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‘THEY SET THE STANDARD’
Ferndale celebrates its first state title since 1966 in a 44-38 win over South Christian.
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FERNDALE BASKETBALL ENDS STATE TITLE DROUGHT BEHIND STRONG SENIOR CLASS BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Ferndale head coach Juan Rickman aspired to bring a state title home to Ferndale High School when he took over the varsity boys basketball head coaching job in 2018, but he wasn’t the only person who held the same vision. “That was the goal,” Rickman said. “It’s funny because me and the athletic director, Shaun Butler, who recently retired, when he hired me, we talked about winning a state title within five years.” Butler, who held the athletic director position for 20 years, retired earlier this year. Not only was Ferndale’s state championship game against Grand Rapids South Christian on March 25 at the Breslin Center at Michigan State University See TITLE on page 6A
Berkley residents to decide millage increase in May 2 election BERKLEY — Berkley residents will have a big question to answer when they go to the polls for the May 2 election.
Residents will have a choice on their ballots of whether to approve a millage proposal for a Headlee override. In the lead up to the vote, Berkley held multiple informational meetings to provide an overview of the millage and to answer
questions from residents. According to City Manager Matt Baumgartern, the city is asking residents to restore Berkley’s millage rates, specifically for its operating and police/fire mills, by a total of 3.4581 mills and return the millage back
to the original 13 mills. Baumgarten said during an April 12 informational meeting that 3.46 is the number of mills the city has lost since voters’ last millage vote in 2012. The millage currently See MILLAGE on page 11A
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