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'Person of interest' can tar a life forever, so lose it

When Bob Bashara was president of Grosse Pointe Rotary, he instituted a policy of members reciting aloud the national club’s “Four-Way Test."

“Of the things we think, say, or do: First–Is it the truth? Second–Is it fair to all concerned? Third–Will it build good will and better friendships? And fourth–Will it be beneficial to all concerned?” read more...

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Bashara Murder

Submitted by DanaRBA on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 07:47.

Now the police have testimony from Bob's mistress, a Wayne State employee, who is cooperating with them in exchange for immunity and who is considered an accomplice.  The plot thickens.

Person of interest

Submitted by DanaRBA on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 22:28.

This story ignores the fact that both the Grosse Pointe Police and Detroit Police have conclusive evidence that Bob was with Jane on the night of her murder, which all of his statements have denied.  Case closed.

Can Valade work more magic
on the Hill? Pass the popcorn, too

Men, if you have an Imelda Marcos-type shoe fashionista in the house, lock her up. The word circulating on the Hill is that Gretchen Valade is planning to open a shoe store in what is currently part of the League Shop.

Valade, who has done so much to enliven life on the Hill in Grosse Pointe Farms, with her Dirty Dog Jazz Café and Morning Glory bakery and sandwich restaurant, is not likely thinking Thom McCann.

The Carhartt clothing heiress does things first-class-plus, so it won’t be a place to get cheap cross trainers. read more...

Comment: Even in the Internet age,
we still need our public libraries

I grew up in a one blinker-light town about 45 miles north of Grosse Pointe in Michigan’s Thumb. It might as well have been on the moon as far as amenities go. There was no library, no swimming pool, no tennis court, no movie theater, no formal restaurant.

There was an old hotel, but no one ever stayed there to my knowledge; two bars, two hardware stores, a pickle factory, four gas stations, an elementary and a high school.

Paul Schafranski’s hardware store looked like Fibber McGee’s closet. It was long and narrow with two aisles and goods and items piled up to the ceiling. In the front was a bookcase, about six feet high and three feet wide. It had four shelves. It was serviced monthly by the St. Clair County Library even though that part of Memphis, Michigan was technically in Macomb County. read more...

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