GROSSE POINTE CITY — An icon at Neff Park in Grosse Pointe City is getting repaired thanks to a personal gift from a city official.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Metro Detroiters will have one final chance to see interior designers work their magic on a majestic home when the Junior League of Detroit hosts its 25th — and final — biennial Designers’ Show House in May.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Pickleball players in Grosse Pointe Farms will likely be happy to hear that progress is being made toward the construction of pickleball courts at Pier Park.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A plucky band of impoverished kids trying to eke out a living selling newspapers on the streets of New York in the 1800s take on the corporate Goliaths who own said papers when they raise prices and pinch the already paltry sums the youths earned.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — If anyone ever had any doubt about Grosse Pointe Shores’ commitment to its urban forest, consider this: Both the Planning Commission and City Council recently approved a fence setback variance in large part because the homeowner needed it to save an 80-year-old maple tree on his property.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Residents of the five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods are invited to get rid of personal documents in a secure manner — and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft — during the Grosse Pointe Shores Beautification Advisory Committee’s annual drive-thru Shred Day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 4 at Osius Park, 800 Lake Shore Road.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Who knew that potted plants could be so menacing? An evil plant tricks a nerdy, down-on-his-luck florist into doing its bidding in the dark musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors,” being staged by Grosse Pointe South High School students.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores officials are proud of their Public Safety Department, but following the recent presentation of awards for going above and beyond the call of duty in 2023, they’re even prouder.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — After seeing many projects come in well above estimated costs in the last couple of years, Grosse Pointe City got some welcome news when bids for 2024 water main replacement projects came in below what the city’s engineers estimated.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/DETROIT — A Grosse Pointe Woods man who was accused of fatally shooting his younger brother last year has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Some people wear multiple hats at work. Tom Krolczyk wore so many hats during his 25-year career at Grosse Pointe Shores that he would have needed an entire closet to house them.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — People from across metro Detroit spent an afternoon gazing up in wonder as a near-total solar eclipse took shape in the sky above the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores April 8.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — World War II veteran Larry Bennett, of Grosse Pointe Woods — who turned 100 March 28 — was celebrated during a birthday party thrown by the Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe March 26

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores has added itself to the list of Michigan communities that aren’t in support of proposed state legislation that would charge water customers an additional fee to help people in need cover their water bills.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Sections of the wrought iron fence around Osius Park have once again been mowed down by an allegedly intoxicated motorist.