GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park City Councilman Vikas Relan wasn’t always the most popular person at the council table — or with some members of the community — but that’s not why he entered the political arena.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointe Shores City Council reversed course on a controversial new vicious dog ordinance that included a ban on dogs classified as pit bulls.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS/SHORES/WOODS — Voters in Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods also cast ballots for the Nov. 7 election — they just had fewer choices than their neighbors in the City and Park.

News & Notes from the 11/23/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A piece of Grosse Pointe Farms history has been recognized in a unique way.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Many people aren’t comfortable using the “s” word yet, but as Michiganders know, measurable snow is coming.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Although roadwork is still taking place throughout the region, Grosse Pointe City is already gearing up for work that won’t be done until next year.

GROSSE POINTE CITY/FARMS — Here comes Santa Claus — on a brand-new sleigh that will usher him into the Grosse Pointes at the start of the holiday season.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Central Branch of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, at 10 Kercheval Ave. in Grosse Pointe Farms, is again open and serving patrons after a significant renovation and expansion project shuttered its doors for more than a year.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — In another hotly contested local election cycle, Grosse Pointe Park voters chose to retain Mayor Michele Hodges and named two newcomers to the City Council. They also just said no to marijuana — marijuana businesses, that is.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City has a new municipal court judge and a new member of City Council.

GROSSE POINTES/DETROIT — One of the Grosse Pointe Public School System’s top administrators has been recognized as an exceptional education official in the state.

News & Notes from the 11/9/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE PARK — The Grosse Pointe Park City Council this fall recognized some of the best work done by the people who don the Park Public Safety Department uniform.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Take a trip on the high seas aboard the S.S. American when Grosse Pointe Theatre stages the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical “Anything Goes” from Nov. 10 to 19 at Pierce Middle School in Grosse Pointe Park.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — ’Tis the season to be shopping. And to encourage residents to support their neighborhood businesses, Grosse Pointe City and The Village Downtown Development Authority/Main Street Grosse Pointe are again working together to offer free parking in surface lots on weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A preliminary examination for a Grosse Pointe Woods man accused of murdering his brother has been adjourned until December.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Residents, officials and others have been thanking Grosse Pointe City Municipal Court Judge Russell Ethridge a lot lately, as he wraps up his tenure helming the court. It turns out Ethridge is every bit as grateful as they are.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — From her secret hiding spot inside a cabinet, a young Tracey Booker watched in horror as her stepfather smashed a frying pan against her mother’s head.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe South High School’s Pointe Players are kicking off their theater season with a show that’s sure to get audiences talking.