Good Morning Grosse Pointe: Oct. 12

Five quick pieces of information to get the day started in Grosse Pointe:

1. The great weather might be departing the area today as the National Weather Service forecasts a 40 percent chance for rain showers. It'll be mostly cloudy with a high near 65 and a light wind of 5 to 14 miles per hour with gusts reaching up 21 miles per hour. At night the chance of rain decreases to 20 percent. Cloudy conditions will remain and the temperature will dip to 54 degrees.

2. Grosse Pointe Shores mayoral and council candidates answered a variety of questions Tuesday during a candidate forum hosted by the Grosse Pointe League of Women Voters. Many of the questions focused on transparency, bringing civility to the council and ways to ensure fiscal accountability.

3. Check out the basics on all of the Grosse Pointe Shores candidates as well. One features , their campaign and issues they would like to address. The other focuses on , their campaigns and the issues they would like to address if elected.

4. Stock up on books beginning today at the . Members of the organization will have private shopping today from 6 to 8 p.m. and then the sale will open to the public Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Ewald Branch. Saturday is all you can fit into a provided grocery bag for $5.

5. Two Grosse Pointe natives are competing in Hatch Detroit to receive seed money to get new businesses started in Detroit. . . Votes are accepted one per day from an IP address and up to four finalists can be selected.