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Dearborn officer dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound COMMUNITY

Dearborn officer dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

November 25th, 20200 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn lost a police officer to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday morning, officials said in a press release. The release said that "on November 25, 2020, at approximately 10 a.m., a 10-year veteran of the department died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the area of...
Local hospitals brace for second wave as COVID-19 cases rise COMMUNITY

Local hospitals brace for second wave as COVID-19 cases rise

November 22nd, 20200 DEARBORN — With COVID-19 cases seeing record high numbers over the last couple of weeks, local hospitals are bracing for the second wave. The state of Michigan is tracking bed capacity and available personal protection equipment (PPE) on its website and updates the information daily. Statewide, bed occupancy among all hospitals...
Hamtramck Freedom Village begins resettling refugees COMMUNITY

Hamtramck Freedom Village begins resettling refugees

November 20th, 20200 HAMTRAMCK - A unique refugee resettlement program in Hamtramck that has seen support from a variety of partners, including a Dearborn church, began operations this year. The Hamtramck Freedom Village broke ground last year, using funds from a federal grant awarded to Wayne County to provide temporary accommodation and services to...
Michigan: 68 percent of Arab American voters backed Biden in November elections COMMUNITY

Michigan: 68 percent of Arab American voters backed Biden in November elections

November 20th, 20200 DEARBORN — Though breaking down precinct voting data by the Arab American category has always been a challenge, data from several sources for the Nov. 3 election show how Arab American voters turned up in great numbers for President-elect Joe Biden. Data analysis sent over by Mideast Wire shows the overall preference for Biden over...
City of Dearborn announces office closures, revised hours amid COVID-19 pandemic COMMUNITY

City of Dearborn announces office closures, revised hours amid COVID-19 pandemic

November 18th, 20200 DEARBORN — While Dearborn Police are set to enforce the mask mandate and other social gathering limitations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, the city has announced limitations at its city buildings. While the city clerk’s office at the Dearborn Administrative Center (DAC) will be closed to the public until...
Police, other agencies, will enforce new COVID orders if needed COMMUNITY

Police, other agencies, will enforce new COVID orders if needed

November 16th, 20200 DEARBORN — Michigan will begin its three-week “pause” on Wednesday, targeting in particular indoor gatherings around holidays and indoor dining and bar services to mitigate the sate's intense COVID-19 crisis. This statewide restrictions on certain activities was issued by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services...
Muslim orgs say Muslim vote impactful for Biden victory in Michigan, elsewhere COMMUNITY

Muslim orgs say Muslim vote impactful for Biden victory in Michigan, elsewhere

November 6th, 20200 MICHIGAN — Emgage Action, a Muslim civic advocacy organization, said Wednesday that it celebrated a high Muslim American voter turnout in Michigan, and that turnout was instrumental to former Vice President Joe Biden's victory in the state. According to the Emgage analyes, more than 81,000 Muslim American early and absentee votes...
Big re-election wins for popular Reps. Tlaib and Dingell COMMUNITY

Big re-election wins for popular Reps. Tlaib and Dingell

November 5th, 20200 MICHIGAN — Democrats swept the board on election night in diverse, urban precincts in Metro Detroit, like those in Wayne and Oakland County. Important among these were U.S. Congressional races, as nationwide Democrats attempted to maintain their hold, and possibly increase their majority, in the House. U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib...
Exclusive: Q&A with Kamala Harris ahead of election COMMUNITY

Exclusive: Q&A with Kamala Harris ahead of election

October 28th, 20200 DEARBORN — Democratic vice presidential nominee and California Senator Kamala Harris visited Metro Detroit last Sunday, making a notable, unannounced stop in Dearborn to grab dinner at the Khalaf Grill. The visit by Joe Biden's running mate was just one of several visits by both prominent Democratic and Republican candidates in the...
Dearborn police arrest Detroit man after an alleged road rage shooting COMMUNITY

Dearborn police arrest Detroit man after an alleged road rage shooting

October 23rd, 20201 DEARBORN — Luis Angel Berrios-Rosario, 38-years-old, of Detroit, has been charged in connection with a road rage incident that occurred in Dearborn on Sunday. Berrios-Rosario has been charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, discharge of a firearm from a vehicle, felonious assault...
Jill Biden mobilizes voters at Shatila Bakery in Dearborn COMMUNITY

