Grosse Pointe News

Wayne County communities prepared to tighten their belts further as preliminary residential property assessments dropped again countywide.

As the Grosse Pointe Historical Commission looks into the past of the Cook Road School House, it accepted a gift that will enhance its future.

Despite federal legislation limiting lead content, costume jewelry and children's toys test high in heavy metal.

Harbor Springs resident Lucille "Lucy" Grace Causley was one of two Western State College of Colorado students killed in an early morning fire started on Saturday, January 30 in Gunnison, Colorado.

The city is looking for residents who moved to Sterling Heights from other countries and are willing to share their stories for a new "Getting to Know Your Neighbor" show on Sterling Heights Television.

By Amy Salvagno Staff Writer On an evening that fell on the last Monday of a month honoring school board members across the country, the newest Grosse Pointe Board of Education trustees took their place at the table already piled high with budget challenges.

By Amy Salvagno Staff Writer Officials for the Grosse Pointe Public School System are mulling the feasibility of offering a free all-day kindergarten program for the 2010-11 school year.

Recall petitions for five Grosse Pointe Shores officials have been submitted to the Wayne County elections office.

The For Sale sign is out for a 13-acre plot in Grosse Pointe Woods formerly known as the Children's Home of Detroit.

Of Grosse Pointe Farms, passed away on January 20, 2010. Wife of Jon and loving mother of Nanette and Alexis.

When you think of love, Rick Ruffner hopes it looks like a cat with lipstick and pearls, or a Chihuahua with shades and an anatomically corrected canine bikini.

A crowd of supporters lined up to sign up Sunday to search for missing Grosse Pointe Woods resident Joann Matouk Romain, 55.

Alfred "Skip" Fincham is the new public safety director for Grosse Pointe Woods.

Lauren Wilson of Oak Park plays Lucy and Kevin Fitzhenry of Warren plays Charlie Brown in Grosse Pointe Theatre's production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," opening Jan.

It's enough to make a grown person cry. Chuck Good, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., who suffers from macular degeneration, uses a magnifying television screen to read a large-type copy of the New York Times.

Stephanie K is bracing for the big time. The sassy Bloomfield Hills thrush hooked up with Grammy-winning producer Michael Powell to create an album called 'Good Intentions,' which Universal Records will release this spring.

The year began with a bang for Pat Vintevoghel. And not because of the mystery novel she was reading in bed when the ball dropped on 2010.

Lt. Eddie Tujaka of the City of Grosse Pointe public safety department breathes fresh air through a broken window of a house that caught fire late Sunday afternoon on Whittier.

It was the home of the vice president of Packard Motor Car Co. and his family. The Wright brothers were believed to have visited.

People may envision a blond model when they think of Swedish women, but a group of Grosse Pointers says the face of their former homeland and its people is becoming much more diverse.