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COMMUNITY

Dearborn Heights City Council fails to appoint new member

December 8th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights City Council has been operating for nearly a month with only six members and has failed to appoint a seventh. A special meeting was held on Monday for the Council to interview candidates. The first of the candidates interviewed was Zouher Abdel-Hak. Abdel-Hak has been heavily involved...

COMMUNITY

Accountability For Dearborn addresses racism in Dearborn, shares data of racial targeting by police

October 24th, 20200 DEARBORN — Accountability For Dearborn (A4D) has turned to the City Council to address racial segregation in Dearborn while also releasing police records for the last decade. Having submitted a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request almost three months ago, A4D announced that it had finally received the information it had...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn Heights: Mayor’s veto on Council chairwoman’s letter stands

September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A veto put forward by Mayor Paletko regarding an ordinance brought forward by Council Chairwoman Denise Malinowski-Maxwell has been upheld and cannot be overridden. To be overridden, the Council would have needed to pass the reintroduction of the ordinance with a 5-2 vote. However, it was only given a 4-3 vote...

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Dearborn Heights City Council puts forward resolution to potentially remove mayor from office

September 4th, 20201 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A resolution on the agenda for an upcoming Dearborn Heights City Council meeting mentions researching how to remove Daniel Paletko from office as mayor. The resolution comes after an 18 month back and forth between Paletko and the City Council in regards to issuing an audit on the city’s financial...

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Dearborn passes ordinance to reduce air pollution, traffic obstructions by industrial trucks

August 31st, 20200 DEARBORN — The Dearborn City Council unanimously passed ordinance No. 20-1680 to provide for several different environmental protections that have also been advocated for by state Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn). “Nearly five years ago, I met an elderly gentleman in the south end of Dearborn,” Hammoud said. “After a few...

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Dearborn Heights candidate asks for recount, here’s how it works

August 17th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - While incumbents on the Dearborn Heights' City Council were happy about the results of the August 6 election, candidate Jamal Bazzi has asked for a recount of the votes, which will take place next week. "I believe that there was a mistake somewhere along the line," Bazzi told The Arab American News. "The reason I...

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Dearborn Heights City Council’s new ordinance puts cap on hookah lounges despite legal counsel advice, lawsuit looming

July 20th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Dearborn Heights has a new ordinance that limits the number of hookah licenses issued in the city to seven. There are currently seven active licenses in the city. The ordinance also has spacing requirements and restrictions on business hours, requiring lounges to be closed between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. Anyone wishing...

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Dearborn updates gazebo ordinance to make distinction between permanent and seasonal structures

June 11th, 20190 DEARBORN – Residents who enjoy relaxing or entertaining in the shade of gazebos got some clarity from the city this week about the requirements governing their installation on their property. The City Council recently approved an amendment to an ordinance that details the definitions of the popular canopy-like structures and...

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Dearborn Heights mosque’s neighbors raise parking problems, noise issues at City Council meeting

June 10th, 20191 Dearborn Heights – Several residents raised concerns about parking, noise and hostile mosque attendees at the May 28 City Council meeting, following the three-day Ramadan Night of Power festivities. The residents, who all reside within a few blocks of the Islamic Institute of America (IAA) at Ford Road and Kinloch Street in Dearborn...

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Dearborn’s Levagood Park restroom facility to be renovated, expanded by summer 2019

December 10th, 20180 DEARBORN – A pending renovation of the comfort station at the city's Levagood Park will provide a more user-friendly experience in the city’s most-visited park. At its Dec. 4 meeting, the Dearborn City Council approved a complete renovation of the bathroom facility within the park, located at Wilson Street and Silvery Lane on the...

Local

Dearborn Heights Building Department head resigns amid accusations of corruption

October 5th, 20181 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The city’s Building and Engineering director, Mohamed Sobh, has resigned amid accusations by a City Council member that he harassed and extorted residents. At a September 25 Council meeting, Councilman Bill Bazzi said he heard from at least 20 residents and real estate agents that Sobh’s department approves...

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Discrimination complaints forces city to revise confusing gazebo ordinance

September 22nd, 20180 DEARBORN – Inconsistencies in ordinances have been causing confusion among city officials, as residents who have gazebos on their properties complain of excessive ticketing and press administrators struggling to iron out the enforcement language, to find a fix. Although City Council members attempted to tackle this issue last...

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Ali Ramlawi wins Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race

August 11th, 20180 ANN ARBOR – Challenger Ali Ramlawi defeated Chuck Warpehoski in the Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race on Tuesday, with about 51 percent of the vote. Ramlawi, owner of the Jerusalem Garden restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, made his second run for City Council within the past year. After almost defeating Chip Smith, the other...

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Proposed hotel near Dearborn mosque sparks debate and division

March 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN – Tensions are high among community members over the proposed opening of a Holiday Inn Express hotel about 500 yards from Dearborn’s largest mosque. The hospitality chain seeks to construct a business-geared hotel in place of a church that has been vacant for three years, on a triangular block that’s home to the Islamic...

