Grosse Pointe Woods City Council hears
plans, estimates for road, sewer repairs

Grosse Point Woods City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday (Jan. 23), outlined some of the upcoming improvements to the city’s roads and sewer system.

The city is working in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, and engineering consultant Scott Lockwood, from the civil engineering firm Anderson Eckstein and Westrick, Inc.

Council members were told sewer system work will be scheduled for the fall of this year and continue until the summer of 2014. read more...

Grosse Pointe Woods council splits
on Mack Avenue sign variances

Not quite a year after putting the uproar over Grosse Pointe Woods' neon sign ordinance behind it, the city council ventured into those waters again Monday (Dec. 19), with a split ruling on signage at two Mack Avenue businesses that led the defeated owner to rebuke the council and stride out the chamber. read more...

Grosse Pointe Woods council agrees
to Fire Safety Interlocal Agreement

Grosse Pointe Woods City Council unanimously agreed Monday (Dec. 5) to approve the Fire Safety Interlocal Agreement, which formalizes cooperation between the five Grosse Pointe fire departments. Proponents hope it will save money, as well.

The interlocal agreement has three elements: read more...

Grosse Pointe Woods police
release scam-suspect sketches

Grosse Pointe Woods police have issued sketches based on an elderly couple's description of two men who are suspected of robbing the pair of $15,000 worth of jewelry Nov. 18.  read more...

All aboard for the Polar Express,
Grosse Pointe Woods' holiday ride

Grosse Pointe Woods' popular Polar Express is taking reservations for its holiday excursions for children, parents and any guests who'd like to ride along.

Passengers on the Polar Express (heated Woods park buses) depart from the Community Center for a tour of brightly decorated houses throughout the Grosse Pointes, while listening to the Polar Express story on their way to the North Pole. read more...

Raise your right hand

Grosse Pointe Woods gets it done
in a nine-minute meeting Monday

In the shortest City Council meeting in recent memory, Grosse Pointe Woods got through its agenda Monday evening (Nov. 7), from call to order to adjournment, in just nine minutes.

And that included official farewells to Joe Sucher and Lisa Pinkos Howle, the two members attending their last meeting before the municipal election.

As one might expect, the agenda was a list of unremarkable items, the most noteworthy of which might be the annual bagging of parking meters on Mack Avenue, the gift of free parking during the Christmas season, courtesy of the city. read more...

Secord, in first bid for office, trying
for Grosse Pointe Woods council seat

Allison Secord, left, running for a remaining term of the seat vacated by Gabriela Boddy at the end of 2010, is making her first bid for office. She's a graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School and Western Michigan University.

Why did you decide to run for city council?

Since I graduated from high school in 1999 I’ve seen most of my friends move away from the Pointes. Not necessarily outside of Michigan, but to different suburbs instead of moving back to Grosse Pointe. I want to continue the tradition of having children and grandchildren go to school, and you know, come back to live, raise a family and buy their first home here. read more...

Shetler making his first run for office
in Grosse Pointe Woods council race

Newcomer Richard Shetler Jr. is a candidate in the Nov. 8th election for Grosse Pointe Woods City Council. The third-generation Woods resident is a proud Michigan State alumnus who says one of his main goals if elected is to “keep Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods.”

Have you always been interested in politics or was there something that made you become interested?

My political interest has been around since the Reagan years. Five years ago, I started attending city council meetings for Grosse Pointe Woods and ever so slowly, the interest started growing. Two years ago, I was asked to be a precinct captain for elections and that’s when I would say the true bug hit me. read more...

Koester hopes to be a young voice
on Grosse Pointe Woods city council

Michael Koester, left, is making his first run for elective office in a bid for a seat on the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council. He is a University of Michigan graduate who works as a financial analyst for Chrysler LLC.

What made you decide to run for city council?

It came down to the fact that I've been living here my whole life and wanting to be actively involved in the direction of the city. A lot of people like to complain about the local government and what they're doing wrong and I don’t want to be one of those people, I'd rather be a part of it and have a say in what happens. read more...