Dearborn Schools calendar approved
August 25th, 20230 The Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education voted on Monday night to approve the new contract with the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, which also sets the district’s calendar for the year. The Aug. 21 vote approved the five-year contract, which also includes an updated salary schedule and a number of other details governing...Secretary Benson encourages Michiganders to sign up to be poll workers
August 25th, 20230 LANSING — On National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson urged Michiganders to sign up to work at their community polling place in the upcoming 2024 elections. Michigan residents can sign up to serve at Michigan.gov/Pollworker. “Poll workers are our most valuable asset in conducting Michigan’s safe,...Study reveals 300,000 Michigan kids are from immigrant families, 70,000 of whom are in high school
August 25th, 20230 DETROIT — According to a new “High School Kids in Immigrant Families” study commissioned by Global Detroit, 300,000 Michigan kids live in immigrant families, where at least one person was born outside the U.S. Of these, 70,000 are Michigan high school students — 15 percent of all Michigan high schoolers — including 17,000 in...Four teens run out on $400 restaurant bill, turn themselves in after police post video on Instagram
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN — Four Arab American teens who dined and dashed at a Dearborn restaurant turned themselves in after police used social media to find them. On Sunday the teens ate at the Red Sea Restaurant on Michigan Avenue, then ran out without paying. After Dearborn police posted video of the incident on Instagram, the...Rania Succar, Syrian American and driven philanthropist, to be awarded the Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year Award
August 25th, 20230 Rania Succar, a Syrian American and esteemed business leader, will be awarded the Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year Award by the Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) at its Threads of Giving Gala this September for her extensive work in philanthropy. The gala celebrates Arab American philanthropy and their...Dearborn Heights D7 School District sued after 14-year-old student died by suicide
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A little over three months after 14-year-old Annapolis High School student Selena Perez died by suicide, her family has filed a formal lawsuit against the D7 School District, Principal Aaron Mollett and Superintendent Dr. Tyrone Weeks. The lawsuit says that Perez had physical signs of self-induced harm...Cancer FactFinder website translated into eight languages, Arabic included
August 25th, 20230 BOSTON – The Cancer FactFinder, an online resource examining myths and misinformation about cancer, is now available in eight additional languages: Arabic, Creole, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Created by a team from the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention at the Harvard T.H. Chan School...Dearborn breaks ground on first of three PEACE Parks
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN – Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud led Dearborn area elected officials and business leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 22, to break ground at the site of the first of three state-of-the-art pocket parks constructed under the Park Equity and Access for Civil Engagement (PEACE) Project. The downtown West Dearborn PEACE Park is the first of three...Severe weather conditions continuing for much of Wayne County
August 24th, 20230 Severe weather conditions will continue for much of Wayne County. Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible in some areas of Southeast Michigan. The Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS) and the county’s Public Health Division is urging residents to drive with caution...Michigan Lawyers Weekly names Fadwa Hammoud among the 2023 “Influential Women of Law”
August 18th, 20230 LANSING – Michigan Lawyers Weekly announced the 2023 class of "Influential Women of Law", featuring Michigan’s Chief Deputy Attorney General Fadwa Hammoud among the honorees. The award “honors women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their...Dearborn Heights: Sudden resignation of Councilman Ray Muscat raises questions for the general election and beyond
August 18th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Wednesday, a few days after coming in third place in the Aug. 8 primary election and advancing to the November general election, Dearborn Heights City Council Vice Chair Ray Muscat announced his resignation, citing "health reasons." Muscat's resignation opens the door to a number of questions related to the...Dearborn mayor gets tough on littering and trash dumping in the city
August 18th, 20231 DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud returned a pile of trash to the home of the person who dumped it in a park. On August 3, Hammoud wrote in a Facebook post that he was pulled away from dinner with his family because of the problem, which the unnamed person apparently does nightly. "This is unacceptable," he wrote. "This invites...Mayor Hammoud deducts $300,000 from GFL contract, citing decline in garbage collection services
August 18th, 20230 DEARBORN — With waste collection services in Dearborn declining in recent months, residents are grappling with the failure of Green For Life (GFL) to remove the accumulated trash in front of their homes, according to the terms stipulated in the contract with the city, adding to the grumbling and indignation of residents and business...Owner of Monroe County orchard makes racist remarks toward family: “Every Muslim steals from me.”
