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What's up Grosse Pointe! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Grosse Pointe Park's new employee loan program means for taxpayers
  • How Grosse Pointe swimmers shattered records at the Wayne County championships
  • Grosse Pointe Park prepares to honor the life of Lucy Ann Riley

Also on today's calendar: Free Trunk or Treat and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 56.
  • Saturday: High clouds and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Employees get loan program (grossepointenews.com) — Grosse Pointe Park has added a new retirement-backed loan option to its employee compensation package, letting staff borrow from their vested retirement funds and pay the interest back into their own accounts. The council-approved program, administered through the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan, aims to boost financial flexibility and help the city attract and retain workers without adding costs for taxpayers.
   

• Swimmers show up strong at Wayne County meet (grossepointenews.com) — Grosse Pointe South and North girls swim and dive teams delivered standout performances at the Wayne County championships, with South taking second overall and setting multiple pool records. Local swimmers from both schools captured relay and individual titles, including dominant finishes in the 100 freestyle, backstroke, and medley events, underscoring Grosse Pointe's strength in regional high school swimming.
   

• Lucy Ann Miller Riley (grossepointenews.com) — Longtime Grosse Pointe and Grosse Pointe Park resident Lucy Ann Miller Riley, 83, is remembered for her deep faith, devotion to family, and active life in the arts and community. Raised and later raising her own family in Grosse Pointe, she built a varied career and celebrated 24 years of sobriety. A memorial and funeral Mass will be held Oct. 16 at St. Ambrose Parish in Grosse Pointe Park.
   

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  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Sales Merchandiser in Grosse Pointe. Apply here.
  • Corewell Health posted a job opening for Nursing Assistant Med Surg Adaptable Progressive 3NE in Grosse Pointe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grosse Pointe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grosse Pointe Park

  • Park pair participate in Tunnel to Towers 5K (grossepointenews.com)
  • Workers expose workplace dangers in historical drama 'Radium Girls' (candgnews.com)
  • Library millage renewal proposal subject of community presentation (candgnews.com)

Grosse Pointe Farms

  • Farms Autumn Harvest is Saturday (grossepointenews.com)
  • Head-To-Head Survey: Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) versus Harte Hanks (NASDAQ:HHS) (defenseworld.net)
  • Former longtime criminal defense attorney celebrates appointment to the bench (candgnews.com)

Detroit

  • Warm Temps Before Weekend Rain Chances: Metro Detroit Weather (patch.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: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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