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.
Students gathered on the lawn behind Parcells Middle School this week for an all-school photo in which they spelled the number ONE. It caps off this school year's theme of "One Parcells."
The following is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
City of Grosse Pointe police were called to the most recent daytime burglary in which jewelry was stolen from an upstairs bedroom Thursday afternoon. There have been three other similar, possibly related burglaries.
The Grosse Pointe Shores city council unanimously approved the final version of an ordinance this week regulating the use of solar power by residents and lifted the temporary moratorium.
The tax rate will remain the same in Grosse Pointe Farms following this week's public hearing and council's passage of the 2012/13 fiscal year budget.
The following is gathered from the Department of Public Safety of the City of Grosse Pointe. Arrest does not indicate conviction.
The following is gathered from the Department of Public Safety from the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
A decorating station will be set up this Saturday in the Village near Kercheval and St. Clair Street so community members may decorate a clay tile that will be used to create a mosiac decorated Grosse Pointe fish.
In an effort to reach out to residents and business owners in Grosse Pointe Woods, the Director of Public Safety received the ok this week from council to start a citizens academy. Applications must be submitted and it will begin this fall.
The Grosse Pointe Shores council voted unanimously Tuesday to put an advisory ballot issue on the August primary to determine whether the majority of residents want to leave Wayne County and move to Macomb County.
The Grosse Pointe Woods council will vote on the Headlee Override next week following their decision this week as the committee of the whole. They intend to ask voters for a 1.85 millage increase in November.
Grosse Pointe North High School honored several alumni a committee deemed distinguished Monday, promoting the alum's professional success to the student body during an assembly.
They invented the Gorilla Stand that will hold iPhones or an iPad for movie watching while in bed, on an airplane or even in a hotel room. The trio is trying to raise funding to produce the product with the goal of selling it.
The following information is gathered from the Departments of Public Safety from the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
There are several meetings and events in the Grosse Pointes this week. Here are a few of the highlights.
Realtors from the Grosse Pointes will show five houses Sunday in the Woods, the Farms and the City. The homes range in price from $144,500 to $760,000.
Share your ideas of what type of business you would like to see in this week's featured vacant property in the City of Grosse Pointe.
The Grosse Pointe Academy's annual Action Auction began earlier this week and the live auction is Saturday, featuring a variety of items for attendees to bid on.
Following a media preview party at Prop Arts Studio in Detroit, more than 30 perch for the Grosse Pointe Get Hooked campaign were picked up by or delivered to artists.
Officials are preparing for opening day of the ninth annual West Park Farmer's Market that lines Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Park. Opening day is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
