4528 or bjhammerstein@freepress.com . While everyone was buzzing Tuesday about Rihanna 's new single, "Russian Roulette," ex-boyfriend Chris Brown , who pleaded guilty in June to assaulting her, decided to rain on her parade.