August 12th, 20180DEARBORN — During the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 7, many residents expressed the importance of voting, with some saying that casting their vote would make a difference.
“My role is to speak out and choose who is going to be helpful to the people,” a woman who voted at William Ford Elementary School told The AANews. “I...
August 11th, 20180DEARBORN — The Dearborn Homecoming Festival, which began on Friday, August 3 and ran through Sunday, August 5, celebrated its 39th anniversary at Ford Field Park in west Dearborn with fireworks, children’s carnival activities, live music, food booths and trucks, crafts for kids, community fundraising, art and more.
The music acts...
August 10th, 20181Michigan voters set a new record of involvement this historic primary election thanks in large part to the candidacy of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Progressive Movement led by Senator Bernie Sanders, and in a twisted way thanks to President Trump and his racist rants.
Energy could be felt everywhere in this election. Rashida Tlaib’s...
August 10th, 20180DEARBORN/DETROIT – Abdul El-Sayed might have fallen short of the votes needed to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, Aug. 7, and the possibility of going on to become the nation's first Muslim governor, but his platform’s momentum continues in full thrust among many progressives across the state. The 33-year-old...
August 10th, 20180DEARBORN— About 2.1 million people out of 7.4 million registered cast their votes in Michigan in the Aug. 7 primaries, with a nearly 28.6 percent voter turnout breaking records going as far back as 1978, according to state election officials.
The results of Michigan's gubernatorial race mirrored most polls that had former State...
August 5th, 20181DEARBORN – The Dearborn Fire Department recently held swearing-in ceremonies for two firefighters at the Dearborn Administrative Center.
Mayor Jack O’Reilly, Jr. was accompanied by Fire Chief Joseph Murray and the Deputy Fire Chief Joey Thorington in welcoming Firefighter William Querfeld to the department on May 24.
On July...
August 4th, 20180DEARBORN—Vendors from all over the area will be selling anything from antiques to modern trinkets right out of the trunks of their cars at the Dearborn Historical Museum’s second Trunk Sale on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the McFadden Ross House on Brady Street.
The museum is holding 60 spaces for interested vendors...
August 1st, 20180DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department and Canton Police, with support from Michigan State Police, have raided various locations in Dearborn and Detroit.
The search warrants were issued for storage units, a warehouse and residential locations following a four-month investigation of an alleged criminal enterprise. As of now, five...
July 30th, 20180DEARBORN — On Saturday, July 21, Amine Zriek held a grand opening for his shop, Shadow Supplements, which he said is all about promoting health within the community.
The company, located at 15010 W Warren Ave, Suite 211 in East Dearborn, began as a family-owned online business, providing users with nutritional material and gym...
July 29th, 20180DEARBORN — The Henry Ford College (HFC) board of trustees began preliminary discussions on a ballot proposal at its board meeting on July 16. Dearborn residents will be asked to vote in the November election on a five-year millage renewal for the college.
A millage is a taxation rate expressed in mills per dollar. A school millage...
July 28th, 20180DEARBORN — The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Medicaid on Monday, July 30, with a birthday cake and a roundtable discussion with members of the ACCESS team, clients, coalition partners, local elected officials and other stakeholders.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell...
July 28th, 20180DETROIT — On Tuesday, July 24, a Dearborn man was charged in an unsealed indictment with providing material support to ISIS after being captured on an ISIS battlefield.
Ibraheem Musaibli, 28, was taken into custody by coalition-backed forces this month while attempting to escape the Middle Euphrates River Valley in northern Syria,...
July 27th, 20180DEARBORN, DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, voters will select trustees for the Dearborn, Crestwood and District Seven School Board in the Nov. 6 elections.
Three seats are available on the Dearborn School Board— one two year term and two six year terms.
Current Trustee Mary Lane was the only candidate to...
July 27th, 20180This election is a defining event for America
This election, for many reasons, is perhaps the most important one in America’s modern history.
First, our democracy is in grave danger. During the last presidential election and since Donald Trump took office, there have been a systematic attack on our democracy at all levels. The...
