🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Grosse Pointe tutor boosting ACT and SAT scores

Coffee in hand, Grosse Pointe? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Grosse Pointe tutor boosting ACT and SAT scores
• Which Top Docs are practicing near Grosse Pointe this year?

Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A little morning rain, with a high of 66 and low of 48 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 48.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Helping students find their confidence for more than 25 years (grossepointenews.com) — A longtime Grosse Pointe resident and educator has spent more than 25 years helping students build confidence on the ACT and SAT while also leading an elementary school as principal. She started teaching at University Liggett after moving to Grosse Pointe in 1998, and now balances marathon running, family life, and a busy tutoring schedule that has helped local teens significantly raise their scores.
   

• Hour Detroit's Top Docs List 2026 (hourdetroit.com) — Metro Detroit physicians have named hundreds of colleagues to Hour Detroit's 2026 Top Docs list, and Grosse Pointe residents can look up specialists connected to Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital and other nearby systems. The feature explains that selections come from peer nominations and license checks, then provides an extensive directory of doctors and hospital contacts across southeast Michigan.
   

📸 Around Grosse Pointe

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grosse Pointe

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
  2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Planet D Nonet →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• Grosse Pointe Theatre's Les Misérables →
  Schaap Center, 15001 E. Jefferson Ave., Grosse Pointe Park
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Groupe de Conversation October →
  Village Grille, 16930 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Park
  6:00 pm
• The GUD Band →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• Russ Macklem →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Music From Mozart to Mercury →
  Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee Avenue, Grosse Pointe
  4:00 pm
• Russ Macklem →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• The GUD Band →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Alexander Zonjic →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Free Trunk or Treat →
  St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 375 Lothrop Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Living On (Grosse Pointe Farms) →
  The Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road, Grosse Pointe Farms
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Fall Plant Exchange →
  Grosse Pointe Park, MI Calendar, Barrington and Windmill Pointe Drive, Grosse Pointe Park
  9:30 am
• Grosse Pointe Woods Fall Fest →
  Grosse Pointe Woods MI
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Driver Manager - Harper Woods MI 3PL in Harper Woods. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Harper Woods. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grosse Pointe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grosse Pointe Park

• Home, gun and car safety freebies (grossepointenews.com)
• Woods getting access to school cameras (grossepointenews.com)
• Park resident achieves improbable golf feat (grossepointenews.com)

Grosse Pointe Farms

• Haunted Garage brings big thrills weekends in October (grossepointenews.com)

Grosse Pointe Woods

• Woods ready for the season (grossepointenews.com)
• Campaign office grand opening is Thursday (grossepointenews.com)

Ok Grosse Pointe! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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