Briana Gasorski
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Lawsuit filed against city of Dearborn Heights and Council chairwoman for alleged FOIA violation
October 6th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A resident of Detroit has filed a lawsuit against the city of Dearborn Heights and Council Chairwoman Denise Malinowski-Maxwell for FOIA violations. In the lawsuit filed by Charles Blackwell, he alleges that Malinowski-Maxwell did not provide all of the information he had requested via Freedom of Information Act...
Free COVID-19 testing in Dearborn Heights on Oct 10-11
October 4th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The Wayne County Public Health Division and The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) are continuing to host weekend drive-through COVID-19 testing. Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said that testing will continue for the rest of the year. “The Wayne County Public Division will continue to...
Council members running for treasurer position respond to campaign material and social media posts from their opponents
October 3rd, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Two City Council members who are going head-to-head to become the city's next treasurer have turned to Facebook as a means of campaigning. Councilman Bob Constan and Councilwoman Lisa Hicks-Clayton are both on the ballot this November to replace former Treasurer John Riley. Riley retired in May and the City...
Crestwood Board of Education candidates discuss their plans if elected
October 3rd, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Five candidates — two incumbents and three newcomers — are competing for two available six-year-term seats on the Crestwood Board of Education. Sue Kaminsky has been a member of the school board for five and a half years and has lived in the Crestwood District since 1991. “My kids went to school...
Iraqi Chaldean refugee wins asylum case
October 2nd, 20201 DETROIT — On September 22, Wisam Hamana, an Iraqi Chaldean Christian, won his right to stay in the United States in the Immigration Court in Detroit ruled by Judge David Paruch. In June 2018, Hamana was told by ICE to report to Metro Airport for deportation, but he refused to go. The organization BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) and...
Supreme Court to hear case of American Muslims placed on no-fly list for refusing to spy
October 1st, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Tanvir v. Tanzin. Tanvir v. Tanzin is a lawsuit filed on behalf of American Muslim men who were added to the no-fly list by the FBI in retaliation for refusing to spy on their religious...
Dearborn Police Department partners with Georgetown University Law Center for the ABLE Project
September 30th, 20200 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department was accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project by the Georgetown University Law Center, also known as Georgetown Law. The project is Georgetown Law's national training and support initiative for U.S. law enforcement agencies committed to building a culture of...
Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and Dearborn Public Schools announce winners of the 2020 Teacher of the Year Students’ Choice Awards
September 30th, 20200 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and Dearborn Public Schools recognized and honored the winners of the 2020 Teacher of the Year Students’ Choice Awards on Sept. 28. The ceremony was hosted by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and presented by LaFontaine Automotive Group and was to recognize the Teacher of...
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...
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...
Who is responsible for the confusion over candidates on the Dearborn School Board ballot?
September 26th, 20200 DEARBORN — In a letter dated Sept. 17, City Clerk George Darany notified residents of incorrect information being on the ballots, two months after the filing deadline. In the unofficial list provided by the clerk’s office on July 24, the candidates for the two-year seats were listed as Albert Abbas, Patrick D’Ambrosio and...
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...
Crestwood School Board censured one of its trustees, Salwa Fawaz
September 25th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During the regular meeting of the Crestwood School Board on Sept. 14, Board Member Eduardo Garcia read a resolution to censure Trustee Salwa Fawaz. The resolution was put forth by Garcia and supported by Trustee Sue Kaminsky. “In light of an incident involving Board Member Salwa Fawaz on June 15, 2020, in...
D7 Schools superintendent responds to protests held outside of her office, accusing her of racism
September 19th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After a tense school board meeting on Wednesday was followed by a protest outside of the Board of Education building on Thursday morning, D7’s superintendent responded. A parent addressed racism in the schools during an Aug. 25 Dearborn Heights City Council meeting and ever since, the district has been under...
Parents hold protest against racism outside of D7 Board of Education building in Dearborn Heights
September 19th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After being silenced at Wednesday’s School Board meeting, some district parents held a protest outside of the District 7 Board of Education building Thursday morning. Leslie Windless, who organized the protest, said that Black students and parents need to have their voices heard. “You can’t say there’s......
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes away at 87
September 18th, 20200 WASHINGTON DC — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at 87-years-old from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, the Supreme Court announced. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement that she will always be remembered. “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” he said. “We at the...
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......
Parents silenced when bringing up concerns of racism in D7 Schools
September 18th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Tensions were high during Wednesday night’s District 7 School Board meeting when numerous parents were muted when trying to voice concerns over racism in the schools. The cases of racism made news when Barbara Young and two of her children who are students in the district attended a Dearborn Heights City...
Former model accuses Donald Trump of sexual assault
September 17th, 20200 WASHINGTON DC — Amy Dorris, a former model, has come forward to accuse President Trump of sexual assault. The encounter reportedly happened at the 1997 U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 5, 1997 in New York. Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the event. Dorris, who was 24 years...
35-year-old Pontiac man arrested after Dearborn Police locate a missing 12-year-old Allen Park girl
September 17th, 20200 ALLEN PARK — The Allen Park Police Department give credit to Dearborn Police for helping bring a missing 12-year-old girl home last month after she met an older man on Snapchat. On Aug. 19, officers responded to a residence in Allen Park for a runaway 12-year-old juvenile and were told by the child’s parents that she had been...
Associate pastor at Divine Child compares Black Lives Matter protests to 9/11 terrorist attacks
September 17th, 20200 DEARBORN — The Church of the Divine Child issued out an immediate apology after an associate pastor compared Black Lives Matter protests to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fr. Paul Graney delivered mass on Sept. 13, where he said that the goal of 9/11 was to destroy the United States. “Just a couple days ago marked 19 years since......
Dearborn Public Schools extend virtual learning until Oct. 12
September 16th, 20200 DEARBORN — Dearborn’s Board of Education voted to extend the district's virtual learning at its Sept. 14 board meeting. The school year started on Aug. 31 with the idea of returning to classrooms on Oct. 1. The city of Dearborn has continued to have a high number of COVID-19 cases per resident in recent weeks and according to...
Canadian-U.S. border to remain closed until Oct. 21
September 16th, 20200 DETROIT — The border between the U.S. and Canada will remain closed to non-essential travel for another month until at least Oct. 21. The restrictions on travel between the U.S. and Canada were first announced on March 18 and have been extended every month since. CBC News reported that Canadians should expect the border to be......
Dearborn Heights mayor responds to Council resolution aiming to remove him from office
September 10th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a 4-3 vote during a City Council meeting on Sept. 8, the Dearborn Heights City Council voted to adopt a resolution that would allow their attorneys to research legal ways of removing Mayor Paletko from office. The resolution for “endorsing Council chair’s letter to Mayor Paletko dated August 27, 2020”...
Dearborn Heights approves “protective” gear for its police department
September 10th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The City Council has approved the purchase of "protective" gear as requested by Police Chief Mark Meyers during a recent Council meeting. The request included the purchase of 40 riot shields, 40 riot helmets and 40 straight batons totaling $11,678. In the request submitted by Meyers to the City Council, the......
