Grosse Pointe Times

Published May 14, 2020

Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education announces spring grant recipients

GROSSE POINTES — Although school is not in session, with students and teachers currently conducting online learning in the Grosse Pointe Public School System, the mission of the Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education, or GPFPE, continues.

Published May 14, 2020

The Friday 5 — May 15-17

Your guide to staying at home this weekend

Published May 12, 2020

Grosse Pointe crime briefs for April 18-May 10

GROSSE POINTE CITY — While she was a patient at Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, from April 18 to April 24, a woman reported to police that someone stole her identification and $150 from her personal property.

Published May 12, 2020

Grosse Pointe Farms-City Little League contributes to COVID-19 hospital workers

GROSSE POINTES — Although COVID-19 has rendered the fate of their own season unknown, some young local baseball players have set aside their personal disappointment in order to make a positive difference for the hospital workers on the front lines of the battle against the dangerous virus.

Four planes, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II (pictured) and KC-135 Stratotanker, will flyover Michigan Tuesday and Wednesday.

Published May 12, 2020

Selfridge ready for special flyover

METRO DETROIT — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels won’t be the only military planes flying over Michigan this week.

Published May 7, 2020

WWII veteran discusses V-E Day for 75th anniversary

METRO DETROIT — In April 1945, a couple months after the Battle of the Bulge, Mike Aleo’s battalion was ready to cross the Rhine River, when it received orders to pull out and go west to Royon, France.

Published May 7, 2020

The Friday 5 — May 8-10

Your guide to staying at home this weekend

Published May 7, 2020

Oakland County announces expanded testing, $12M more for small businesses

OAKLAND COUNTY — On April 30, Oakland County Executive David Coulter announced a multi-pronged update on the county’s latest health and economic efforts in the face of COVID-19.

Published May 4, 2020

Student continues palliative care fundraiser for second year

FARMS — One year ago, the first-ever Run, Walk ’n’ Roll 5K fundraiser to raise money for the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care Program in Ann Arbor was held at Grosse Pointe South High School.

Published April 30, 2020

The Friday 5 — May 1-3

Your guide to staying at home this weekend

Published April 23, 2020

The Friday 5 — April 24-26

Your guide to staying at home this weekend

Published April 23, 2020

How Oakland County policing has changed during the ‘new normal’

OAKLAND COUNTY — “The vast majority of times, if there is a violation, the people don’t know that they’re in violation of the order. The other times people call and there’s no violation. Like, they see people together on their front lawn. Well, you don’t have to social distance from your own family,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.

Published April 22, 2020

Bridge work will close 14 Mile Road under I-75

METRO DETROIT — Crews will set new bridge beams on the southbound Interstate 75 bridge over 14 Mile Road, closing 14 Mile Road in both directions of the roadway under I-75 from 1 to 7 p.m. April 22 and 24.

Published April 17, 2020

Bridge demo closes Rochester Road under I-75 this weekend

METRO DETROIT — Crews will demolish the southbound Interstate 75 bridge over Rochester Road, closing Rochester Road in both directions of the roadway under I-75 from 9 a.m. April 17 through 5 a.m. April 20.

Published April 16, 2020

Grosse Pointe Public School System music education program is among the ‘Best’

GROSSE POINTES — The staff and students of the Grosse Pointe Public School System have reason to celebrate.

Published April 15, 2020

The Friday 5 — April 17-19

Your guide to staying at home this weekend

Published April 14, 2020

Oakland County announces COVID-19 drive-thru testing, mandates facial coverings for essential workers

OAKLAND COUNTY — On April 14, Oakland County Executive David Coulter announced that the Oakland County campus in Pontiac will be the county’s first non-hospital drive-thru testing site for COVID-19.

In his role as a nurse, former Oakland University athlete Tyler Sirut has been helping to care for Coronavirus patients.

Published April 14, 2020

Former Oakland University athlete helping to care for COVID-19 patients

After graduating from Oakland University with a nursing degree this past December, little did Tyler Sirut know that not long afterwards he would be “in the middle of a pandemic.

Troop 96 Scoutmaster Adam Prokop, left, and troop leader Paul Spiteri deliver lunch to hospital employees at Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe April 10.

Published April 14, 2020

Local restaurant, Boy Scouts team up to feed hospital employees

ST. CLAIR SHORES/GROSSE POINTE FARMS/HARPER WOODS — Saying that they feel “blessed and honored to be able to feed these people who are on the front lines,” a St. Clair Shores restaurant helped the 50 members of Boy Scout Troop 96, of Grosse Pointe Farms, provide lunch for hospital workers at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe.

Published April 13, 2020

Musical Grosse Pointe Park kids uplift neighbors with porch performances

GROSSE POINTE PARK — The COVID-19 epidemic has shuttered schools and concert halls, but in at least one Grosse Pointe Park neighborhood, a family of local students is putting its musical skills to good use entertaining the people who live around them.