Grosse Pointe Times

Published July 9, 2019

Students with special needs to use Grosse Pointe Shores pool for summer program

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Children, teens and adults with special needs will again be able to use the pool at Osius Park in Grosse Pointe Shores for a portion of their summer program.

Published July 9, 2019

Grosse Pointe Shores vehicle theft under investigation

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — A recent — albeit rare — vehicle theft in Grosse Pointe Shores has public safety officials asking residents to take precautions to prevent them from becoming victims as well.

Published July 9, 2019

Grosse Pointe Park City Council discusses qualities wanted in next city manager

GROSSE POINTE PARK — The search for a successor to Grosse Pointe Park City Manager Dale Krajniak — who retired June 30 after more than 30 years in the post — has officially begun.

Published July 9, 2019

Symphony concerts at Ford House celebrate 10th anniversary

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — It might seem like it was just yesterday, but 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of lakefront summer concerts by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on the grounds of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores.

Published July 9, 2019

Veteran Grosse Pointe Shores fire investigator and officer to retire

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Lt. William “Bill” Nicholson can’t forget his first day with the Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Department on July 12, 1990.

Published July 9, 2019

New children’s book series teaches kids to enjoy science

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/ST. CLAIR SHORES — “What Color Will It Be?” That is what Scarlett, the main character in the new children’s book series “Science With Scarlett” tries to determine with her teddy bear assistant, Mr. Bear.

Published July 9, 2019

Borrow a buddy with pet volunteer programs

If you’re an animal lover, you know all too well the pangs of wanting to adopt all of the sweet homeless cats and dogs left in shelters.

Published July 9, 2019

Oh Deer: Experts offer tips on how to keep deer from dining on your landscape

If you live in an area frequented by deer, your home’s lush landscape — especially your prize tulips, roses, day lilies and hostas — will inevitably turn into a midnight snack.

Published July 9, 2019

Behind the Wheel: Shelby Township woman celebrates 50 years of owning Firebird

Maria Carpenter, of Shelby Township, recently celebrated a milestone anniversary with her 1969 Pontiac Firebird convertible, and she has the pictures to prove it.

Published July 8, 2019

Grosse Pointe Farms officer saves suicidal man

FARMS — A Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety officer is being credited with preventing a man from taking his own life.

Published July 8, 2019

As outages continue, commission reports energy grid is up to snuff

On a blistering hot afternoon Monday, July 1, many across metro Detroit sat in the dark without power — and that means AC too.

Published July 2, 2019

Wet weather complicates risks of garden problems

METRO DETROIT — With wet weather more the rule than the exception in recent years, home vegetable growers can plan ahead with eyes equally set on the sky, the thermometer and their plants to prevent potential problems.

Published July 2, 2019

Amid lifeguard shortage, a need for swim lessons surfaces

METRO DETROIT — When Oakland County Parks and Recreation Manager of Operations Sue Wells was a teenager, a dark tan and sun-lightened hair were the true indicators of a successful summer break.

Published July 2, 2019

Immigrants recount their personal ‘independence days’

METRO DETROIT — In the middle of the night Aug. 2, 1990, May Mulla and her parents were asleep in their homeland of Kuwait when “we woke up surrounded by tanks.” Iraqi forces had invaded the small Middle Eastern country.

Published July 1, 2019

Recall petition against school board members fails

WAYNE COUNTY — As the reconfiguration plan in the Grosse Pointe Public School System was underway, Genevieve Tusa, a lawyer based in Grosse Pointe Farms, filed three separate recall petitions June 6 against GPPSS board members Kathleen Abke, Judy Gafa and Christopher Profeta. The petitions were filed with the Wayne County Clerk’s Office.

Published July 1, 2019

Ralph and Mary Wilson’s philanthropy honored at Legacy on the Lake

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legacy on the Lake honors some of the Grosse Pointes’ most noteworthy philanthropists, so it comes as no surprise that this year’s recipients were the late Ralph C. Wilson Jr. and his wife, Mary.

Published July 1, 2019

School officials reflect on MDCR report, reconfiguration plan

GROSSE POINTES — With Trombly Elementary School and Poupard Elementary School in the Grosse Pointe Public School System to close at the end of the 2019-20 school year, school officials will have the task of determining the new student boundaries.

Published July 1, 2019

Grosse Pointe Farms mourns loss of Councilman Peter W. Waldmeir

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms officials are mourning the loss of one of their own. Peter W. Waldmeir, 65, the longest-serving current member on the City Council, died surrounded by family June 28 after a battle with lung cancer.

Published June 26, 2019

Behind the Wheel: Cadillac comes home again

Hazel Park resident Phil Guadagni’s 30-year journey with his 1950 Cadillac has come full circle — starting in Michigan, traveling to Florida and then returning back to the Mitten, just a short walk from where it all began.