Briana Gasorski
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Dearborn Historical Museum to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month
March 6th, 20221 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Historical Museum will host a brand new exhibit to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month in April. The exhibit will focus on immigration to Dearborn, cultural practices and tradition, and Arab American businesses in Dearborn. The project is being led by three museum interns from the University of...
Dearborn to celebrate “restaurant week”
March 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — The city's downtowns are bringing back their Dearborn Restaurant Week (DRW) for 2022 and are welcoming the entire community to take part in the event. DRW is a 10-day dining experience across the city with more than 30 Dearborn-area restaurants presenting “prix fixe” menus. The menus have $15, $25 and $40 price...Dearborn City Charter Commission begins thorough review process of City Charter
DEARBORN — Since the 2021 election, the nine-member Dearborn City Charter Commission has continued to hit milestones in reviewing and updating the charter. The commission has set high standards for transparency, inclusivity and community engagement while updating the city charter, which outlines the powers and responsibilities of...
University of Michigan-Dearborn Circle K hosts second annual fashion gala
March 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — Sponsored by the Dearborn Kiwanis Club, the University of Michigan-Dearborn Circle K hosted its second annual charity fashion gala. The first gala was held in 2019, but the event was canceled the last two years because of COVID-19. “Typically when you go to a fundraising event or dinner, it’s just a dinner and a...
Dearborn police now operating under new traffic safety program
March 1st, 20220 DEARBORN — Responding to residents’ concerns, the Dearborn Police Department is starting a new initiative for traffic safety enforcement. As part of Chief Issa Shahin's plan for public safety, the department introduced a new traffic safety unit and will be allocating more police resources to traffic safety enforcement as of March...
Construction to begin on Telegraph in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights
March 1st, 20220 DEARBORN/HEIGHTS — A major construction project is scheduled on a large stretch of Telegraph Road in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Starting in early March, work is expected to begin on both the northbound and southbound sides of Telegraph Road between Van Born and Oxford Road, just south of Michigan Ave. According to the...
Dearborn Mayor Hammoud outlines vision for Fairlane Town Center
February 27th, 20220 DEARBORN — Days after the sale of Fairlane Town Center to an unnamed buyer was announced, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud outlined his vision for the property. Opened in 1976, by A. Alfred Taubman, Fairlane Town Center spreads out over three floors and 110 acres. The 1.4 million square foot property houses 125 stores and 8,400...
Artist who worked on the Islamic Center of America returns to Dearborn to continue his artwork
February 26th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Lebanese artist of Armenian origin behind the painting of more than a dozen mosques and churches globally has returned to Dearborn to continue to share his work. Born in 1973, Haroutioun “Harout” Isack Bastajian has always had a passion for art. “I spent a lot of time in my childhood in the remote...
Dearborn Heights City Council to hold study session for a food truck ordinance
February 24th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After years of trying, the Dearborn Heights City Council is revisiting the possibility of establishing a food truck ordinance and will host a study session to discuss it. Dearborn Heights City Council Chairman Dave Abdallah said that the city has been trying to agree on an ordinance for a very long...
Dearborn Heights police chief terminated, new police chief named
February 24th, 20221 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Less than a month after naming a police commissioner to its police department, the city will be welcoming a new chief. Chief Mark Meyers was relieved of his duties with the Dearborn Heights Police Department effective immediately on Feb. 24 after more than 20 years of service, most of which were served in...
Men who killed Ahmaud Arbery found guilty of hate crimes
February 23rd, 20220 BRUNSWICK, GA — A federal jury has found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts of interfering with the victim’s civil rights, almost a year after the young man's death. The jury told Judge Lisa Godbey Wood that they found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William...
Mayor Hammoud to join the Dearborn Symphony as narrator for Peter and the Wolf
February 23rd, 20220 DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud will be joining the Dearborn Symphony as he narrates an event called "Mozart Meets Peter and the Wolf." Hammoud will be added to the list of historic narrators of this piece, including Viola Davis, Alice Cooper and Boris Karloff. During his narration, Hammoud will be responsible for placing...
Students from across the state gather at Capitol to demand gun law change and mental health aid
February 23rd, 20220 LANSING — Students from across the state joined March For Our Lives, a national youth-led movement to end gun violence, at the State Capitol on Wednesday. The group was lobbying lawmakers for changes to state law to decrease gun violence in Michigan. The primary proposals the students supported were safe gun storage laws in homes...
