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When your personal safety's at stake,_sensible self-defense is best offense
GrossePointeToday.com Your Community
Feb 06Annie Derbabian Editor's note: Recent events in Grosse Pointe Park have many residents talking and thinking about personal safety. The partners in GrossePointeToday.com are affiliated Wayne State University, whose officers have always impressed us with... »
Life for self-professed murder accomplice has been tough, friend says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Joseph Gentz took the hard-luck road to Grosse Pointe Park. He shared the ZIP code of lakefront mansions, leafy streets and old money, but he got there scraping by, friends said, on odd jobs as a restaurant cook and a handyman, and on public assistance. »
What happened to Jane Bashara?
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Here is a time line of key events in the Jane Bashara murder, based on interviews with Bob Bashara and police. 7 a.m.: Jane Bashara leaves for work at Kema Services, an energy consulting firm in Detroit. 4:30 p.m.: Bob Bashara returns to family home on... »
Contest: Win an Overnight Stay at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester
Grosse Pointe Patch
Feb 03Valentine's Day is fast approaching and we've got the perfect gift for you and your sweetie: an overnight stay for two at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester. So, enter our "Object of My Affection" contest for a chance to win. Here's how: Upload a photo ... »
POLL: Are You Glad or Sad Winter is Wimpy So Far?
Grosse Pointe Patch
Feb 03Show of hands: Who went out without gloves this week or rode with a car window open? You're not alone. January just went out like a lamb, a two-months-early calendar twist that's unusual here. So is an average Metro Detroit winter temperature of 30.7 d... »
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Life for self-professed murder accomplice has been tough, friend says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Joseph Gentz took the hard-luck road to Grosse Pointe Park. He shared the ZIP code of lakefront mansions, leafy streets and old money, but he got there scraping by, friends said, on odd jobs as a restaurant cook and a handyman, and on public assistance. »
What happened to Jane Bashara?
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Here is a time line of key events in the Jane Bashara murder, based on interviews with Bob Bashara and police. 7 a.m.: Jane Bashara leaves for work at Kema Services, an energy consulting firm in Detroit. 4:30 p.m.: Bob Bashara returns to family home on... »
Police say Bob Bashara was in bar on day wife went missing
Detroit Free Press Local News
Jan 31The night his wife went missing, Bob Bashara spent time at a bar in a property he owns and rents out in Grosse Pointe Park, police said Monday in revealing for the first time where Bashara was the night of Jan. 24. »
Both sides of family insist: No way Bob Bashara killed his wife
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Jan 30Family who gathered in Grosse Pointe Park this weekend to mourn Jane Bashara said Sunday that they share more than their grief: They're convinced her husband, Bob, could not have strangled her. »
Little Leaguers recall intimidating 9-year-old Prince Fielder
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Jan 29Ben Burns took the fun out of Prince Fielder's hands. It was the summer of 1993. The Yankees led the Expos by a run in the final frame of a Grosse Pointe Little League game. Two runners were on base and up came Fielder to the plate. He was 9, a hulk of... »