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AUGUST 21, 2025 Vol. 44, No. 19
Paid for by the Committee to Elect John J. Gillooly Mayor, 33 Sunset Lane Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
Lifeless woman revived by officers after driving into lake
Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department members rescued a woman from Lake St. Clair Aug. 4 after she drove her vehicle into the water. Photo provided by Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — An alert motorist who called 911 immediately enabled Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department officers to save the life of a woman who had driven into Lake St. Clair. The witness called the emergency number when she saw a vehicle on the opposite side of Lake Shore Road drive into the water in the area of Newberry Road at around 8:20 a.m. Aug. 4. Within two minutes, officers arrived on the scene, where they found the woman’s vehicle — a Kia — partially submerged and the body of the woman, 70, of Detroit, floating face down in the lake, roughly 50 yards west of the vehicle and 30 feet from the shore. Detective Keith Colombo, a member of the Farms’ dive team, said every officer on shift at the time raced to the scene. Fellow dive team members Lt. Wes Kipke and officer See RESCUE on page 12A
Poster provided by The Family Center
Film screenings, talk and fair focus on connection and community BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — Could joining a book club or a community organization make for happier, healthier Americans and a happier America? The makers of the award-winning documentary “Join or Die” seem to think so — and so do leaders of multiple nonprofits and community groups in the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods. So much so, in fact, that they’ve arranged for several free community screenings of “Join or Die” and have invited one of the filmmakers to speak.
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Based on the ideas in social scientist Robert Putnam’s book, “Bowling Alone,” “Join or Die” explores how a decline in American civic life has given rise to the current loneliness epidemic and how clubs and community groups help democracy. The roughly 90-minute film was directed by siblings Rebecca and Pete Davis. “We’re hoping it might open some eyes and start some conversations,” said Mark Heppner, president and CEO of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House and president of Grosse Pointe Sunrise Rotary. Remaining “Join or Die” community screenings are slated to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford See FILM on page 4A
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The award-winning documentary “Join or Die” — whose poster is pictured — will be screened locally for free, and there will be an Oct. 1 program featuring one of the directors, Rebecca Davis.