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2914 CHEVY EQUIN01 C tM A n * GM Pricing to Everyone SUBSCRIBE NOW CHEVROLET • BUICK • GMC I m O per mo. —~'"P1 , jaLa (313) 343-5578 26125 VAN DYKE, CENTERLINE, Ml 48015 $14.50 OFF THE NEW SSTAND (Just south of 696 on Van Dyke) /~\ rz3/CT\ *$2,499 down. 24month lease. 10,000 year. See dealer for details. u <& a(sSjk&milu Q p y e r v Mwr/ Grosse Pointe News VOL. 74, NO. 52,22 PAGES n r p o c 9011 DECEMBER 26,2013 o n e dollar (delivery 7i c) One of America’s great community newspapers since 1944P* L ^g r o sse po in t e , Michigan Complete news coverage of all the Pointes Fence takes a tnitin ■ 11 Ibi 1 IHIji beating in 2013 By Brad Lindberg said. StaffWriter “You could see it from Morningside (a half- GROSSE POINTE mile away),” Smith said SHORES — Once upon of the sign. “Wayne a time, motorists were County took that sign dissuaded from routine down a number of years ly jumping the curb at ago. That’s when these the foot of Vernier at problems started with Lakeshore and smash this fence.” ing straight through the Four motorists this wrought iron fence into year jumped the curb Osius Park. and landed in the park. “My understanding All were arrested for was, years ago, there being drunk. was a very large arrow The most recent that you couldn’t miss,” repair cost was $2,313, said John Schulte, chief according to a Dec. 2 of public safety in entry in the city’s check PHOTO BY RENEE LANDUYT Grosse Pointe Shores. register. True, according to Guilty drivers must Brett Smith, the city’s compensate the city for public works director. damage to municipal That’s the spirit The foot of Vernier property. used to be highlighted “I think we’re getting Claire Nurse of Grosse Pointe Woods visits Santa Claus at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House last week, go by a 4-by-4 foot yellow, money back for that ing over that very important list of hers. One of Claire’s wishes was for a phone. That wasn’t the first time double-ended arrow from the person who hit Santa heard that request. pointing left and right onto Lakeshore, he S e e FEN CE, p a g e 2A Week ahead D r i v e w a y 26 27 28 Year 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 r o b b e r y i n THURSDAY, DEC. 26 of ♦ City of Grosse Pointe Woods sponsors a Red W o o d s Cross blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at GROSSE POINTE WOODS — city hall. To register, visit ch an ge Police continue to investigate an redcrossblood.org and armed robbery that took place at 7 use the sponsor code By Brad Lindberg p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, in the driveway GPCOMM. For more in StaffWriter of a house on Bournemouth near formation, call Kathy at Mack. (313) 343-2408. CITY OF GROSSE POINTE — According to police, a 31-year- Many things changed during old male walked home from his job FRIDAY, DEC. 27 2013 in the City of Grosse at St. John Hospital and Medical ♦ St. John Hospital and Pointe. Center, stopping to check his mail. Medical Center sponsors After the former Borders When he turned around, he was a Red Cross blood drive Books building sitting vacant confronted by two men, one of from 7 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. three years, a buyer will reno whom held a gun to his chest. at the hospital. To regis vate the property into a com The unknown suspects ter, visit redcrossblood. bination of medical offices demanded his valuables. He turned org and use the sponsor and retail shops. over his backpack, containing his code STJOHN13. For New zoning rules promote wallet with credit cards and identi more information, call additional downtown develop fication, an iPad, a cellphone and a Cindy at (313) 343-3680. ment. The hometown hospital medical textbook. has expansion plans. The PHOTO BY BRAD LINDBERG The victim was ordered to go into WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1 9-year-old police dog died. In April, Raleigh the police dog patrols the Village with han his backyard and the suspects left. ♦ Happy new year That and more during 2013: dler, Sgt. Michael Almeranti. More year in reviews will follow The victim stayed in the backyard in the Jan. 2 edition of the Grosse Pointe News. for several