Jill Biden mobilizes voters at Shatila Bakery in Dearborn

October 20th, 20200 DEARBORN — Jill Biden, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, will be attending a voter mobilization event at Shatila Bakery on Warren Avenue in Dearborn on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. The event is invite-only and not open to the general public due to COVID-19 concerns. Dearborn is one of few stops Jill Biden will...
Analysis ranks Michigan as top state for bridging COVID racial disparities COMMUNITY

Analysis ranks Michigan as top state for bridging COVID racial disparities

October 16th, 20200 LANSING — A Politico analysis of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. by various state governments shows certain states stand out in their approaches to public health, mass unemployment and school reopenings. Politico reporters looked at the states' responses by consulting various health researchers, academic experts and...
Downtown Dearborn seeks community help in launching vision plan COMMUNITY

Downtown Dearborn seeks community help in launching vision plan

October 14th, 20200 DEARBORN — Residents, students, visitors, businesses and employees are being encouraged to share their input on the downtown experience by taking the Downtown Dearborn Vision Plan survey through the end of October. The goal of the survey is to get community input on how the community can grow and enhance the downtown...
Dearborn Board of Education extends virtual learning into November COMMUNITY

Dearborn Board of Education extends virtual learning into November

October 14th, 20200 DEARBORN — On Monday Oct. 12, the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education voted to extend virtual learning into November. The approved motion called for continuing and expanding in-school learning labs where up to three students at a time come in and meet with teachers under current conditions. Depending on local COVID...
Candidates running for Dearborn School Board address their ideas if elected COMMUNITY

Candidates running for Dearborn School Board address their ideas if elected

October 11th, 20200 DEARBORN — 10 out of 12 candidates vying for one two-year-term and three six-year-terms seats for Dearborn School Board discussed their plans if elected. Candidates Nofila Haider and Batoul Biaz declined to respond. The Arab American News asked each candidate the following questions: What issues are of priority to you? What...
Biden receives major endorsement from Mid East experts, former ambassadors COMMUNITY

Biden receives major endorsement from Mid East experts, former ambassadors

October 8th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has gained a prominent endorsement from several diplomatic and policy experts on the Middle East. A substantial list of former ambassadors to Middle East and North African (MENA) nations, foreign policy advisors and Middle East affairs experts have signed on to a letter,...
Amtrak employees host rally in Dearborn as cuts quickly approach COMMUNITY

Amtrak employees host rally in Dearborn as cuts quickly approach

September 30th, 20201 DEARBORN — With the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacting multiple companies globally, Amtrak announced not only cuts to service, but also 2,000 jobs starting Oct. 1. Amtrak and other railroad employees rallied outside of the John D. Dingell Transportation Center in Dearborn to raise awareness of these coming changes. Event...
Public Service Days parking restrictions to resume Oct. 5 COMMUNITY

Public Service Days parking restrictions to resume Oct. 5

September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn announced that beginning Oct. 5, parking restrictions will resume in anticipation of the collection of loose leaves from the streets. Public service days require residents to remove their vehicles from the street between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to allow curb-to-curb services. These also coincide with the...
Dearborn fundraiser raises more than $10,000 for Lebanon relief efforts COMMUNITY

Dearborn fundraiser raises more than $10,000 for Lebanon relief efforts

September 18th, 20200 DEARBORN — A fundraiser held in Dearborn on Sept. 11 raised more than $10,000 for relief efforts in Lebanon. The fundraiser was set up by Dearborn City Council President Susan Dabaja, the Dearborn Fire Department and the Dearborn Heights Professional Firefighters, while being hosted by The Amity Foundation, a local non-profit in the...
Dearborn man who filed for $9.8 million tax refund headed to court COMMUNITY

Dearborn man who filed for $9.8 million tax refund headed to court

September 17th, 20200 LANSING – A Dearborn who filed for a tax refund of more than $9.8 million from the Michigan Department of Treasury is being charged with multiple felonies, including tax fraud, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday. Dashonta D. Warren, 41, is charged with one count of filing a false income tax return, a...
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