GROSSE POINTE PARK — A couple of major vehicle purchases are expected to help the Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Works undertake various projects in the city.

DETROIT — The 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival promises to bring more unforgettable concerts to downtown Detroit over the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 to 7.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Theatre’s “Matilda: The Musical” was originally supposed to be performed at the Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park, but there’s something fitting about the fact that this story about a special girl’s potential being recognized by her teacher is being staged at a school instead.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Crime numbers took a double-digit dive last year in Grosse Pointe Park, according to the Park Department of Public Safety’s annual report for 2025 — a surprise even to Public Safety Director James Bostock.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — With its stirring themes of love, redemption and revolution, the drama “Les Misérables” has become one of the most popular musicals of the modern era.

WARREN — A group of Fitzgerald Public Schools educators lined up inside the high school band room behind Dionne Boza.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Sgt. Mike Miller was known for his solid instincts on the job, but he was also the kind of person who’d spend hours sculpting handmade pens for friends.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — When Grosse Pointe Farms Court Administrator Sue Thomas announced her retirement after eight years of what City Manager Shane Reeside said were “exceptional service,” the city didn’t need to go far to find someone who could continue that tradition.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS/PARK/WOODS — To paraphrase an old insurance jingle, like a good neighbor, the Park and Woods share.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — This August or November, Grosse Pointe City voters could be deciding whether or not to approve a millage to cover some public safety expenses.

GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — A little over a month after Grosse Pointe Public School System Superintendent Andrea Tuttle announced her plan to retire at the end of August, the Board of Education has found her successor.

DETROIT — Cultural history and traditions meet modern influences in “Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation,” on display through April 5 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

FARMS — When Grosse Pointe Farms Court Administrator Sue Thomas announced her retirement after eight years of what City Manager Shane Reeside said were “exceptional service,” the city didn’t need to go far to find someone who could continue that tradition.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods could soon be home to a combination Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream establishment.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — He already won the Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Department’s highest honor, the director’s award — aka Officer of the Year — in 2022, so it seems only fitting that officer Jeff Roybal has now moved up the ranks.