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K. Michelle Moran

C&G Staff Reporter – Grosse Pointe Times

Published August 13, 2019

Grosse Pointe Shores finance officer selected for statewide leadership program

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — She’s worked for the city for the last 32 years, but Grosse Pointe Shores Finance Officer/Treasurer Rhonda Ricketts isn’t resting on her laurels.

Published August 13, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Art exhibition honoring late philanthropist leaves positive ‘Impression’

DETROIT/GROSSE POINTE SHORES — He owned a lakefront home in Grosse Pointe Shores and an NFL team, but businessman and philanthropist Ralph Wilson wasn’t some flashy billionaire.

Published August 13, 2019

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Detroit Jazz Festival continues to make meaningful musical moments

DETROIT — It’s had different names over the years — including the Detroit International Jazz Festival and the Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival — but no matter what it’s been called, it’s an event that has attracted thousands to see jazz legends and emerging talent.

Published August 6, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Bench, proclamation honor Mary and late Ralph Wilson

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — It was tennis that brought Mary and Ralph Wilson together, so it only seems fitting that benches in honor of the couple will be placed near the Osius Park tennis courts.

Published August 6, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

New outdoor dining concept approved for Marais in Village

GROSSE POINTE CITY — A new outdoor seating configuration has been approved for Marais Market & Café at 17051 Kercheval Ave. in the Village.

Published August 6, 2019

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Photography book captures spirit of Movement

DETROIT — In a sea of mostly young people, some sporting club wear and brightly hued hair, Patricia Lay-Dorsey stands out when she attends the Movement Festival in Detroit each year.

Published August 6, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Support sought for Rotary Tot Lot renovations

GROSSE POINTE CITY — The Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe is responsible for almost everything visitors see at the Grosse Pointe Rotary Tot Lot in Grosse Pointe City, but not the plastic trucks, shovels and other playthings in the sandbox.

Published July 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Refuse authority contract amendment allows use of Detroit transfer station

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A contract amendment enables the member communities of the Grosse Pointes-Clinton Refuse Disposal Authority to take their garbage to a closer transfer station, if needed — but at a price.

Published July 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms council reduces sign variance for urgent care facility

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — While Grosse Pointe Farms City Council members acknowledged the need to have adequate signs on an urgent care facility, they didn’t feel comfortable with what they felt was an excessive amount of signage.

Published July 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Refuse authority budget reflects pension system payment

GROSSE POINTE PARK — An unexpected — and slight — underfunding in the Grosse Pointes-Clinton Refuse Disposal Authority pension seems to be the only fiscal hiccup from the 2018-19 fiscal year.

Published July 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Shores welcomes new park manager

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — For the first time in nearly a decade, Grosse Pointe Shores has a park manager. Allison Scarfone, 36, was introduced as the new park manager at a June 18 Grosse Pointe Shores City Council meeting, which also marked her first day on the job.

Published July 30, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Tradition lures fishing rodeo participants year after year

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — We’ve become wary of the word “free.” The promise of free anything seems to almost never come without some strings attached. But the 71st annual Grosse Pointe Farms and City Family Fishing Rodeo — Aug. 10 at Pier Park in the Farms — is the exception to that cynical rule.

Published July 23, 2019

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Art and science make waves in exhibition ‘DEPTH’

DETROIT — A decade ago, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland decided that one of the best ways to get the public excited about science was through art.

Published July 23, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms lifeguard honored for rescuing struggling kayaker

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — They don’t call them “lifeguards” for nothing. One of Grosse Pointe Farms’ young lifeguards was recently honored for saving the life of a stranded kayaker.

Published July 23, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

New condo plan calls for razing ‘structurally unsound’ Tennis House

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A plan that would have preserved a piece of community history has had to be scrapped after a discovery that the building couldn’t be redeveloped.