Grosse Pointe Woods News

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas at ShowHouse Interiors in Grosse Pointe Woods, where owner Jeanine White-Haith, design partner Loretta Crenshaw and their staff have been busy for weeks decking the halls with trees, ribbons and greens in celebration of the upcoming season.

After 34 years, it's time for a new routine. Michael Makowski announced he will retire as director of the Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety Department, effective Dec.

GROSSE POINTE: The City Council is to hold a public hearing on a special-use request for the Village Grille on Kercheval, review site plans for the Village Grille and Clairpointe Restaurant on St.

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

Not owning a sewing machine or having beyond basic sewing skills didn't stop Dianne Sanders of St.

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

I am writing in response to your Nov. 8 article "Did the Manoogian tapes vanish?" As Tom Furtaw's widow, I was shocked and heartbroken to see his name mentioned throughout your article.

By Amy Salvagno Staff Writer Move over Romeo. Meet your 1940's match, Ron Montague, the swaggering star of "Jitterbug Juliet," Parcells Middle School's musical parody of the age-old Shakespearean love story.

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.

Tuesday 27 Oct 2009 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 01:37AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-EAST LANSING, Mich.

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.