Grosse Pointe Times

Published September 7, 2021

Eye doctor and car show organizer takes visionary approach to his work

GROSSE POINTES — He might not be featured on the cover of national magazines or have his own TED Talk, but if sight is one day restored to the blind and visually impaired, Philip Hessburg will have played an important role in it.

Published August 30, 2021

Grosse Pointe Shores says, ‘See you in September,’ as in-person council meetings return

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — In-person City Council meetings are returning sooner than expected in Grosse Pointe Shores.

Published August 30, 2021

Michigan State Fair to return to in-person programming

NOVI — After a year of fully virtual programming, the Michigan State Fair, hosted at the Suburban Collection Showplace, will return to in-person festivities for the 2021 season.

Published August 27, 2021

Have a blast at end-of-summer event

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms will be closing out the summer season with a bang.

Published August 27, 2021

Family Center receives $25,000 grant

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods recently received a $25,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation Legacy Funds at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

Published August 26, 2021

Grosse Pointes hope for a happy legislative district reunion

GROSSE POINTES — There’s power in numbers, and that seems to be behind the push by the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods to be reunited into a single legislative district again.

Published August 26, 2021

USGA event coming to town

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The last time the Country Club of Detroit hosted a United States Golf Association event, a relatively unknown 24-year-old Arnold Palmer won the 1954 U.S. Amateur tournament there — a moment he later referred to as a “turning point” in what would become a legendary career.

Published August 25, 2021

Divided Grosse Pointe Shores City Council approves redistricting resolution

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointes have presented a fairly united front when it comes to advocating for the five Pointes and Harper Woods once again being in the same legislative district.

Published August 25, 2021

Get an inside look at the homes of interior designers

METRO DETROIT — If you’ve ever toured a designers’ show house or hired an interior designer, you’ve seen how interior designers can reimagine a space in a host of astonishingly inventive ways. But how do these designers decorate their own homes?

Published August 25, 2021

Nursing and paramedic shortages reported in Michigan

METRO DETROIT — The labor shortages that have been occurring across the state have also affected two industries that have a direct impact on the health of residents.

Published August 24, 2021

Behind the Wheel: Custom-made pickup truck is built to last

METRO DETROIT — What started out as “a big, old, ugly truck” was transformed into a shiny, custom-built vehicle when Michael Loudermilk flexed his mechanical skills.

Published August 24, 2021

Koi rescue is a different kettle of fish for Grosse Pointe Farms first responders

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department cares about all of its residents — including those that dwell in the water.

Published August 24, 2021

Elected officials, nonprofits call on utilities to do more to avoid outages

METRO DETROIT — Just as local utilities restored electricity to the last of the customers who lost power during the storms Aug. 11, a number of government and nonprofit groups publicly demanded the companies take responsibility — in some cases, monetarily — for multi-day outages.

Laura Wallace managed to make the dean’s list for the summer 2021 semester at Lawrence Technological University, all while working in a hospital ICU during a pandemic.

Published August 23, 2021

Student juggles school, hospital work during pandemic

METRO DETROIT — Laura Wallace’s message to fellow nursing students is that, when the going gets tough, like in a pandemic, keep going.

Published August 22, 2021

Michigan Supreme Court rules against revenue sharing suit

METRO DETROIT — On July 28, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of the state in a case that addressed Michigan’s Headlee Amendment, which, in part, requires that roughly half of the state’s spending from state revenue sources each year be paid as aid to local governments.

Published August 20, 2021

Detroit Jazz Festival cites safety in decision to go virtual again this year

DETROIT — Despite initial plans to return to an in-person format this year, Detroit Jazz Festival organizers announced Aug. 17 that they would be reverting to a virtual event, instead, over concerns about the delta variant of COVID-19.

Published August 14, 2021

Memorial Tree Program continues in Grosse Pointe Woods

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Residents have found a way to remember their loved ones through the Grosse Pointe Woods Community Tree Commission’s Memorial Tree Program.

Published August 13, 2021

Grosse Pointe City approves revised contract for forestry services

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City will be retaining the services of City Forester Brian Colter — at least for now.

Children cool off at the pool at Willow Metropark in Huron Charter Township. The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are in the process of creating a regional swimming program development plan to help address the systemic disparities in swimming ability and water competence in the area.

Published August 13, 2021

Metroparks seek public input on new regional swim program

METRO DETROIT — Residents of southeastern Michigan have an opportunity to help guide a new regional water safety and swim initiative.

Published August 11, 2021

Projects to begin in Grosse Pointe Woods

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Two projects will soon begin in the city that officials hope will help determine what caused flooding at about 400 homes during the June 25-26 heavy rainfall.