Grosse Pointe Times

Published September 12, 2018

Experts tout early childhood programs for public schools

METRO DETROIT — Across metro Detroit, child care options available to public school families are getting some major upgrades with transitional pre-kindergarten instruction at various levels in one comprehensive facility — and, in some cases, year-round schedules.Read More

Published September 12, 2018

Designers mix vintage, modern in historic Detroit mansion

DETROIT — From hand-carved woodwork and moldings to a built-in pipe organ, the Charles T. Fisher Mansion in Detroit’s Boston Edison District is an example of the gracious homes once occupied by the city’s auto barons.

Published September 11, 2018

Grosse Pointe schools are back in session

GROSSE POINTES — On Sept. 4, students and staff in the Grosse Pointe Public School System embarked on a new educational journey with the start of the 2018-19 school year.

Published September 11, 2018

Milkweed no longer banned in Grosse Pointe Park

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park city officials made a commitment last year to support efforts to make their city friendlier to monarch butterflies, an important pollinator.

Published September 11, 2018

Grosse Pointe Park updates Planning Commission ordinance

GROSSE POINTE PARK — What might have ordinarily been a standard commission reappointment turned into a lot more this summer for Grosse Pointe Park.

Published September 11, 2018

Great Lakes shipwrecks highlight ‘Three Disastrous Anniversaries’ program

DETROIT — Frank Mays was in the dunnage room aboard the Carl D. Bradley freighter the evening of Nov. 18, 1958, when a storm hit over Lake Michigan. With waves reaching 40 feet in height and wind gusts of 55 mph, the vessel could not make it through the storm that had brewed in the lake’s upper part.

Published September 11, 2018

Grosse Pointe Theatre’s ‘Camelot’ promises knights to remember

GROSSE POINTE PARK — To open its 76th season, Grosse Pointe Theatre is dusting off a classic show from its past. The 1960 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical “Camelot,” which was first staged by GPT in 1989, will be produced on the Pierce Middle School auditorium stage for a run Sept. 16-29.

Published September 11, 2018

Retiring Grosse Pointe Farms detective reflects on his memorable cases and career

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — “This is my brother. This is my friend. … He has been more influential in my life than my own blood family,” Steven Cathey, of Detroit, said of Grosse Pointe Farms Detective Lt. Rich Rosati. “He saved my life.”

Published September 11, 2018

John and Marlene Boll Campus Center opens at ULS

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Families, staff and alumni of University Liggett School gathered the afternoon of Sept. 9 for the grand opening of the John and Marlene Boll Campus Center.

Published September 11, 2018

Make the grade on school bus safety

METRO DETROIT — Properly stopping and driving carefully around school buses is a lesson too important to fail.

Published September 7, 2018

Behind the Wheel: Restoration gives new life to uncommon vehicles

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights resident Don Filipski said he has always gravitated toward “odd or unusual little cars,” so it’s no surprise that his garage holds two such vehicles — a 1957 Cushman Truckster and a 1959 King Midget.

Published September 5, 2018

Horseback riding can renew physical, mental strength for kids

METRO DETROIT — Variety, the Children’s Charity of Detroit, has offered its 4-H Handicap Horseback Riding Program for children with cognitive and physical challenges for 40 years.

Published September 5, 2018

Oversized florals, gem tones define fall décor

METRO DETROIT — As the dog days of summer signal the season’s last hurrah, design experts are preparing to usher in autumn with new and existing trends.

Published September 4, 2018

Grosse Pointe City to get new fire truck

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City’s new Public Safety Department building couldn’t be coming at a better time.

Published September 4, 2018

Grosse Pointe Park votes to retain Planning Commission members

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park is keeping its current Planning Commission members, but their terms will now be staggered.

Published September 4, 2018

Grosse Pointe Farms attorney facing drug charge

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A criminal defense attorney has found himself in need of his own criminal defense attorney after what police said they discovered in his Grosse Pointe Farms home. Donald Michael Cherry, 75, was arraigned Aug. 29 in front of Farms Municipal Court Judge Matthew Rumora on a count of possession of a controlled substance, narcotics/cocaine, less than 25 grams. While that’s not considered a large amount of drugs, it is a felony.

Published September 4, 2018

Grosse Pointe Farms officials, residents express concerns about Rocket Fiber proposal

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A proposal to bring high-speed fiber optic data services to the community might have hit another snag.

Published September 4, 2018

New court concept could save historic Grosse Pointe City public safety building

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City’s existing public safety/municipal court building — which was built in 1928 — might not meet with the wrecking ball after all.

Published August 28, 2018

‘Star Wars’ costume exhibition is a clothes force

DETROIT — The “Star Wars” movies transport audiences to a galaxy far, far away, but thanks to the Detroit Institute of Arts, people don’t need to travel too far at all to get a closer look at the iconic costumes and creatures that gave the movies their signature look.

Published August 28, 2018

Grosse Pointe Shores to showcase the classics at car show

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Summer might unofficially be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get your classic car fix. Grosse Pointe Shores will be holding its third annual classic car show from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 9 at Osius Park.