Grosse Pointe Woods News

The names of some of his former customers read like a who's who of Detroit notables: Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca, Coleman Young and Cardinal Adam Maida.

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

Throughout the Pointes, there were a few contested races for judicial and council spots, but the school millage renewals drove high numbers of voters to the polls Tuesday, Nov.

Every few months, Ron Bellisario drives more than 30 miles from his home in Macomb County to Detroit to eat at the Ivanhoe Cafe, in an old neighborhood near Hamtramck.

Wayne Baum Background information and relevant experience Baum: 'Following my graduation from MSU in 1968, I was hired by the Grosse Pointe Woods Police Department.

If you're in the mood for Starbucks on Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, be ready for a parking skills test.

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A water main break on Detroit's east side Sunday left several residents with low water pressure.

Last week, we were pumped up about pumpkin-themed items for your home. But it doesn't end there.

The first time residents of Fairway Lane in Grosse Pointe Woods knew that a group home had been opened on their street was when they saw an ad for it in local newspapers.

In his book, "A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America," author James E. McWilliams says: "First cultivated more than 10,000 years ago in Mexico, pumpkins were mainstays of the Native American diet.

Vernier Grosse Pointe Terraces ready for occupancy. photo by Kathy Ryan . October 15, 2009 With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of the demise of the Vernier Terrace townhouse complex have been greatly exaggerated.

You walk into a dimly lit romantic restaurant and there he is, your best friend's husband.

Fans of HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse may want to head to Mount Pleasant on Saturday to see the hunky home improvement guru serving as grand marshal in Central Michigan University's homecoming parade, starting at 9 a.m. Oosterhouse, shown here, grew up in Traverse City and graduated in 2000 from CMU, where he played rugby and majored in interpersonal ...

A Grosse Pointe Woods man faces two drug possession charges at a pretrial hearing set for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Grosse Pointe Woods canines will continue their cavorting at Lake Front Park after the Woods city council failed to approve a recommendation to close the dog park at the end of the year.

Grosse Pointe Woods appears poised to tuck tail and close its temporary dog park at year's end, but other metro Detroit communities are going to the dogs.

A former bookkeeper at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church who is charged with embezzling more than $90,000 from the church waived a preliminary exam Wednesday in Municipal Court and is scheduled to be arraigned Oct.

Bob and Diane Barnard discovered that it's possible to live large even in a small space.

Donna and Sam Ventimiglia of Grosse Pointe Woods show off their Detroit pride -- and a copy of the Detroit Free Press -- at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.