Grosse Pointe Times

Published October 1, 2019

Library board awards contract for building improvements

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/PARK/FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Public Library staff has plans to break ground on several building renovations this spring.

Published October 1, 2019

Full Circle Foundation celebrates 10-year anniversary

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Anyone perusing Full Circle Foundation’s Upscale Resale Shop on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons is sure to receive a warm welcome from Dwayne Wilcox.

Published October 1, 2019

Grosse Pointe Park dog park proposal turns into a dogfight

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A proposed dog park at Patterson Park sparked intense debate during a Sept. 23 Grosse Pointe Park City Council meeting.

Published September 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Shores resident’s tip leads to arrest of larceny suspects

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Two suspects believed to be responsible for a number of local larcenies from vehicles were arrested after police got a tip from a Grosse Pointe Shores resident who reportedly saw the suspects in the act.

Published September 30, 2019

Donate bicycles to give kids new wheels

METRO DETROIT — From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, there will be a bike drive for children at 22 Henry Ford medical centers that are participating in the Free Bikes 4 Kidz bike drive.

Published September 25, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 27-29

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published September 25, 2019

Ready or not, here comes ‘Read by Grade Three’

METRO DETROIT — The stakes for Michigan’s third grade students are high this school year as the retention portion of the state’s “Read by Grade Three” law takes effect in May 2020 after this year’s statewide assessments.

Published September 25, 2019

From obesity and food obsession to real health

METRO DETROIT — It was nearly seven years and 175 pounds ago when Jill Clark, of Troy, decided she’d had just about enough.

Published September 25, 2019

Setting the scene this Halloween

METRO DETROIT — Glen Williams humbly denies being an expert on the art of the “home haunt,” but the resident of Grosse Pointe Farms clearly knows a thing or two after years of transforming his Mack Avenue home into a Halloween wonderland.

Published September 24, 2019

11 counties at ‘high risk’ for deadly mosquito-borne virus

METRO DETROIT — Health officials are reminding people to protect themselves from mosquito bites this fall after seeing an increase in Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare and deadly virus spread by mosquitoes.

Published September 24, 2019

Outdoor seating plan approved for two Fisher restaurants

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Although Michigan weather puts limitations on it, outdoor dining is a popular option for many restaurant patrons, especially during the summer and early fall.

Published September 24, 2019

‘Small’ artworks make major impressions

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Art doesn’t need to be large in size to make a big statement. That’s evident in “Small but Mighty,” a juried exhibition of work by members of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors that’s on display through Oct. 4.

Published September 24, 2019

Fall for fall at the Ford House

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Fall is a beautiful season in Michigan, and the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores is hoping to capture the spirit and flavors of the season in a new event.

Published September 24, 2019

Council member’s social media post sparks debate

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Provocative free speech or hateful rhetoric? That seems to be the debate over a controversial meme Grosse Pointe Shores City Councilman Matt Seely posted on a Facebook group page Sept. 11.

Published September 24, 2019

Short films explore ‘Mystery’ and relationships

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — There’s something spooky going on at The Helm at the Boll Life Center in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Published September 24, 2019

Community invited to view film, discuss anxiety

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — In an effort to help students with anxiety and open up discussion about its impact on kids, the film “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety” is coming to Parcells Middle School, 20600 Mack Ave. in Grosse Pointe Woods.

Published September 20, 2019

Behind the Wheel: Man restores 1970 ’Cuda that he bought as a teen

In the summer of 1970, just before his 15th birthday, Macomb Township resident Robert Sumpter spotted a brand-new, Army green 1970 Plymouth Barracuda in “Motor Trend” magazine, and it was love at first sight.

Published September 18, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 20-22

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published September 18, 2019

All lanes of I-75 to close this weekend from I-696 to Square Lake Road

TROY — All lanes of north- and southbound Interstate 75 will close from 11 p.m. Sept. 20 to 5 a.m. Sept. 23 between Interstate 696 and the business loop of Square Lake Road.

Published September 18, 2019

Drivers stuck in traffic have options beyond radio

METRO DETROIT — When bumper-to-bumper traffic adds another 20 or 30 minutes to your daily commute, you might need something a little more potent than Billboard’s Top 40 hits.