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Business

Fairlane Town Center mall sold, could gain housing

May 6th, 20220 DEARBORN - Fairlane Mall once again has a new owner. A Dallas-based real estate firm bought Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn and may add housing to the mall property in the future, closing the sale on Wednesday. Centennial owns a dozen other enclosed shopping malls in the U.S. The sale price was not disclosed. The former owner,...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn resident sentenced to 33 months in $500,000 investment fraud scheme

May 6th, 20220 DETROIT – Dearborn resident Ali Rameh Bazzi was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Wednesday on charges of wire fraud and money laundering arising out of an approximately $500,000 investment fraud scheme. In addition to the 33 months of imprisonment, Bazzi was ordered to pay $441,231 in restitution to his victims. Bazzi was...

Elections

Democrat Jeff Pepper wins over Republican Ginger Shearer in Tuesday’s special election

May 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Democrat Jeff Pepper defeated Republican challenger Ginger Shearer for the District 15 State House partial term in Tuesday’s special election, amid low voter turnout and heavy absentee voting. The low overall turnout was consistent with the special primary that preceded Tuesday’s general. Only 9.5 percent of...

Local

Dearborn charter school served with a seize property order for ex-employee’s debt

May 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — The West Village Academy in Dearborn was served with an order to seize property from the 4B Judicial District Court to repay a former employee’s debt. Superintendent Carletta Counts told Fox 2 that the school was told to pay the amount of the employee’s debt or padlocks would be put on the doors and property would be...

Crime

Dearborn doctor pleads guilty to unnecessarily prescribing pain meds

May 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — A Dearborn-based doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances after allegedly writing prescriptions that were not needed. According to authorities, Dr. Tete Oniango, 47, confessed to prescribing 12,500 dosage units of hydrocodone. The allegations originally came out in...

Local

Report ranks Metro Detroit as worst, most expensive in U.S. for drivers

May 3rd, 20220 DETROIT — A new report asks whether average U.S. workers are really able to afford their commute, given historically high inflation, gas prices and most importantly, the cost of maintaining vehicles. The report by the website Clever, a real estate market and consumer research group, ranked the best and worst metros for driving...

Local

Huntington Bank partners with The Arab American News to give $75,000 in scholarships to Dearborn, DBH students

April 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — Huntington Bank and The Arab American News will proudly announce the recipients of the first annual Future Leaders in Progress (F.L.I.P) scholarship program this June. The program will award a total of $75,000 in college scholarships to 20 Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high school students, out of a faculty-selected...

COMMUNITY

Increasing Arab Americans visibility in research: Alzheimer’s researchers urge community involvement

April 30th, 20220 ANN ARBOR — To cap off Arab American Heritage Month, The Arab American News is highlighting the important work the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan continues to do in the community. The center, led by Arab American researchers...

Local

Dearborn City Council passes supplemental to language access resolution to specify Arabic

April 29th, 20220 DEARBORN — An effort to increase language access in Dearborn by its City Council may have taken a positive step forward last week. In a special meeting, the Council passed a supplemental to its earlier resolution to translate election materials, including ballots, for its minority residents. On the insistence of Wayne County Clerk...

COMMUNITY

Bill seeks to include Mid East and North African category in minority-serving health programs

April 27th, 20220 DEARBORN — U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) have joined colleagues to introduce a bill that includes people who identify as Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) as a racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S. Public Health Service Act. The MENA population is categorized as White or "other"...

Local

Local police departments to take back prescriptions on April 29 and 30

April 27th, 20220 DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Police Departments are participating in prescription take back events at the end of the month. The events are in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by safely disposing of...

Elections

State election officials say voters should hand-deliver absentee ballots in final week before May 3

April 26th, 20220 Michigan's elections officials are encouraging voters to hand-deliver their absentee ballots to their local clerk’s office or ballot drop box, in the week leading up to the May 3 elections Several Michigan communities, including Dearborn, are holding elections next Tuesday. Absentee ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on Election...

Local

Dearborn Parks and Recreation Department hosting job fair

April 26th, 20220 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a job fair on May 5 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Anyone age 16 and older is invited to attend the job fair. The four-hour event will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at the...

Elections

Here are some local candidates for the August primary, after withdrawal deadline

April 22nd, 20220 The deadline for withdrawal from the August primary election has now passed and here are some candidates in notable races for districts covering Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck and more. The following list appears on the Michigan Department of State's website and includes candidates who have withdrawn their names from each...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn Police arrest man in Grand Rapids area for soliciting Dearborn minor to send explicit material

April 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — On April 10, the Dearborn Police Department received a complaint that an adult male suspect from the Grand Rapids area solicited a 14-year-old Dearborn minor to send sexually explicit material via social media. In the online interaction, the minor self-identified as autistic. Following a thorough investigation,...

