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.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society is known for rescuing pets, but this time, it could be said they rescued a city.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe South swim and dive has found consistency at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 State Finals in the last few years, posting two runner-up finishes since 2019.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Even as a child, Jared Lee Gosselin had an ear for music. He can still remember his first records — Run-DMC’s “Raising Hell” and Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.”

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — As a family lays its youngest member to rest, the fate of another hangs in the balance.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — One of the more historic rivalries in the state of Michigan, Grosse Pointe North and Grosse Pointe South went head-to-head on Oct. 20 at South High School.

News & Notes from the 10/12/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTES — In the Grosse Pointe Times’ coverage area, voters will elect mayors and city council members in the Grosse Pointes, as well as municipal court judges in Grosse Pointe City and Grosse Pointe Woods.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Anyone interested in becoming an appointed member of the Grosse Pointe Board of Education might want to start improving their typing speed now.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Rain isn’t the only thing falling these days. Autumn leaves have started drifting down onto lawns of late, and that means it’s leaf collection time once more.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe South has found itself stuck in a bit of a routine the past decade.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — From the recent international auto show in downtown Detroit to the ongoing UAW autoworker labor negotiations, the auto industry makes headlines on a regular basis.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A popular neighborhood park in Grosse Pointe Woods will soon be reopening with new play equipment that will keep a wider range of little ones active.