Given the gloomy news of the day , it's the rare woman who doesn't need a fainting couch.

Three events are sure to make them happy and put them in the holiday mood. Friday is Parade Day in downtown Grosse Pointe.

The 2008 Christmas parade brought out young and old to welcome Santa Claus. photo by File photo .

The Mark Hannah, a 128-foot tug, will spend the 2009-10 winter season moored in the Mart Dock slip at the foot of Third Street in Muskegon Lake.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grosse Pointe Farms honored veterans Sunday, Nov. 8. Attending were, front row from left, Harold and Helen Fick and Virgil Winfield; back row from left, Ron Pikielek, Eric Miller, Matthew Franzen, Mike Zeller, Ken Boerner, Richard Firchau, Alan Huizinga and Tom Archinal.

The five Grosse Pointes are considering sharing more services in light of financial challenges caused by reduced property taxes and state revenue sharing.

Here comes Santa Claus, and he's bringing free parking for businesses the two weekends leading up to Christmas.

Plummeting property taxes and sinking state revenue sharing funds has forced the five Grosse Pointes to consider sharing more services.

Grosse Pointe Farms-based broadcaster Saga Communications Inc. saw third-quarter slides in both net income and revenue, continuing a year-long trend in the struggling radio industry.

The only viable home for the world's largest stove, now sitting on the State Fairgrounds, has to be the Henry Ford .

Free Press reporters filed from across metro Detroit today at several precincts.

It's a debate I have with myself before every Thanksgiving: Should I plan to cook dinner at home or start looking for the restaurant with the most interesting side dishes? Usually I end up trying to decide which I dislike more -- cleaning the kitchen and washing the greasy turkey roaster, or having to leave right after dessert so another party can ...

Maybe they need a sign: 'Werewolf Footprint Here.' The Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Works doesn't exactly publicize that it has a boulder on its property with the vague but undeniable imprint of Le Loup Garou, the werewolf of Grosse Pointe.

Whether it is raking leaves, delivering Meals on Wheels or caring for children, visiting German students have found a home in the Grosse Pointes.

Leon & Lulu in Clawson is throwing a Fall Furniture Harvest Party 6-9 p.m. Nov. 6 to kick-off the store's monthlong effort to collect donations for the Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan for distribution to local families.

An increasingly bold pack of coyotes living in the Shores is causing concern among residents, especially those with small pets.

New Business/Location Farmington/Farmington Hills Chamber of Commerce came together to form a new chamber of commerce called the Greater Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce.

Tasting menus used to be the height of luxury. They were pretty much designed for those who didn't mind paying a premium to get the chef's special touches.

Michigan State Police in Cheboygan said today that partial remains found on the Lake Huron shoreline last year are not those of a Grosse Pointe Farms attorney who has been missing since 2005.

The idea of bars staying open until 4 a.m. doesn't lift the spirits of police. "I think it would cause more problems that it would help, especially with drunk driving," said James Fox, public safety director of the City of Grosse Pointe.