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While the Park program accomplished similar success in 2008, it's rare that three teams from the same program take the district title and advance into state competition, parents and league officials say.
Open garages are an easy target for thieves, police say, noting a recent rash of thefts from open garages of lawn equipment.
Three Grosse Pointe Park LIttle League teams, divisions--10, 11, 12 U--all took the district title and have advanced to the next level.
Following unanimous approval by the Grosse Pointe Public School Board, Matt Outlaw will begin as principal of Grosse Pointe South High School and Ben Bandfield will lead athletics at Grosse Pointe North High School.
A few quick bits of information to get your day started in Grosse Pointe.
The following information is gathered from the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
A few quick bits of information to get your day started in Grosse Pointe.
Check out some photos shared with Patch by Joan Watton from the finish line of the Race to Mackinac. The race began with 216 boats.
Timing just happens to follow recent series of outages but the meeting had been scheduled long ago to address some lighting projects that are only partially complete and power grid concerns about the Village.
Reductions in secretarial staffing at the Grosse Pointe Public School System affect 16 throughout the district. Meanwhile, the board voted to table a decision about the layoffs of five classroom assistants until the August meeting.
The following information is gathered from the public safety departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
The effort by one Grosse Pointe Public School Board member to revive Head Start at Poupard Elementary School morphed into a unanimously approved motion urging research to find ways at risk students throughout the district could receive help.
A few quick bits of information to get your day started in Grosse Pointe.
Matthew Outlaw, an assistant principal for Grosse Pointe North High School, is the candidate selected by the district to lead Grosse Pointe South High School. His promotion is dependent upon the Grosse Pointe School Board's approval Monday night.
The issue is not on the agenda, but Board President John Steininger says he plans to talk about his decision during his public comment portion near the end of the meeting.
A few quick items to get your day started in Grosse Pointe.
The 2011 Bell's Beer Bayview Race to Mackinac started Saturday afternoon and continues today. Some boats, including the Blitz from which one of the crew is blogging about the race experience for Patch, have had to withdraw from the race for a variety of r
The race begins at 11:30 a.m. Saturday July 23 and involves 216 boats from as close as Grosse Pointe and Port Huron all the way to Chicago.
Employees and volunteers of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House completed many of the finishing touches Friday night for Saturday's Fairy Tale Festival, featuring a variety of children's attractions and activities.
The new doggie bakery on Mack Avenue officially celebrated its opening Friday evening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce officials attended along with the owner's friends, family and regular customers
