GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointe Shores City Hall parking lot off Vernier Road — sometimes referred to as the Department of Public Works lot because it’s adjacent to the DPW building — will be getting a makeover this spring.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Plants and arcade games might not seem to have much in common, but both have come together in a unique way in a pair of adjacent businesses on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe City.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Like several of its neighbors, Grosse Pointe City is hoping to secure state funding for water and sewer infrastructure projects.

GROSSE POINTE CITY/PARK — Federal funding is making work on a portion of Cadieux Road possible for Grosse Pointe City and Grosse Pointe Park this year.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The city of Grosse Pointe Woods will once again be honoring those who have served their country in the armed forces, and especially those who died while serving.

News & Notes from the 5/11/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Bursting with vitality and color, Roselyn “Rose” Palazzolo Rhodes’ paintings reflect the beauty she sees in the world around her.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Pack your patience if you’ll be driving through Grosse Pointe Farms this summer. Work started May 8 on Kercheval Avenue between Fisher and Muir roads, which includes the Hill business district. It’s one of several major road projects being undertaken in the Farms this year.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Summer is just around the corner, and for many Michiganders, that means time spent on the water.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park’s extreme emergency relief valve project, or EERV, is going to cost a lot more than engineers originally anticipated.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Students and Grosse Pointe City officials are working together to make the community more welcoming for butterflies.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — One local group got a chance to hear about history from someone who lived it. The Pettipointe Questers #243 invited Bill Welborne — a retired Tuskegee Airman — to talk about the famed military group during a meeting of the Questers chapter May 4 at the Ewald Branch of the Grosse Pointe Public Library in Grosse Pointe Park.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A caregiver stands accused of a violent attack that left an 81-year-old Grosse Pointe Park woman hospitalized.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Memorial Day has always been one of the most important days of the year for The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, but this year, the nonprofit will have something new to honor veterans.

ROYAL OAK — Just a few weeks away from Oakland County Football Club’s opener against Midwest United on May 13, the club has made multiple roster moves as OCFC fans continue to anticipate whether or not certain fan favorites will be back for the 2023 season.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Imagine being a playwright during the era of William Shakespeare and having to compete with the Tom Brady of the written word. Such is the living hellscape for brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, two struggling playwrights trying to establish themselves in the face of insurmountable competition.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Residents of the five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods are encouraged to gather up old paperwork with personal information and dispose of it safely during a drive-thru Shred Day event from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. May 13 at Osius Park, 800 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores.

News & Notes from the 4/27/23 Grosse Pointe Times

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores will be marking its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA with an Arbor Day Fun Run and Arbor Day activities starting at 9 a.m. May 7 at Osius Park.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — There was a slight uptick in crime in Grosse Pointe City from 2021 to 2022, but numbers remain below the pre-COVID-19 pandemic years.