Elections

Hamtramck City Councilman Saad Almasmari kicks off campaign for State House seat

February 9th, 20180 HAMTRAMCK — When Saad Almasmari made history in Nov. 2015 by receiving the most votes in the Hamtramck City Council race— making it the first City Council with a Muslim-majority in the U.S— he pledged to ensure proportional representation and that the city would handle resources well enough to move on from emergency...

Local

Dearborn Heights City Council considers medical marijuana shops

February 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As federal officials and states remain in a tug of war on the legality of marijuana, cities across the nation where the consumption of the drug is permitted on some level are grappling with whether to allow dispensary stores in their neighborhoods. In Dearborn Heights, residents of the largely bedroom community...

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Yemeni American family decries police cruelty: They threw us out in the cold like animals

January 26th, 20180 By Farah Harb HAMTRAMCK — Members of a Hamtramck family claim the police treated them pitilessly during a traffic stop on Jan. 3 in which the father was pulled over for an expired tag and ticketed for having no insurance. Nasser Almasmari had his pregnant wife, 10-year old son and 2-year-old and 11-month-old daughters with him when...

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Dearborn city leaders look to future at inauguration ceremony

January 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — During the inauguration ceremony for Dearborn city officials on Jan. 9, Mayor Jack O'Reilly told the audience that Dearborn is a unique community. "I have to tell you there aren't communities like Dearborn all over the place, said O'Reilly, who was sworn in for his third full term. "There aren't people that come together...

Elections

This is how much candidates spent in Dearborn’s municipal elections

December 15th, 20170 DEARBORN — Candidates in Dearborn's Nov. 7 municipal elections spent almost $ 1 million during the election, according to the Wayne County Clerk. Dearbornites voted for a mayor, seven City Council members and a City Clerk. The final campaign finance reports show that all 18 candidates spent a total of $997,864 out of $1,146,725...

In Our Opinion

Reasons to be thankful

November 23rd, 20170 As Arab American and Muslim families gather around the dinner table this Thanksgiving holiday, they will show gratitude for their blessings, but will also be bound to express fear for each other’s safety. Since President Trump’s candidacy and after his election, the country has been deeply inflamed with hate crimes, racism and...

Elections

Meet Mike Khader, Yonkers’ first Arab American City Council president

November 17th, 20170 YONKERS, NY — Last week, Mike Khader, an Arab American attorney and a former Central Intelligence Agency official, made history when he beat incumbent Republican City Council President Liam McLaughlin for his seat in the fourth largest city in New York. Khader, 41, had never held elective office, but said he decided to run after he...

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Voters in Detroit and Westland stay with the status quo

November 10th, 20170 DETROIT — On Tuesday, Nov. 7, incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan retained his seat, defeating State Sen. Coleman A. Young II in a landslide victory, with 72 percent of the vote. "It's been a year-long campaign and though all of the different kinds of attacks, I've been treated with nothing but warmth and kindness from Detroiters… I am...

Elections

Hamtramck’s Karen Majewski wins re-election as mayor, Al-Marsoumi elected to City Council

November 10th, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — Mayor Karen Majewski won reelection to a fourth term on Tuesday, Nov. 7. She received 1,960 votes, while Mohammed Hassan finished with 1,231. The overall voter turnout in the city's Nov. 7 general elections was 22 percent. In the City Council race, Fadel Al-Marsoumi became the second Arab American elected to that...

Elections

Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko wins re-election, Bazzi joins City Council

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — It looked to be a close race between Mayor Dan Paletko and City Councilwoman Lisa Hicks-Clayton in Tuesday's election, but once the absentee votes were counted, Paletko won by 1,143 votes. Paletko won with 4,467 votes, which was 55.83 percent of the total votes for mayor, and Hicks-Clayton received a total of...

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Two new women join Dearborn City Council, Arab Americans top vote getters

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN — A few months ago, a slew of new names on the Aug. 8 ballot signaled a community was gaining leverage in the local political sphere. While Arab Americans dominated the polls on Nov. 7, their victories were not among the elected candidates, but in the weight of their vote. Dearborn's primary elections saw a handful of...

Elections

Dearborn re-elects Mayor O’Reilly to ‘finish what he started’

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN — It was the city's contentious mayoral race that drove most voters to the polls. Many voters told The AANews reporters they hoped for a change of course in the city government, as things have changed since Mayor O'Reilly was elected a decade ago. But voters re-elected O'Reilly with 10,999 votes (57 percent) in the Nov....

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Arab Americans eye voter unity, representation in city government ahead of Nov. 7 elections

November 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN – Since it was established in 1927, Dearborn has become recognized as a model city where families enjoy top-notch public schools, safety, city services and national landmarks. Unified on maintaining that level of city services, residents have taken a particular interest in their municipal elections throughout the decades,...

COMMUNITY

Community celebrates political strides, weighs challenges at AAPAC’s 20th anniversary gala

November 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN – The Arab American Political Action Committee’s (AAPAC) 20th anniversary gala was a celebration of political successes. Six days before the Nov. 7 municipal elections, Arab Americans packed a large dinner hall at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn and reflected on two decades of achievements and looking forward...

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