Posts tagged with "Dearborn"

Museum Guild holds seventh annual beer tasting fundraiser Local

Museum Guild holds seventh annual beer tasting fundraiser

September 13th, 20190 DEARBORN –  The Museum Guild of Dearborn’s seventh annual beer tasting fundraiser event will return this year on Friday, September 27 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Dearborn Historical Museum’s Ross-McFadden House. Tickets for the event are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door, and include admission, live entertainment and the...
Free document shredding for Dearborn residents Local

Free document shredding for Dearborn residents

September 8th, 20190 DEARBORN  – A free document shredding will take place on Saturday, September 14 from 8 a.m. until noon at the Department of Public Works yard. This event is only open for Dearborn residents and proof of residency will be required. There is a limit of five office sized boxes of personal documents per person, with a maximum weight...
Dearborn Meals on Wheels program seeking drivers and volunteers Local

Dearborn Meals on Wheels program seeking drivers and volunteers

September 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn’s Meals on Wheels program is seeking volunteers to assist with both packaging and delivering food to Dearborn residents enrolled in the program. The Meals on Wheels program is a Wayne County initiative, facilitated in Dearborn by the Senior Services Division. It serves home-bound seniors who do not...
Music Under the Stars continues with free concerts in Dearborn Local

Music Under the Stars continues with free concerts in Dearborn

August 26th, 20190 DEARBORN - “Music Under the Stars”, the Dearborn Recreation & Parks Department’s free concert series, continues with Fifty Amp Fuse performing Thursday, August 22, and the Dearborn Big Band on Thursday, September 12.  Both concerts will be at the Dearborn Hills Golf Course and start at 7:30 p.m. Patrons are encouraged to...
Maintenance week: Services limited at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center Local

Maintenance week: Services limited at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

August 26th, 20190 DEARBORN – The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center will be undergoing maintenance and most portions of the building will be closed from August 26 to September 2. The closed portions include the gymnasiums, pools, fitness area, the Michael A. Guido Theater Box Office and the Senior Services Office.  During these days, the...
Dearborn City Council will not renew jail contract to hold detainees for ICE COMMUNITY

Dearborn City Council will not renew jail contract to hold detainees for ICE

August 26th, 20190 DEARBORN - On Tuesday, August 20, Dearborn City Council voted not to renew its prisoner housing contract with Calhoun County after a decade-long arrangement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold detainees. This agreement was caused from controversy over detentions of undocumented immigrants by ICE. The contract...
Arab American community on high alert after overdose reports COMMUNITY

Arab American community on high alert after overdose reports

August 24th, 20190 DEARBORN – Recent unofficial reports of drug overdoses among Arab Americans in Dearborn have raised concerns over the prevalence of substance abuse and addiction. Opioid addiction has been recognized as a public health crisis in Michigan and the Arab American community has been directly affected for some time. According to...
Police increase traffic enforcement as school year begins Local

Police increase traffic enforcement as school year begins

August 24th, 20190 DEARBORN –  With the new school year beginning on Monday, August 26, Mayor Jack O’Reilly, Jr. has directed the Dearborn Police Department to increase traffic enforcement. The strict traffic enforcement will serve to protect students from speeders, stop-sign runners and inattentive drivers. Officers will focus on streets used...
In Dearborn, Whitmer talks about roads, education and economic growth   COMMUNITY

In Dearborn, Whitmer talks about roads, education and economic growth  

July 13th, 20190 DEARBORN – Governor Whitmer was in Dearborn this week for an expanded presentation of her 2020 budget proposal. To little surprise, infrastructure spending was a focus of her talk at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. She later sat down with The Arab American News for an exclusive interview about the budget and the...
Muslim women changing American scenes with a clothing line at Macy's Art & Culture

Muslim women changing American scenes with a clothing line at Macy’s

June 30th, 20190 DEARBORN— Designer and Muslim convert Lisa Vogl, who launched her Verona Collection in February 2015, brought it to Macy's at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn this past spring. Vogl and Verona Collection Co-Designer and Co-Director Alaa Ammuss launched the brand out Vogl’s apartment. “We launched our brand to help make modest...
Healthy Dearborn coalition to begin eight-week walking campaign Local

Healthy Dearborn coalition to begin eight-week walking campaign

June 27th, 20190 DEARBORN –  Beginning July 10, Healthy Dearborn, Mayor Jack O’Reilly and Beaumont Health will launch a new eight-week challenge to offer people more opportunities to participate in a healthier lifestyle. The campaign will run until September 10. The campaign is currently looking for volunteer walk leaders. Anyone interested is...
Dearborn Hills Golf Course offers opportunities for kids Local

Dearborn Hills Golf Course offers opportunities for kids

June 27th, 20190 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Recreation and Parks Department’s “Drivers” or “Putters” programs are offering golf opportunities for kids beginning June 18. Golf enthusiasts between the ages of 7 and 17 are invited to register for both programs. The Drivers and Putters programs, offered at the Robert Herndon Dearborn Hills Golf...
Amended Dearborn ordinance gives dates and times for fireworks use COMMUNITY

Amended Dearborn ordinance gives dates and times for fireworks use

June 22nd, 20190 DEARBORN –  The city of Dearborn updated the fireworks ordinance in February of this year. While the amended ordinance restricts the number of holidays and the times during which residents can discharge fireworks throughout the year, more allowable days were added around Independence Day. During and leading up to Independence Day,...
Dearborn’s outdoor neighborhood pools to open in mid June Local

Dearborn’s outdoor neighborhood pools to open in mid June

June 10th, 20190 DEARBORN - Starting June 14, Dearborn’s outdoor summer pool season gets into full swing with the opening of the city’s three neighborhood pools. Ten Eyck Pool will open Friday, June 14, featuring open swimming daily from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. On June 15, Lapeer and Summer-Stephens will open, also offering open swimming daily from 1...
Ramadan Suhoor Festival promotes unity and diversity among Muslims Art & Culture

Ramadan Suhoor Festival promotes unity and diversity among Muslims

June 10th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Community members and many attendees from other towns celebrated the farewell weekend of the Ramadan Suhoor Festival, making its second appearance at the Hype Center on West Warren Avenue. Starting out as a pop-up festival, the Ramadan Suhoor Festival morphed into four weekends of food, celebration and unity...
Dearborn Public Schools' classes of 2019 are at an all time high COMMUNITY

Dearborn Public Schools’ classes of 2019 are at an all time high

June 10th, 20190 DEARBORN - This year, Dearborn’s three public high school have a 95 percent graduation rate, an all-time high, with 86 percent of the 1,500 graduates going on to college. Graduating students from Fordson High, Edsel Ford High and Dearborn High together received $16.3 million in scholarships. Dearborn Public Schools’...
Dearborn parks to be treated with pesticides to stop weed growth COMMUNITY

Dearborn parks to be treated with pesticides to stop weed growth

June 8th, 20190 DEARBORN – Beginning Thursday, June 6, the Department of Public Works will be treating grassy areas with a pesticide to discourage weed growth in order to keep Dearborn’s parks enjoyable throughout the summer. This is an annual application and will take several business days to complete the process across the designated parks in...
Bab El Hara Ramadan festival proves to be a satisfying success   Art & Culture

Bab El Hara Ramadan festival proves to be a satisfying success  

May 24th, 20190 DEARBORN – Ali Hachem, owner of Dearborn’s Cheat Treats and purveyor of guilt-free, protein-rich baked goods, is proud of the city of Dearborn and its residents for organizing around this year’s Ramadan festivities. Hachem, a self-trained baker, organized a successful Ramadan festival of his own this year, in front of his...
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