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candgnews.com APRIL 24, 2025 Vol. 44, No. 9
Farms Public Safety awards Employee of the Year to newly minted school resource officer
From left, Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Director John Hutchins congratulates officer James LaBeau — the school resource officer at Grosse Pointe South High School — as he receives his Employee of the Year award during a March 10 Farms City Council meeting.
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department’s Employee of the Year is someone who’s making a difference in the lives of many of the teenagers in the community. Officer James LaBeau became the school resource officer at Grosse Pointe South High School in April 2024. Since then, he has grown this “newly minted position into a dynamic and multilayered program, which has been well received by students, parents, faculty and administration,” Public Safety Director John Hutchins said during a March
Photo by K. Michelle Moran
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Stretch of Charlevoix Avenue among spots slated for paving in Park PARK — Grosse Pointe Park’s paving program this year will focus on a couple of larger projects in the city.
This spring and summer, the city plans to pave Charlevoix Avenue between Three Mile Drive and Berkshire Road, as well as the rear parking lot at Windmill Pointe Park. During a meeting April 14, the Park City Council unanimously approved a low
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