Grosse Pointe News

By TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Not much coming off the bottom of the Detroit River surprises the Detroit Police Department's dive team.

A retirement party for Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church Rev. John Corrado was held recently.

Grosse Pointe Public Schools is relieving Bob Bopp of his position as Grosse Pointe South High's boys ice hockey coach and posted the position on its Web site Monday after Bopp was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and child pornography.

Khristi Zimmeth: Trash or Treasure? Collector loves having the blues -- and whites East Lansing native Malo Villareal started collecting while she was in high school during the 1970s.

From the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office: Today, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy charged Robert Walter Bopp, 51 of Taylor and James Ryan McBee, 19 of Highland in connection with a sexual assault of a 16-year-old Farmington Hills male that occurred in the 9000 block of Oak Street in Taylor from 2007 to 2008.

Anyone with the sense God gave a swamp fish would consider "Middlesex" for a list of best Michigan books.

All Things Considered , June 14, 2009 Jeffrey Eugenides published The Virgin Suicides in 1993 - a mesmerizing tale of five sisters who take their lives all in the same year in Grosse Pointe, Mich.

Three houses in the community have received historic plaques by the Grosse Pointe Historical Society.

What was supposed to be the final demolition of Tiger Stadium started with a crunch Friday afternoon, as an excavating machine bit into a wall near what used to be the Tigers bullpen.

Give it up for Geoff Young of Grosse Pointe whose pithy entry edged out more than 220 other submissions!! There were a number of really good entries this week, here are a few of my favorites: djnshores wrote: It seems these job fairs get farther and farther away! Cuckoo wrote: I wish I had a job to come back to on Monday... GoawayKK wrote: I ...

Detroit residents who live in the west-side area chosen by the city to participate in a pilot curbside recycling program are to begin receiving their recycling bins this week.

Girl Born 08.21.69 Looking for birth parents. I was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan.

It's hard not to gasp upon entering the Indian Village home of Karl Rodig. At every turn, a visitor is greeted with the ornate indulgences of Detroit's early 20th-century industrial titans.

It has been like a tennis match among Grosse Pointe Public Schools officials, board members and parents debating about the proposed $103-million budget for 2009-10. They've gone back and forth on a variety of topics, but this much is certain: 74 pink slips were sent to teachers and the district has a projected $5.4-million budget deficit.

The Wayne County Commission is to travel to Garden City today for its regularly scheduled meeting.

For more than 140 years, Americans have gathered on a day late in May to remember and to honor those who have served their country and who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

A trailer containing thousands of dollars in camping supplies for some metro Detroit boy scouts has been stolen.

Jersey Boys producer Michael David celebrates more than 40 years in the theatre, from Michigan to Yale to Off-Broadway and on.

Bike riders in communities across metro Detroit are expected to participate in a Ride of Silence on Wednesday in remembrance of a bike rider who was killed when he was struck by a bus.

Christ Church's Antique Show is an annual event, one noted on many Grosse Pointer's calendar.