Grosse Pointe Woods approves budget, setting stage for fight over tax bump
Members of the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council have faced what they saw at Monday’s (May 21) meeting before: Ninety minutes of nonstop criticism for proposing a budget that requires boosting the city’s millage rate. But this time, they’ll need the public’s approval to do so.
And if the members of the public who showed up Monday to complain are any indication, it might be difficult.
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Gallons and gallons of left over paint fill a truck at the annual recycling event.
Grosse Pointers shred secrets, dump waste
Computers, fire extinguishers, paint cans, auto batteries and secrets arrived by car, truck and trunk load at Farms Pier Park Saturday (May 19). It was the annual Hazardous Household Waste Day.
Each year Wayne County’s Department of Environment and Enviro Recycling Group combine staff and supplies to collect hundreds and hundreds of pounds of waste and shred documents Grosse Pointe residents don’t care to share.
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Grosse Pointe Woods City Council stays on track for a fall vote on tax increases
A city-wide vote to increase property taxes in Grosse Pointe Woods became more likely after Monday’s (May 14) meeting of the City Council, where its committee of the whole recommended two measures.
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Grosse Pointe Woods City Council looks at alternatives to millage boost
Monday night’s (May 7) City Council meetings in Grosse Pointe Woods – held before a larger-than-usual audience – demonstrated the power of pushback at the grass-roots level.
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Grosse Pointe Park recognizes artists, approves Harvard Grill liquor license
Parents, teachers, friends and family were in attendance to recognize student recipients of the annual Grosse Pointe Park Beautification Contest awards, made Monday night (April 23) at the Park City Council meeting. More than 160 elementary students submitted posters for Arbor Week, an annual event that is honored through the Beautification Commission.
“The quality it seems every year just increases,” said Bob Ramsey, chairperson of the event. “And we’re just immensely pleased that the teachers take it so seriously.”
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The Fries Ballroom at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial was filled Monday night (April 23) with City residents eager to learn more about Grosse Pointe's master-plan update.
In updating Grosse Pointe City plan, officials find everybody has an opinion
The City of Grosse Pointe hasn't had an updated master plan in eight years, and a preliminary public meeting about the process drew a full house – but a divided one – at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial on Monday night (April 23).
A brief "visual preference survey," during which attendees were asked their opinions on a variety of development ideas for the Village and the Beaumont Hospital area, grew widely mixed responses, suggesting that any significant construction in the area will not be a slam dunk with residents.
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Stage or screen? Theater proposals offer two futures for the Village
With two clear options for a theater in the Village, Grosse Pointers will have to consider which serves the community better – a movie multiplex, co-developed by Grosse Pointe News publisher Robert Liggett, or a theatrical stage/cultural center from the nonprofit Grosse Pointe Theatre group.
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Grosse Pointes to discuss a Village theater complex
Grosse Pointe residents will get a chance to discuss two vastly different proposals to build a theater complex in the Village at a workshop 7 p.m. Monday (April 23) at the War Memorial to help amend the community’s master plan.
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Grosse Pointe City Council preps for more cuts, two-year budget plan
The Grosse Pointe City Council started its budget work at Monday’s (April 16) meeting with the now-familiar message from city management: Brace for cuts.
On the chopping block: several vacant public service positions, a school crossing guard job at Notre Dame and Waterloo, city sponsorship for fireworks and concerts in the Village, snow plowing for private roads, and the police canine unit.
City Manager Pete Dame told the council to expect out-of-balance expenditures this year even though every department’s budget has been decreased.
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Grosse Pointe Woods City Council hears from alumni on tax proposal
A simmering pushback against a proposal for a tax increase in Grosse Pointe Woods finally reached the City Council on Monday night (April 16), with three former council members speaking against it.
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