GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Echoing a sentiment likely held by other financial professionals, Grosse Pointe Shores Mayor Ted Kedzierski — a certified public accountant and attorney — declared, “It’s always the highlight of the year,” when the city’s auditors appeared in front of the Shores City Council Jan. 17.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — A youth who left a noose made from paper towels in the men’s restroom at Panera in the Village Dec. 30 will not be facing charges.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — After relying entirely on volunteer labor until this point, communications might be becoming a budgeted expenditure in the future in Grosse Pointe Shores.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The University Liggett School Players are tackling a sweeping tale of love and betrayal in their spring musical.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Members of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office aren’t a routine presence in the Grosse Pointes, but they could become more visible in the future.

GROSSE POINTE CITY/PARK — For those with substance use problems and the people who love them in the Grosse Pointes, “Hope” is on the way.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES/PARK — Several local and regional arts organizations could be finding a home for themselves in the forthcoming A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts and the Richard and Jane Manoogian Art Gallery in Grosse Pointe Park.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Continuing its legacy as the No. 1 golf club for Evans Scholars, the Western Golf Association awarded three Evans Scholarships to caddies at the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — As motorists and pedestrians know, the intersection of Mack Avenue and Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Woods is extremely busy and can be dangerous, especially when students from Parcells Middle School and even nearby Mason Elementary School are dismissed for the day.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — While no one appears to be trying to live on the streets of Grosse Pointe City, officials said they wanted to have the tools and regulations in place to deal with such an issue, should it happen.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — March madness has a different meaning for Grosse Pointe Theatre this year.

DETROIT/GROSSE POINTES — It’s only fitting that the Motor City is home to countless special vehicles, and each year, local residents and vehicle aficionados from across the globe have a chance to showcase their sweet rides during Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama, which this year runs Feb. 24 to 26 at Huntington Place.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — An allocation from the Grants and Community Services Division of the Michigan State Police will enable the Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety Department to install a school resource officer at Grosse Pointe North High School starting this fall.

GROSSE POINTES — Sometimes, there are no words. At church services across the Grosse Pointes last week, parents and students exchanged often silent hugs as they mourned the losses of two of their own

EAST LANSING — A mass shooting the night of Feb. 13 on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing has tragically claimed the lives of two recent graduates of the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Like most other police and public safety departments in southeast Michigan — including the other four Grosse Pointes — the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department is going to continue its use of Oakland County’s Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information Systems, better known as CLEMIS.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City’s financial documentation has once again passed muster with flying colors.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A purchase agreement between Grosse Pointe Park and the nonprofit Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation to purchase the former auto body shop Joe’s Garage at 1038 Ashland St. in Detroit has been amended because the city no longer needs the property for its Department of Public Works.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park’s newest public safety officer already has her colleagues behind her.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City has a new ordinance on the books with regard to vacant homes and commercial buildings.