Elections

Democrat Jeff Pepper to face Republican Ginger Shearer in May 3 special election for State House District 15

April 22nd, 20220 A special general election on May 3 will decide who sits in the State House seat vacated by Dearborn Mayor and former State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud through the end of the year. The race for the 15th House District pits Democrat Jeff Pepper and Republican Ginger Shearer, formerly known as Virginia Polk. Pepper won the special...

COMMUNITY

Fadwa Hammoud wins historic argument before U.S. Supreme Court

April 21st, 20221 DEARBORN — Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud has successfully argued before the highest court in the land after first making history as the first Arab American Muslim woman to do so in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices rendered a 6-3 opinion in Hammoud's favor and in favor of the state’s stance in the...

Local

Local seniors to be awarded over 40k in scholarships at LAHC annual gala

April 20th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Human services agency Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC) announced more than $40,000 in scholarships for 16 local high school seniors to be awarded at its upcoming 34th Annual Awards Gala. The high-profile event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 5 at 6 p.m. at the Shenandoah Country Club in...

Local

Deadline to register to participate in Memorial Day Parade extended

April 20th, 20220 DEARBORN — The deadline to sign up to participate in Dearborn’s annual Memorial Day Parade has been extended to Saturday, April 30. The 96th annual Memorial Day Parade is scheduled for Monday, May 30, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is actively searching for participants. The parade is one of the...

Local

Dearborn welcomes new director of economic development

April 20th, 20220 DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has announced the appointment of Jordan Twardy as the city’s new director of economic development. Twardy comes to the city with 15 years of government experience in economic and community development, fundraising, team building and project management. He most recently served as the Community and...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn Homecoming Festival to return in August

April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dearborn Homecoming Festival is making its return this August. The festival, traditionally held at Ford Field Park, is moving to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center and will be held from August 5 through August 7. The new location was selected due to...

COMMUNITY

Clerks Garrett and Darany: Get the translation done

April 16th, 20220 On March 22, the Dearborn City Council unanimously passed a resolution requiring ballot translation to any language spoken by more than 10,000 residents (or 5 percent of the population, whichever criteria is met first). The resolution also calls for implementation to start as early as the August primary election. This was a historical...

Elections

Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appears at Dearborn Council meeting to comment on election translation efforts

April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN - Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appeared at the Dearborn City Council meeting this week to give her input, in public, to the city’s present language access efforts. The Council passed a resolution in March, brought forth by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud, that sought to ensure ballots and other election materials would be...

Crime

Dearborn police seeking help identifying home invasion suspect

April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department are hoping that residents can help identify a suspect wanted in connection to a recent home invasion. On April 13 at approximately 2:30 p.m, the Dearborn Police Department responded to the area of the 3700 block of Madison Street regarding a home invasion. The investigation found that an...

Crime

Six charged, including two from Dearborn, with tax conspiracy and wire fraud

April 15th, 20220 A federal grand jury in Flint returned an indictment on Wednesday, charging Michael Angelo (Angelo), Hassan Kamal Fayad, Mirna Kamal Fayad, Cory Justin Mann, Thomas Reed Quartz and Rosina Angelo with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other crimes. According to the indictment, from approximately 2011 to 2022, Angelo owned and operated...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn man charged with possessing, making child porn videos

April 15th, 20220 A Dearborn man is accused of possessing child porn after a man he was meeting with for sex saw images and videos on his phone, according to court records. The man who saw the child porn contacted police about Haitham Sami Bazzi earlier this month. According to a criminal complaint, the man who reported Bazzi went to Bazzi's home...

COMMUNITY

Minnesota man arrested after Dearborn mosque threats, awaits charges

April 14th, 20220 A man suspected of threatening mosques in Metro Detroit has been arrested, officials said. The FBI is investigating threats made by a 60-year-old man who allegedly made statements about blowing up mosques in the Metro area, Dearborn police said in a statement Wednesday. They said state police received information about the threats at...

Local

Greenfield Village reopening with first permanent addition in 22 years

April 13th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village is reopening and welcoming a new, permanent addition to the village. Members will get exclusive early access on Friday, April 15. Greenfield Village’s first permanent addition since 2000, the historic Detroit Central Market, opens on Saturday, April 16. The addition of...

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