Grosse Pointe Times

Published September 10, 2019

Grosse Pointe Farms finance officer selected for prestigious statewide program

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Out of more than 100 applicants statewide, the Grosse Pointes have not one, but two city administrators who were selected for the Michigan Municipal League’s prestigious Women’s Municipal Leadership Program.

Published September 10, 2019

Mickey Lolich recalls 1968 World Series win

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — When Mickey Lolich played his first baseball game at the age of 11, he didn’t even have a mitt.

Published September 10, 2019

A new school year begins

GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — The 2019-20 school year officially began Sept. 3 in the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

Published September 10, 2019

Grosse Pointe Park City Council names new city manager

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park conducted a national search for its new city manager, but the candidate the Park City Council ultimately chose was someone close to home.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit and the St. Clair Shores Coast Guard Station were ready to help as needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

Published September 6, 2019

Local Coast Guard units ready to help in hurricane’s aftermath

METRO DETROIT — While Hurricane Dorian took its toll on the southern Atlantic Coast, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit and the St. Clair Shores Coast Guard Station were ready to help as needed.

Final work along the I-696 service drives in Macomb County will be completed this fall, but a date has not been determined.

Published September 6, 2019

MDOT: Final ‘Restore the Reuther’ work nearing completion

METRO DETROIT — There’s good news to report for anyone driving near Interstate 696.

Published September 5, 2019

Residents can put green infrastructure into place at home

METRO DETROIT — With new developments sprouting up all over metro Detroit, homeowners and communities are looking at implementing green infrastructure at a residential level.

Published September 5, 2019

As seasons shift gears, bicyclists get unique view of fall color

Take one road, add two wheels and hundreds of colors. The result is an outdoor fall experience that you can only enjoy in Michigan.

Published September 5, 2019

Behind the Wheel: 1970 AMX goes from ‘bucket of bolts’ to showstopper

When Pleasant Ridge-based attorney Joe Papelian was 12, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette came out, and he told his mom that he was going to buy one when he got to college.

Published September 4, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 6-8

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published September 4, 2019

Service to remember 9/11 at The War Memorial

FARMS — It remains one of the most horrific tragedies in American history, and this year The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms will honor the thousands of lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with a free community service on the lakefront back lawn at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11.

Published September 4, 2019

Park city manager shepherded city through 3 decades of improvements

PARK — His job title might have read “city manager,” but many of the elected officials and administrators who worked with Dale Krajniak in Grosse Pointe Park also called him “friend.”

Published September 4, 2019

‘Off & Out of Sight’ cellphone policy in effect this year at middle schools

GROSSE POINTES — As the 2019-20 school year gets underway in the Grosse Pointe Public School System, a new cellphone policy is in effect at the middle school level.

Published September 4, 2019

Park approves charitable raffle application for local nonprofit

PARK — The location of a nonprofit led the Grosse Pointe Park City Council to have to sign off on a charitable raffle.

Published September 4, 2019

Grosse Pointe Farms City Hall to get energy-efficient lighting upgrade

FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms’ aging City Hall will get a modern lighting upgrade in the coming months.

More than 500 people attended the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to promote suicide prevention and awareness in 2018. Organizers are hoping for even bigger attendance at 2019’s walk on Sept. 14.

Published September 4, 2019

Community walk to raise money for suicide prevention

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Suicide is a topic that affects millions of families and can be one that people do not want to talk about. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is working to change that.

Published August 30, 2019

‘The Price Is Right’ contestant search coming to Detroit

METRO DETROIT — “The Price Is Right,” the long-running television game show, will be holding contestant auditions from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at Greektown Casino Hotel in Detroit.

Published August 29, 2019

Root to stem: How cooks can avoid food waste this harvest season

We’ve all done it: thrown out that cucumber or head of lettuce that sat, forgotten, at the back of the refrigerator until it was past its prime.

Published August 29, 2019

MCC Foundation scholarship program keeps students on learning path

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College student Cody Wall wanted to attend school full time this semester in an effort to graduate with an associate degree this December.

Published August 29, 2019

Behind the Wheel: A car fit for the ‘King’

As a child, Markku Jaakkola, who grew up in Finland, would cut out his favorite photos from classic car magazines and paste them into a scrapbook — and that love of cars continued to grow as he reached his teen years.