I am the editor for Grosse Pointe Patch. I've lived and worked in the Pointes for nearly eight years. My professional background has been in newspapers, where I covered courts, crime, schools and government. Before moving to the Pointes, I worked in Indiana covering crime, criminal & civil state courts and a federal district court for six years.
I have a B.S. in Journalism from Bowling Green State University. My career started as a copy editor and transitioned into reporting. I love people and that is what I enjoy most about journalism: every day I get the opportunity to meet and interview different people. Everyone has a story.
Five of 14 Grosse Pointe Public schools have been deemed among Michigan's top five percent of schools, according to the Michigan Department of Education.
The Grosse Pointe Art Center has relocated within the Village after another business begins expansion into their former space. The Art Center is now located in the former Hickey's Walton Pierce store at the corner of St. Clair Street and Kercheval.
The Grosse Pointe School District administration anticipates recalling nearly all of the general education teachers for the upcoming school year.
The popular Grosse Pointe Park restaurant offering a variety of seafood, sushi and other menu items closed Monday "due to circumstances beyond our control," in hopes it'll only be temporary.
Following discussion regarding residency concerns at last week's school board meeting, Superintendent Tom Harwood shared a letter he wrote to the community addressing the issue.
The following is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
The City of Grosse Pointe police arrested a man in the Village after receiving a tip he was completing hand-to-hand transactions. The man had heroin packaged for sale in his pockets.
Special meetings are scheduled for both the Grosse Pointe Public School Board as well as the Grosse Pointe Shores city council this week. The Ford House will also host its second Fairy Tale Festival Saturday.
Realtors in the Grosse Pointes will be showing six homes throughout the communities Sunday ranging in price from $119,900 to $625,000.
The Grosse Pointe Farms Police were able to locate a child considered endangered by Southfield Police and help with her safe return to her grandmother.
The following is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
Officials from Grosse Pointe Woods and the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce celebrated Aria Salon this week during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Share photos of your swimmer from the final competition Wednesday night at Lake Front Park in St. Clair Shores. Teams from the five Grosse Pointes and St. Clair Shores competed to end the season.
The weekly concert outdoor concert series will feature the Detroit Jazz All Stars on St. Clair Street near Kercheval Avenue in the Village. The free music begins at 7 p.m. and attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair.
Grosse Pointe Public School officials will begin interviewing candidates to fill the vocal music position at South High School as the administration continues preparing written charges seeking termination of Ellen Bowen.
Grosse Pointe North will go without a head principal this school year and district administrators will provide support for the administrative staff at the high school as an interim solution after a search failed to provide adequate candidates.
The Grosse Pointe Public Schools administration expects to narrow the field of candidates in both the Kerby principal and the South band director searches this week and are likely to present a final candidate to the school board next week.
Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce officials celebrate the grand-opening of the new location for Crowther Carpet and Rugs with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Grosse Pointe Public School Board president agrees to include group in strengthening the district's residency requirement for enrollment after they present two petitions and 21 people speak on topic Monday night.
Vote for the best restaurant patio in the Grosse Pointes so we can determine the Readers’ Choice 2012 winner.
