The First Year of Grosse Pointe Patch

It was just about this time last year Grosse Pointe Patch went live. 

In the last year, hundreds of stories have been published all about Grosse Pointe. There have been written stories, video stories,  photo stories and more. 

The adventure began even before the site went live with and the Grosse Pointe Parade the day after Thanksgiving. 

Unlike the weather this week, it was bitterly cold and the area was blanketed repeatedly in snow, making for hazardous driving conditions and , some say maybe ever.

The new calendar year started off with the hotly debated , where ultimately business owners who began won their battle .

As the school year wound to a close, two teachers showed off a year's worth of hard work with the first ever , and .

Then the of the Grosse Pointe Public School System for which . 

Then May came during which Grosse Pointers saw the . Hundreds of . A Patch freelancer witnessed and wrote about at a track meet. 

With summer came throughout the Grosse Pointes. For residents the first outages appeared to be routine but then as the summer continued, the , ultimately leading to through the Pointes.

Then there was the for hours in early July.

Then there was , which divides the Grosse Pointes and the .

Grosse Pointers were brimming with pride when , won and then .

The was threaded in there too. 

Later in the year, Patch reported on the , the among two of the Pointes and yet and for some in July too.

As elections grew closer, local politics heated up in nearly all of the Pointes. Among the most significant changes made by voters was in Grosse Pointe Shores, where . Along with debates and political chatter, the revelation of . 

Meanwhile, and residents were featured. Earlier this week, Patch reported on into one unit. 

Now as the year is coming to a close, Patch aims to look ahead and bring more news to Grosse Pointers. Thank you for reading, sending in news tips and, even more simply, caring about your community. 

Although opinions of Grosse Pointers sometimes vary far and wide, the fact that residents are so vocal and engaged in the community is good. Without engagement, Grosse Pointe would not be the community it is today, you even said so in .