candgnews.com MAY 29, 2025 Vol. 44, No. 12
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MACKINAC ISLAND CELEBRATES A BIG ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR/14A
Singersongwriter Mac Watts performs a solo concert at the Cabbage Patch Saloon in Grosse Pointe Park Nov. 25, 2024. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Nashville singersongwriter to perform for Michael B’s Café fundraiser BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
PARK — A city setting with be the site of a country concert for a cause. At 6 p.m. June 7, there will be a concert fundraiser for the nonprofit Michael B’s Café in Grosse Pointe Park
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Good Samaritans save kitten BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
CITY — Public safety officers in Grosse Pointe City are on the hunt for the person who wrapped a kitten in a tightly sealed garbage bag and threw the bag in a trash can in a Village Kroger restroom on Mother’s Day. Police were called to the store after the kitten — which survived the ordeal — was discovered and rescued by a shopper at around 12:40 p.m. May 11. Grosse Pointe City Detective Michael Narduzzi said a mother had gone into the women’s restroom with her baby and while she was in there, she heard crying. The woman looked for the source of the sound and noticed movement inside a trash can. Narduzzi said she dug through the bin, found the squirming bag and freed the female feline. “It was a tiny little kitten,” Narduzzi said of the animal, which was later found to be about 7 weeks old. The shopper who found the kitten wasn’t able to adopt it, but another female
This 7-week-old kitten — who was thrown in the garbage by an unknown person at The Village Kroger store May 11 — was rescued by one shopper and given a loving home by another.
See KITTEN on page 12A
Photo provided by Elise Ciaravino
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