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APRIL 4, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 7
NORTH SWIM TEAM DOES WELL AT STATE FINALS/6A
City voters to decide bond for sewer system improvements BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores is teaming up with the Michigan Science Center to offer a special, interactive solar eclipse viewing event on its grounds April 8. Photos provided by the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Ford House to host solar eclipse viewing event with Michigan Science Center BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
SHORES — Metro Detroiters have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a near-total solar eclipse close to home April 8, and the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores is teaming up with the Michigan Science Center to make sure it’s a safe and memorable experience for all ages. From noon to 4:30 p.m. April 8, the Ford House is
hosting indoor and outdoor activities with Michigan Science Center educators, who will explain how the eclipse will progress. Participants will be able to make pinhole projectors and sun-spotting scopes, and all attendees will receive a pair of solar eclipse glasses for safe viewing. Self-guided tours of the main house will be available until 4 p.m. “When two cultural institutions like Ford House and the Michigan Science Center come together, we can literally point the community’s eyes skyward and be inspired,” Ford See ECLIPSE on page 12A
CITY — Grosse Pointe City voters will be asked this August to weigh in on a bond to pay for sewer system infrastructure improvements that officials believe will sharply decrease the risk of future basement flooding and sewage backups. But while the project price tag is estimated at $28,571,344, that cost is being offset by $21,627,583 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Voters will be asked during the August primary whether to approve a stormwater sewer separation and capital improvements bond not to exceed $15 million, payable over a term not to exceed 21 years. The Grosse Pointe City Council voted unanimously March 18 in favor of ballot language for the bond proposal. The estimated millage that would be levied in 2025 is 1.8894 mills, or $1.89 per $1,000 of taxable value, and the estimated simple average annual millage to retire the bonds is 1.884 mills, or $1.88 per $1,000 of taxable value. See SEWER on page 11A
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