GROSSE POINTE SHORES — If you see a film crew shooting footage in Grosse Pointe Shores this summer, they’re not creating the next Hollywood blockbuster — they’re making a promotional video spotlighting the city.

News & Notes from the 6/22/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Not all artists create using canvases or clay — some of them make their masterpieces with a needle and thread.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — As July 4 draws near, people will have a new monument to visit that commemorates the sacrifices made by World War II soldiers.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms residents and their guests have a new way to spend their Thursday evenings this summer.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A Grosse Pointe Woods neighborhood park is about to get a makeover.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe South baseball’s 2023 senior class continued the culture and tradition that coach Dan Griesbaum has established at south for the 40 years he’s held the head coach position.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms residents and their guests don’t need to travel to find something enjoyable to do over the July 4 weekend — all they need to do is head to Pier Park.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — It’s been a staple at Grosse Pointe North girls soccer practices in the nine seasons that head coach Olivia Dallaire has been at the helm.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Following the tragic deaths of three young adults from drug overdoses in a single day in June in Grosse Pointe Woods, city and community leaders are responding by organizing a Narcan training event.

METRO DETROIT — If you live or work somewhere close to Lake St. Clair, you’re likely familiar with fishflies — the winged insects that seem to arrive in swarms every summer, covering buildings, fluttering around streetlights after dark, and dying en masse under said streetlights, creating stinky piles of bug carcasses.

News & Notes from the 6/7/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE CITY — To paraphrase a Bob Dylan song, the signs, they are a-changin’. Along with a new name, the former Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, is getting a new sign.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Car design afficionados and children taking their dads out for Father’s Day will be among those enjoying the remarkable vehicles on display during the 36th annual EyesOn Design from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 18 on the grounds of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores.

GROSSE POINTE CITY/PARK — Grosse Pointe City has inked a new agreement with Grosse Pointe Park to use the Park’s public safety dispatching services for 911 emergency calls.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Two Macomb Area Conference-Red league titles, three-straight winning seasons and a culture that keeps on growing year after year — Grosse Pointe South’s 2023 senior class did its job and more since first stepping onto the field.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — There’s a hockey dynasty emerging in Grosse Pointe Woods.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The discovery of a pipe bomb at Pier Park in Grosse Pointe Farms the morning of June 2 led to a complete shutdown of the park as multiple law enforcement agencies converged on the scene to check for any other explosive devices.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — “That fire seems to have a life of its own.”

News & Notes for the 5/24/23 Grosse Pointe Times