Grosse Pointe News

This is not the toy list populated by an electronic hamster, a vampire figurine, a princess-smooching-frog or a spaceship that hails from somewhere far away.

Holiday lights on display at the intersection of Moross and Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe, MI.

Some municipal officials in metro Detroit are taking voluntary pay cuts to help their communities weather the economic storm, and more could follow suit.

When Emma Sclabassi, 4, came from Illinois last week to spend Thanksgiving with her grandfather in Grosse Pointe Woods, the visit included a side trip to see Santa Claus in the Village.

City of Grosse Pointe public safety officers may be out in the early hours this week looking for a coyote that fatally attacked a resident's cocker spaniel.

A dog was killed Friday in Grosse Pointe by what his owner said was a coyote. Alger LaHood said he let his 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Dickens, out just after 5 a.m. "Eight minutes, 10 minutes later, I realized he didn't come back to the door.

A bunch of head cases will march in Friday's Grosse Pointe Santa Claus Parade. They'll be led by Sean Moran, a founder of the Big Head Corps.

Grosse Pointe Woods resident Kevin Martin, surrounded by his artwork on display at the Detroit Artists Market and the Grosse Pointe Art Center.

At a loss for what to get your eclectic aunt this year? Want to give your boss something that lets your originality and creativity shine through? Wonder how you'll ever fall into good grace with that oh-so-challenging mother-in-law? Local galleries have just the solution to ho-hum holiday gifts.

At a time that overlaps with Sarah Palin being in Grand Rapids to kick off a promotional tour of her autobiography, "Going Rogue," a group of Michigan freshmen state representatives are revolting against dysfunctional business as usual in Lansing.

Eighth-graders from the district's three middle schools worked together to package 10,000 meals for Kids Against Hunger.

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

A bipartisan group of first-year lawmakers is the latest to propose changing Michigan's term limits law for state legislators.

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

Anticipation from Grosse Pointe school officials has settled as voters elected Tuesday to renew two operating millages, which together make up 25 percent of the district's funding.

Schools in Wyandotte, Grosse Pointe, Troy, Garden City and Trenton differ in enrollment and demographics.

One of the not-infrequent questions to come my way from a divorced parent has to do with religious instruction for his or her minor child.

Mark Seeley sat outside his sandwich shop in the Village, his shaved head painted like an egg sunny side up.

Problem: What is the parish of St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church doing for its jobless members? Solution: The organization of Eastside Take Control, an ecumenical career networking group.

Doors open at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, for the Grosse Pointe War Memorial's annual Veterans Day breakfast.