August 18th, 20231 MONROE – On Wednesday, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, cautioned Michigan Muslims and Muslims from the Toledo, Ohio, area from patronizing a Monroe County orchard due to alleged anti-Muslim harassment by its owner. The...COVID makes a comeback, but new vaccines are around the corner
August 16th, 20230 By Sunita Sohrabji The U.S. is experiencing a summer swell of infections, though hospitalization rates remain relatively stable. Three eminent experts conclude that COVID-19 will continue to pose a health threat over many years, as it continues its evolution. But updated vaccines are expected to mitigate the severity of......
Westland mayoral primary: Londeau to face Coleman in November general elections
August 12th, 20231 WESTLAND — It's down to state Rep. Kevin Coleman and interim Mayor Mike Londeau in the race for Westland mayor. Coleman, a Democratic member of the State House, and Londeau, a former council member appointed interim mayor in January, drew the most votes during the primary election on Aug. 8 and will advance to the November general...Hamtramck primary: Five Muslims and pro LGBTQ candidate advance to the November elections, big NO to school millage renewal
August 12th, 20230 HAMTRAMCK – Voters in the Aug. 8 primary election rejected the school millage renewal and elected six City Council candidates, including five Muslims and an LGBTQ supporter, to advance to the November elections and compete for the three open seats. Lynn Blasey, who favors the flying of LGBTQ+ flags on government property, came in...Dearborn Heights primary: Four Arab Americans out of six candidates advance to the general election in November
August 12th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In the Dearborn Heights City Council primary elections held on Tuesday, four Arab Americans out of six candidates qualified for the general elections on November 7. The six candidates will compete for the three open seats in November. The City Council will at least have one new member, due to the decision of Council...State Senator Santana meets with Arab American leaders, reiterates her apology for visiting Israel: “Now I understand”
August 12th, 20230 DEARBORN — The kept-secret recent visit of State Senator Sylvia Santana to Israel sparked widespread outrage and disappointment among local Arab Americans, who makes up about 65 percent of the district she represents in the Lansing, which includes the cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, as well as parts of Allen Park and......
Resilient Neighborhoods: This Detroit neighborhood is using tech to tell the story of its housing
August 7th, 20230 By David Sands Woodbridge resident Mark Jones has always been curious about history, but lately he's been applying his interest to his own neighborhood. Jones works as a data analyst with the city of Detroit. His specialty is working with geographic information systems (GIS), computer-based tools that can be used to collect,...Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to reveal six vehicles at September Detroit Auto Show
August 4th, 20230 DETROIT – The Detroit Auto Show announced Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have confirmed they will each hold important vehicle reveals, totaling six reveals between the Detroit Three, during the show’s Media and Technology Days (Sept. 13 -14). The Detroit Auto Show runs from Sept. 13 - 24 at Huntington Place in......
Nine candidates vying for three seats in the Dearborn Heights Council primary race
August 4th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Voters are gearing up for the City Council primary on Tuesday, August 8, in which seven of the nine candidates are Arab Americans. The top six vote-getters will compete for the three seats in the November election. The Dearborn Heights City Council race will be the only item on the ballot this election. At least...Hamtramck primary: Nine candidates are vying for three City Council seats, renewal of school millage
August 4th, 20231 HAMTRAMCK – On Tuesday, August 8, voters in Hamtramck will go to the polls to elect six out of the nine candidates who are vying for three seats on the City Council. Those six candidates will face off in November to fill the three seats, which are for four-year terms. In addition, Hamtramck voters will also have to decide on a public......