Rotary runs it by the Pointes

The Sunrise Rotary Club held its Grosse Pointe Run Sept. 19, with one mile, 5K and 10K distances, beginning and ending at Pier Park in the Farms. The event was a fundraiser for Rotary, which in turn supports various local causes. read more...

Neighborhood Club faces new century,
taking on Community Ed classes

Editor's note: This story has been updated, and clarifies two passages from its original version, concerning the club's now-eliminated registration fee and new course offerings.

With its centennial just a year away, Grosse Pointe’s Neighborhood Club has decades of service to its credit. It co-sponsored the Pointes' first library in 1915 and assisted in organizing the first hospital in 1917. During the Great Depression, it served as a public welfare center and later as a USO center during WWII. Now, there’s a new chapter upon the Neighborhood Club with its adoption of the public schools' recently displaced Community Education division.

Budget cuts forced Grosse Pointe Public Schools to cut the popular classes, and the Neighborhood Club gladly stepped in to help.

“Our board and staff put forth an extraordinary effort to provide our residents with these programs,” said John Bruce, executive director of the Neighborhood Club. "The instructors of all these classes have also worked with us to keep the fees low and help offset the incremental cost to the Neighborhood Club.”

 Speaking of costs, the Neighborhood Club has eliminated its $57 annual registration fee. read more...

Not your first choice for dinner,
but Cottage kitchen does in a pinch

The folks at Henry Ford Cottage Hospital have turned that small medical facility on the Hill in the Farms into a pleasant place to stay.

Oh, I know, no one wants to stay in a hospital. The drill used to be they issued you one of those shabby gowns that didn’t cover your backside any better than those low-rider pants some of the young folks still wear. The food was mediocre. You had one, two or three roommates who snored at night and wanted to talk about their ailments during the day. And the nurses woke you up in the middle of the night to take blood samples like they were feeding Dracula.

Well, all that has changed–at least at Henry Ford Cottage. I recently had an opportunity to do a first-person review of the revamped facility and I was pleasantly surprised. The room was private with two side chairs, a couch and a reclining lounge chair so if you needed a family member to spend the night they could rest comfortably. read more...

North-South game kicks off another year

No one who's been to one needs to be told — the North-South game is special. This year's contest was no exception, especially for North fans who took home a win. Pictured above are members of the combined North-South marching bands. Photo by Ed Harrah.