July 22nd, 20181LANSING — State Reps. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) and Robert Wittenberg (D-Huntington Woods) have introduced House Bills 6119 and 6120, which would revise kosher and halal food service laws in Michigan to increase transparency and address fraud.
“The goal of my bill is to increase transparency and promote truth in...
July 17th, 20180DEARBORN– On August 7, voters will determine how to pay the remaining portion of the federally-mandated pollution control project known as the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project, which updated much of the city’s infrastructure, including sewers, water mains and neighborhood roads.
An additional $60 million in construction...
July 14th, 20180
DEARBORN— Henry Ford Community College (HFC) President Russell Kavalhuna and his wife, Courtney, attended a dinner at Habib’s Cuisine on Tuesday, July 10, with community leaders celebrating his appointment.
Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, gave the opening remarks at the event, welcoming Kavalhuna...
July 14th, 20180DEARBORN– A free Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 21 at Detroit City Airport.
It is open to all Wayne County residents. Residents can safely dispose of hazardous items like household paints and stains, floor care items, furniture polish, bathroom cleaners and garden chemicals,...
July 13th, 20180DEARBORN — Residents concerned that large factories in the city's industrial Southend are worsening air quality are turning to the City Council, in hopes it would enact ordinances to more immediately force the corporations to commit to environmentally friendly practices.
At a town hall co-costed by the Michigan Department of...
July 6th, 20180Human rights organization advocates for building longer tables, not walls
DEARBORN – About 80 percent of people surveyed worldwide say they would welcome refugees in their country, community or home, according to a 2017 Amnesty International survey of 27,000 people across 27 countries. Yet, most leaders of those nations...
July 6th, 20180DEARBORN — Since 1979, Grandmaster Kassem Zriek has elevated his students to train in taekwondo and process techniques with more prosperity and diligence.
Taekwondo is an evolving South Korean martial arts sport involving many techniques beyond physical exercise; it also relies on combat philosophy and self-defense. The sport...
July 6th, 20180DEARBORN – Local healthcare experts and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) held a town hall Monday on the state of healthcare and pre-existing conditions coverage and what it means for people in Michigan. Dingell joined Marianne Udow-Phillips, executive director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation at the...
July 5th, 20180GOLDEN TWP. — A 34-year-old Dearborn resident died after drowning in Golden Township's Silver Lake on July 1, according to the Oceana County Sheriff's Office.
Rabih Othman began struggling in the water at around 3:30 p.m., but a group of people he was with on a boat lost control of a safety tube and were unable to save him.
A...
July 1st, 20180DEARBORN — Some of the streets in Dearborn seem inadequately lit at night.
A few residents' concerns included the poorly-lit neighborhoods with dim lighting behind William Ford Elementary School and on Donald Street. Some in the community have claimed that there's a correlation between poorly lit streets and carjackings, while...
July 1st, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The high school graduating classes of Hamadeh Educational Services (HES) achieved high grade point averages and have been awarded more than $32 million in scholarships.
In a safe and respectful environment, HES educators lay the foundation of a lifetime of learning, inspiring students to academic excellence while...
June 30th, 20181DEARBORN - Two state senate candidates for the third district, State Rep. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) and Wayne County Commissioner Gary Woronchak, are competing in the August Democratic primary to replace term-limited State Sen. Morris Hood III (D-Detroit), who represents a district of about 215,000 residents in Dearborn, Detroit and...
June 30th, 20180DEARBORN — On June 25, the Dearborn Police Department provided updates on several major crimes that occurred in the city, during a press conference at the Dearborn Administrative Center.
On June 20, three suspects allegedly committed an armed robbery and carjacking of a 32-year-old-male victim. Kimani Waiters, 22, is alleged to have...
June 29th, 20180HAMTRAMCK — Mu’ath Bin Jabal Mosque in Detroit is a focal point for the growing population of Yemeni immigrants who live along the border of Hamtramck and Detroit and is located on a social and economically successful avenue that caters to Yemeni Americans and other community members. On June 24, the mosque awarded 12 Yemeni American...
