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APRIL 18, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 8
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Ford House, Michigan Science Center shine during eclipse event
Retiring Grosse Pointe Shores Assistant City Manager Tom Krolczyk, right, admires a crystal embellished with the city’s emblem that was presented to him during his retirement party March 27 by Mayor Ted Kedzierski, left. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
SHORES — People from across metro Detroit spent an afternoon gazing up in wonder as a near-total solar eclipse took shape in the sky above the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores April 8. A sold-out crowd of more than 1,000 visitors took part in an eclipse event hosted by the Ford House and the Michigan Science Center, who teamed up to offer an afternoon of interactive, educational fun that attracted a crowd that ranged in age from infants See ECLIPSE on page 5A
Shores says goodbye to its ‘Mr. Everything’ as multitalented administrator Tom Krolczyk retires BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
Photo by K. Michelle Moran
GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Some people wear multiple hats at work. Tom Krolczyk wore so many hats during his 25-year career at Grosse Pointe
See KROLCZYK on page 4A
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