Imam Omar Suleiman to present at Oakland University
February 23rd, 20220 ROCHESTER — Imam Omar Suleiman is scheduled to present a lecture on the challenges and opportunities of being Muslim in America. The event will take place March 17 at Oakland University and will be followed by a book signing. The event is being hosted by Oakland University’s College of Arts and Sciences. “Islam is the...
Local anti-human trafficking organization to host workshop to address racial disparity in sex trafficking
February 21st, 20220 PLYMOUTH — The Pearls of Great Price Coalition, a 501c3 non-profit based in Plymouth, is dedicated to helping fight human trafficking and help surviving victims. In its efforts, the Pearls of Great Price Coalition will be hosting a March 31 workshop examining the racial disparity in sex trafficking incidents. “Studies have......
Arab American National Museum and Center for Arab American Studies launch “Seen Jeem” podcast
February 21st, 20220 DEARBORN — In a new collaboration, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) and the Center for Arab American Studies have launched a new podcast. The podcast, "Seen Jeem", means question and answer in Arabic and episodes contain part conversation and part author reading exploring the work of contemporary Arab American...
Dearborn Public Schools to lift mask mandate on Feb. 23
February 18th, 20220 DEARBORN - With the county rescinding the mask mandate, Dearborn Public Schools will make wearing masks optional effective Feb. 23 when students return from mid-winter break. Under federal law, masks will still be required on all school buses. Masks will still be required for anyone returning from quarantine less than 10 days after......
Teacher of the Year nominations open in Dearborn
February 18th, 20220 DEARBORN — Nominations for the annual Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Students Choice Award have now opened for teachers in the Dearborn Public School District. The award is sponsored by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and presented by LaFontaine Automotive Group. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, March 8 at 5...
Warren Valley Golf Course closed until further notice due to a breach in contract
February 18th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city announced in a Facebook post that due to a breach in contract, the Warren Valley Golf Course is temporarily closed. The city obtained the golf course from Wayne County in September 2018, but prior to the county transferring the golf course to the city, the county had entered into a concession agreement...
State Rep. Jewell Jones pleads guilty to charges stemming from a drunk driving incident
February 17th, 20220 INKSTER — After a nearly year-long legal battle, State Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster) has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a vehicle incident last year. The incident occurred in April when Jones had driven his vehicle into a ditch on I-96 in Livingston County and had a blood alcohol content of 0.17 percent, more than the...
Michigan Supreme Court throws out part of conviction in 2013 porch shooting death of Renisha McBride
February 17th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously threw out part of a Dearborn Heights man's 2014 conviction in the shooting death of a woman the previous year, saying his constitutional rights were violated. The court, which began reviewing the case in October, decided that Ted Wafer, who was sentenced to 17 years in......
Wayne man charged in connection with the death of a Dearborn man
February 16th, 20220 DEARBORN — A 31-year-old Wayne man has been charged in connection with the homicide of a Dearborn man that occurred on Feb. 11. Michael Steven Hicks was charged on Feb. 16 in the suspected homicide and faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of felony murder. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted. At...
Dearborn Heights purchases and demolishes four more homes in Ecorse Creek area in an effort to mitigate flooding
February 16th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city of Dearborn Heights is continuing its efforts to mitigate flooding by demolishing flood-prone homes along the Ecorse Creek corridor. In this effort, the city demolished four more homes on Currier Street, bringing the total number of homes demolished along and near the creek to more than 20 since the......
Updated: Local mosque arson suspect believed to be Arab American, may have suffered mental health episode
February 12th, 20220 UPDATE: The Arab American News has learned from sources that the suspect in the attack on the Al-Huda mosque Saturday morning is believed to unfortunately be a member of the Arab American community. Authorities believe he may have been suffering a mental health episode at the time of the fire attack. Local and federal law...
Dearborn Heights welcomes new human resources director
February 12th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Over the last year, there have been several new faces in City Hall and most recently the city welcomed a new human resources director. Margaret Hazlett has served in human resource management for more than 25 years, with 20 years of experience in assisting school districts negotiating union contracts and......
