Grosse Pointe News

07/23/2025

Grosse Pointe South varsity softball catcher Luna Agosta was a captain for the Blue Devils during her junior and senior seasons and was a stalwart leader in every game. To cap off her career as one of the most feared catchers in the MAC, Agosta was named the Readers’ Choice winner for female Athlete of the Year in the annual Grosse Pointe News contest. Read more about her in the July 24 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/52kfsc76

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07/23/2025

The school resource officers who work in Grosse Pointe Farms and Woods recently attended the National Association of School Resource Officers convention in Grapevine, Texas. Read more about their experiences in the July 24 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/56pvkhp6

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07/23/2025

The recent ratification of a new contract with the Farms public safety department’s command union transitioned department leadership from eight-hour to 12-hour shifts, creating three new openings for supervisory-level positions for Lt. Matthew Hurner and Sgts. Kris Desmydral and Mike Ryan. Get more details in the July 24 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/47f9msbz

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07/22/2025

Ray Romano has taken his career to the next level with the movie “Somewhere in Queens,” which he co-wrote, directed and starred in. Get Movie Ju**ie Mark's full review of the film in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/3taace5t

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07/22/2025

Mombeau's Fresh Grated Tomato Pasta is a light and fast recipe that is the perfect way to use Michigan’s ripe tomatoes that are flooding the farmers markets. The sauce is raw, which allows the tomatoes' fresh and vibrant flavor to steal the show. Get the recipe in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/mvrpedd9

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This light and fast pasta makes for the perfect use of Michigan’s ripe tomatoes that are flooding the farmers markets. The tomatoes are grated and the sauce is raw which allows for their fresh and vibrant flavor to steal the show. This recipe is easy because the grating takes away the need for p*e...

07/21/2025

The Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce will offer two big events next month, each of them gaining momentum as popular community gatherings. The fun begins at the Grosse Pointe Art Festival, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, in The Hill district on Kercheval. Get more details in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/bdeuupeh

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07/21/2025

Joseph Dewey and Carole Everts were engaged when he was sent to fight in the Vietnam War. They exchanged letters to keep in touch and he sent numerous photographs to her while he served overseas. One of the photographs caught Everts’ eye and inspired the lifelong painter to recreate the scene on canvas. Her painting is the latest addition to the Grosse Pointe Artists Association’s Vietnam War exhibition. Get more details in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/3yhayb4r

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07/20/2025

The Grosse Pointe News and the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce have partnered to offer an Inside-Out scavenger hunt based on the Detroit Institute of Arts program that has popped up around the Pointes. Find more information in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://bit.ly/3GNfqGi

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07/20/2025

As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. For Christina Leonard, that’s true figuratively and literally. After her son was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2019, she set about finding a new way for him to absorb vitamins. A biology researcher by training, Leonard developed the idea for Gutless Topical Supplements. Get more details in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/sp8a2bfb

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07/19/2025

A heavy summer downpour threatened to dampen the fourth annual Living Donor Awareness Game hosted by the Living Liver Foundation and Henry Ford Health, but the clouds broke just in time, revealing a double rainbow arching over the ballpark — an unplanned but powerful symbol of the life-saving gift of organ donation. Read more about the event in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/bdfdfd5a

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07/19/2025

Sonny Fillmore is obsessed with ice cream. The Grosse Pointe Park resident enjoys making it and, of course, eating it, but as of last summer, he has fun selling it, too. Visitors to last month’s Kercheval After 6 event may have spotted him with his Sonny’s Ice Cream cart pedaling a variety of satisfying prepackaged treats. Read more about his business in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/4ku6tauk

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07/19/2025

The Grosse Pointe Academy recently named Amy Bos as the school’s new director of institutional advancement, a strategic leadership role designed to strengthen the school’s mission, visibility and long-term sustainability. Read more in the July 17 Grosse Pointe News or online here: https://tinyurl.com/pkuuwb8m

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