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.
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The following information is gathered from the public safety departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
The proposed state mandate to require every public school district to participate in schools of choice–slated to help lagging schools improve–is a program that risks harming the Grosse Pointes, a resident and associate real estate broker says.
Nicholas Provenzano uses the social media tool Twitter to start a tag to allow people to share the positive things that school did for them; the responses have been more than he believed possible.
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The school closed Thursday and will be closed again Friday, July 22. Grosse Pointe Public School officials are trying to find an alternative for the programs that meet at the center.
The following information is gathered from the City of Grosse Pointe Court and Public Safety Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A Beverly Hills man is accused of posting a fake Craigslist ad seeking sex from men for his ex-girlfriend, who is a resident and business owner in the Grosse Pointes.
The council unanimously approved a proposal to send a letter opposing the redrawn district maps calling for the division of the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods for state House representation.
Officials from all five Pointes tweaked an original map for proposed bike routes to ensure that the safest and most useful path is established. The tweaked map has been given to an engineer for review.
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The excessive heat is likely to blame for small, spotty power outages in the Grosse Pointes today during a continuing heat wave the National Weather Service says is the longest stretch with extreme temperatures since 1995.
A 60-foot tower built on the grounds of the Grosse Pointe Club has drawn undue local criticism, according to the Border Patrol agent in charge.
The savings are a result of each department trimming expenses where department heads and employees felt it most appropriate and will help the city fill in anticipated extra-lean budgets in the coming years.
A few quick bits of information to get your day started in Grosse Pointe.
Councilman Dan Schulte and about 15 residents are gathering signatures from residents to amend the city charter. Most of the amendments would revert the charter language to what it was when the city was officially a village.
The renovations require special land use approval and will allow the school to move its middle schoolers and related staff to the main Cook Road campus. The move will happen for the 2012-13 school year.
A Grosse Pointe Woods neighborhood plagued by power outages will receive fuse upgrades to limit the span of outages. DTE says the work was to have been completed 4 years ago.
The following information is gathered from the public safety departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
The following information is gathered from the public safety departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Michigan House Rep. Tim Bledsoe and Grosse Pointe political leaders signed a joint letter opposing the split district for the Pointes–a map that is awaiting the governor's signature after being redrawn.