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Kate Murray Takes Over as Grosse Pointe North's Principal
After gaining official approval earlier this week, Kate Murray will take over being the principal at Grosse Pointe North High School.

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After gaining official approval earlier this week, Kate Murray will take over being the principal at Grosse Pointe North High School.

Following brief site plan reviews this week, two businesses in the Village gained approval for new signage.
Two retailers will be leaving the Village only weeks after a meeting in which several new initiatives were announced.
Six City of Grosse Pointe public safety officers have been recognized for their work in 2012, receiving department awards during a brief ceremony this week before the city council.
Grosse Pointe Public School Board members had many questions and requested hard data to support such a change. The recommendation is one of several the team has made regarding the high schools.
A new restaurant in Grosse Pointe Park featuring American comfort foods is slated to open March 6 for dinner.
Longtime Grosse Pointe Farms resident Joe Ricci will serve a partial council term through November 2015 filling a vacancy left by Joe Leonard, who lost a battle with cancer last summer.
Receding water levels in Lake St. Clair have led officials in the City of Grosse Pointe to hire a company to dredge its marina to help prevent boaters from running aground. City council approved the project Monday.
The following information is gathered from the Departments of Public Safety of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
Grosse Pointe Farms will have a special election; the Grosse Pointe Public School board and several city councils will meet; and the Shores Planning Commission will meet in a closed session regarding a request for one house on Lake Shore.
A championship swim meet ended with Grosse Pointe North Boys Swimming and Diving Team taking fifth place.
Realtors in the Grosse Pointes will show 14 homes Sunday Feb. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m., according to the Grosse Pointe Board of Realtors.
First informational meeting draws 20 residents. The next informational meeting on the proposed radar is Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church.
The following information is gathered from the St. Clair Shores Police Department. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
A new league serving boys ages 13 and older is accepting registration now throughout the five Grosse Pointes, which will serve as a transition between Little League and the junior/senior league.
St. Clair Shores police are looking for help to identify a man caught on surveillance cameras during a recent burglary on Frazho Road. Anyone with information is asked to call 586-445-5305.
The most recent production from Grosse Pointe Theater opens Thursday Feb. 21 at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House with shows continuing through March 3.
The new restaurant taking over the former Standard Oil building in Grosse Pointe Park is waiting for final inspections.
During a recent competition, students in Grosse Pointe South's tv production program won first, second and third place for the music video category.
Grosse Pointe Woods and St. John Hospital officials will discuss noise complaints and flight paths this week related to the use of a helicopter for life-flights.