🌱 Patch AM: Why this former Farms mayor refuses to live anywhere but home

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In today's newsletter:

• Why this former Farms mayor refuses to live anywhere but home
• Can South’s Ruby Lenhard deliver a Grosse Pointe hockey three‑peat?
• What stalled contract talks mean for nurses at Grosse Pointe’s Corewell hospital

Also on today's calendar: Motor City Chorale presents Christmas Time is Here and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Becoming windier; p.m. rain, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.
• Friday: A.M. flurries; breezy, colder, temps: high: 29, low: 22.
• Saturday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 41 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• For former mayor, Farms will always be home (grossepointenews.com) — Longtime Grosse Pointe Farms leader and former mayor Louis Theros may now run major MGM casino properties on the East Coast, but he and his wife still insist the Farms will always be home. The story traces his deep roots in the Grosse Pointes, his 24 years on city council, and how he’s shifting from public service to work, music and a slower-paced local life.
   

• Lenhard eyes more championship success with South girls hockey (grossepointenews.com) — Grosse Pointe South senior Ruby Lenhard is helping lead the Blue Devils girls hockey team in their push for a third straight state championship, extending Grosse Pointe’s recent dominance on the ice. She and fellow captains are shaping team culture, balancing big expectations with the joy of finishing their high school careers alongside longtime local teammates.
   

• Negotiations break down between Corewell, new nurses union (crainsdetroit.com subscription) — Nurses at Corewell Health East, including those at the Grosse Pointe hospital, remain locked in tense contract talks with the system over pay and benefits after unionizing last year. Teamsters leaders accuse Corewell of withholding agreed financial incentives, while the company says the union has yet to present economic proposals, with bargaining set to resume in January.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grosse Pointe

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Cabaret Over the Cove: Yule Be Singing! with Vanessa Carr
  Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Rd, Grosse Pointe Shores
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• White Christmas
  Schaap Center for the Arts
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Irving Berlin’s White Christmas presented by Grosse Pointe Theatre Dec. 5-21 at the Schaap Center
  Schaap Center for the Arts , 15001 E Jefferson Ave , Grosse Pointe Park
  2:00 pm
• Motor City Chorale presents Christmas Time is Here
  St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church , 375 Lothrop Rd , Grosse Pointe Farms
  5:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Comedy Night for South Basketball
  Tompkins Community Center , 14920 Windmill Pointe Dr , Grosse Pointe Park
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
  The War Memorial , 32 Lake Shore Dr , Grosse Pointe Farms
  8:45 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Merry & Bright
  The War Memorial , 32 Lake Shore Dr , Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
• Merry & Bright Holiday Dinner
  The War Memorial , 32 Lake Shore Dr , Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• End of Curb Side Leaf Pickup
  Grosse Pointe Park, MI Calendar Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
• vs. Athens and Adrian
  Grosse Pointe North High School , 707 Vernier Rd , Grosse Pointe Woods
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Paint like Bob Ross at the War Memorial!
  The War Memorial , 32 Lake Shore Dr , Grosse Pointe Farms
  1:00 pm
• Home for the Holidays
  Ford House , 1100 Lake Shore Rd , Grosse Pointe Shores
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone else noticed an extreme hike in their DTE bill this month?
  I haven’t done anything different for the increase (Nextdoor Cornerstone Village)

• Yona Solutions posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Harper Woods. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Warren. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grosse Pointe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grosse Pointe Farms

• Mary Elizabeth Cirocco (grossepointenews.com)

Grosse Pointe Woods

• Metro Detroit parking lot operator Park Rite acquired (freep.com)
• Nicole Julie Hurd (grossepointenews.com)

Harper Woods

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-- The Patch AM Team

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