minutes before going to January a neighbor’s house to call police. ♦ The armed hold-up of a A 2 percent, low-interest is intended to boost the entire Police brought in a tracking dog 14-year-old girl last September loan for $3,443,800 will be central commercial district, from St. Clair Shores, but the dog didn’t buck a double-digit de paid by sewer fees. not broker individual proper lost the scent in the middle of the cease in crime, according to ♦ The city’s 5-year financial ties. street, leading police to believe the the public safety department outlook disputes the lovelorn’s The DDA’s expanded role suspects left the area by car. annual report tor 2012, re hope that opposites attract. assumes marketing duties of Details are scarce. The suspects leased this month. Revenues and expenses, the Village Association, a vol are described as two black males, “We had a couple high-pro which currently walk hand-in- unteer organization. dressed in black hoodies. One of file crimes in 2012,” said hand on the general fund bar Members of the 50-year-old the hoodies may have had red let Stephen Poloni, public safety graph, are projected to go association requested the tering on the front. Opinion...................... 6A director. “The perception may their separate ways at an DDA, established in 2008 to According to Woods public safety Obituaries.................. 7A be among the public that increasing pace, according to facilitate new construction director Andrew Pazuchowski, Sch ools...................... 8A crime is on the increase. City Manager Peter Dame. projects, take over marketing. there has been no activity with the Entertainment............2B However, perception is not The forecasted split peaks ♦ Beaumont Hospital, victim’s credit cards, making it dif Churches.................... 3B reality in this case.” during fiscal year 2014-2015, Grosse Pointe faces the archi ficult for police to track suspects. A utos.......................... 4C Crime reported in the city in which expenses top reve tectural equivalent of dental “Usually by now credit cards Classified a d s ............7C during 2012 decreased 15 per nues by nearly $600,000, then work. would have been used, which cent overall, he said. settle back to a relatively It’s as though a cavity is would have given us clue as to ♦ A state grant and discount steady estrangement of being filled and a tooth where the suspects were headed, loan nearly make $3.5 million $500,000 through 2018. capped. but so far there has been no activ worth of city-wide sewer re An indentation in the hospi ity,” he said. “We have not been pairs a financial wash. February tal’s south facade is being able to track his phone, either.” The grant funds 90 percent ♦ The Downtown enclosed with a three-story Anyone with information is of engineering costs, leaving Development Authority’s new asked to call Woods police, (313) 5 6 5 2 5 10011 the City a $13,000 bill. marketing role for the Village S e e YE A R , p a g e 3A 343-2400. PHONE: (313) 882-6900 ♦ FAX: (313) 882-1585 ♦ MAIL: 21316 Mack, GPW ♦ ON THE WEB: grossepointenews.com ♦ E-MAIL: [email protected] L e a s e a n y v See our ad in this week’s paper 2014 Volvo and GRATIOT STORE m ake No Payments J . 586-791-0560 V K a 'I I lf 35950 GRATIOT AVE. • CLINTON TWP. until February 2014! MACOMB TOWNSHIP See Tiffany Pope for Details. 1533O Mack Ave. • Grosse Pointe Farms 586-226-2266 Appliance & Video ^ 20201 HALL ROAD Phone: 502 -2 5 3 0 • Fax: 5 5 4 -5 3 9 2 between Romeo Plank & Card Rd. 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PHOTO BY RENEE thing to make Popeye’s heart flutter: “The proposed use w ill be compatible LANDUYT An olive oil store is opening in the Village. with surrounding retail and will add Liam Maher said he A-gah-gah-gah-gah. vibrancy to Kercheval Place,” he said. can hear the bell as Giuseppe’s International Oils and Entrance to the business is off of sociated with the Vinegar sells extra virgin olive oil, bal Kercheval Place. story “The Polar samic vinegar, related products and acces “It is not anticipated that the proposed Express.” Maher sories, according to documents the City of use w ill generate a greater parking demand joined other Grosse Grosse Pointe council used Monday, Dec.