Grosse Pointe Farms News

The bells are a gift of joy. From the corner of Grosse Pointe Boulevard and Moross in Grosse Pointe Farms, the Joy Bells ring out the quarter-hour from sunrise to sunset and chime on the hour.

Police don't know if the coyote they shot to death last Thursday morning at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms was the one that killed a pet cat two nights earlier on bordering Provencal.

The top administrator of the Grosse Pointe Public Library said the mayor of Grosse Pointe Farms was off base when criticizing the system's finances.

NOVI: Pearls of the Orient is the theme of the 28th annual Rizal Day celebration hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Michigan at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Diamond Ballroom of Rock Financial Showplace, 46100 Grand River.

The mayor of Grosse Pointe Farms has started attending library board meetings to find out what's happening with money raised to build a new central branch.

A variety of nautical treasures will be for sale. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $7 adults, free for children younger than 12, . 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms.

Randall Talerico is tired of coyotes dropping by his house for a Martini. "We've had five coyotes on our property in the last three years," said Talerico, a Grosse Pointe Farms resident living on Barclay near the Country Club of Detroit.

A City public safety officer said the next coyote he sees causing trouble will be dead meat, especially since one last week killed a resident's pet.

Legendary Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell has affected countless baseball fans across the country from behind a microphone for more than five decades.

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.

Postcards featuring sculptural works are the stars of the "Mailed 2.0" exhibit. It includes more than 300 postcards mailed to Anton Art Center.

Given the gloomy news of the day , it's the rare woman who doesn't need a fainting couch.

Three events are sure to make them happy and put them in the holiday mood. Friday is Parade Day in downtown Grosse Pointe.

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

The Mark Hannah, a 128-foot tug, will spend the 2009-10 winter season moored in the Mart Dock slip at the foot of Third Street in Muskegon Lake.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grosse Pointe Farms honored veterans Sunday, Nov. 8. Attending were, front row from left, Harold and Helen Fick and Virgil Winfield; back row from left, Ron Pikielek, Eric Miller, Matthew Franzen, Mike Zeller, Ken Boerner, Richard Firchau, Alan Huizinga and Tom Archinal.

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

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

Plummeting property taxes and sinking state revenue sharing funds has forced the five Grosse Pointes to consider sharing more services.

Grosse Pointe Farms-based broadcaster Saga Communications Inc. saw third-quarter slides in both net income and revenue, continuing a year-long trend in the struggling radio industry.