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Dearborn sells once-polluted site to buyer eyeing auto parts factory

December 21st, 20180 DEARBORN — After years of sitting vacant and requiring extensive environmental restoration work, a recently remediated property is seeing new ownership as the city finalizes a deal that is expected to give way to a proposed automotive supplier factory, bringing in an estimated 400 jobs to the city. The city, which owns the property...

Dearborn announces business hours and trash pickup schedules for the holidays

December 21st, 20180 DEARBORN — During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, city of Dearborn buildings will be closed and the trash collection schedule will be affected both holiday weeks. There will be trash and recycling collection on the normal schedule on Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve. Collections will be delayed one day on Tuesday,...

Businessman sentenced to one year in prison for bribery

December 9th, 20180 NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant bathrooms. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland sentenced Parimal "Perry" Mehta, 55, of Northville for paying Charles Dodd, the former director of Detroit’s Office of Departmental...

Dearborn named four-star community for economic and entrepreneurial growth

December 1st, 20180 DEARBORN – For the eighth year in a row, the city of Dearborn has been given a high rating by University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Innovation Research, recognizing the city’s ability to foster entrepreneurial growth and economic development. The recognition comes as part of an annual “eCities” study conducted by U...

White man who shot at lost Black teen will serve at least four years behind bars

November 20th, 20180 ROCHESTER HILLS — The White man who fired shots at a Black teen who'd knocked on his door to ask for directions earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday to at least four years in prison by Judge Wendy Potts of Oakland County Circuit Court. Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, was sentenced two to 10 years in prison for assault with the intent to...

Modestly stylish: Muslim women succeed in the fashion world

September 29th, 20171 NEW YORK — The fashion industry has been dominated by women of a certain ethnicity, body type and style. Being a fashion icon or starting a line of clothing in the United States usually entailed clothing that caters to an audience flexible in terms of how revealing their line of clothing would be. So where do Muslim women...