Dearborn breaks ground on first of three PEACE Parks
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN – Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud led Dearborn area elected officials and business leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 22, to break ground at the site of the first of three state-of-the-art pocket parks constructed under the Park Equity and Access for Civil Engagement (PEACE) Project. The downtown West Dearborn PEACE Park is the first of three...
Severe weather conditions continuing for much of Wayne County
August 24th, 20230 Severe weather conditions will continue for much of Wayne County. Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible in some areas of Southeast Michigan. The Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS) and the county’s Public Health Division is urging residents to drive with caution...
Michigan Lawyers Weekly names Fadwa Hammoud among the 2023 “Influential Women of Law”
August 18th, 20230 LANSING – Michigan Lawyers Weekly announced the 2023 class of "Influential Women of Law", featuring Michigan’s Chief Deputy Attorney General Fadwa Hammoud among the honorees. The award “honors women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their...
Dearborn Heights: Sudden resignation of Councilman Ray Muscat raises questions for the general election and beyond
August 18th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Wednesday, a few days after coming in third place in the Aug. 8 primary election and advancing to the November general election, Dearborn Heights City Council Vice Chair Ray Muscat announced his resignation, citing "health reasons." Muscat's resignation opens the door to a number of questions related to the...
Dearborn mayor gets tough on littering and trash dumping in the city
August 18th, 20231 DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud returned a pile of trash to the home of the person who dumped it in a park. On August 3, Hammoud wrote in a Facebook post that he was pulled away from dinner with his family because of the problem, which the unnamed person apparently does nightly. "This is unacceptable," he wrote. "This invites...
Mayor Hammoud deducts $300,000 from GFL contract, citing decline in garbage collection services
August 18th, 20230 DEARBORN — With waste collection services in Dearborn declining in recent months, residents are grappling with the failure of Green For Life (GFL) to remove the accumulated trash in front of their homes, according to the terms stipulated in the contract with the city, adding to the grumbling and indignation of residents and business...
Owner of Monroe County orchard makes racist remarks toward family: “Every Muslim steals from me.”
August 18th, 20231 MONROE – On Wednesday, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, cautioned Michigan Muslims and Muslims from the Toledo, Ohio, area from patronizing a Monroe County orchard due to alleged anti-Muslim harassment by its owner. The...
COVID makes a comeback, but new vaccines are around the corner
August 16th, 20230 By Sunita Sohrabji The U.S. is experiencing a summer swell of infections, though hospitalization rates remain relatively stable. Three eminent experts conclude that COVID-19 will continue to pose a health threat over many years, as it continues its evolution. But updated vaccines are expected to mitigate the severity of...
Westland mayoral primary: Londeau to face Coleman in November general elections
August 12th, 20231 WESTLAND — It's down to state Rep. Kevin Coleman and interim Mayor Mike Londeau in the race for Westland mayor. Coleman, a Democratic member of the State House, and Londeau, a former council member appointed interim mayor in January, drew the most votes during the primary election on Aug. 8 and will advance to the November general...
Hamtramck primary: Five Muslims and pro LGBTQ candidate advance to the November elections, big NO to school millage renewal
August 12th, 20230 HAMTRAMCK – Voters in the Aug. 8 primary election rejected the school millage renewal and elected six City Council candidates, including five Muslims and an LGBTQ supporter, to advance to the November elections and compete for the three open seats. Lynn Blasey, who favors the flying of LGBTQ+ flags on government property, came in...
Dearborn Heights primary: Four Arab Americans out of six candidates advance to the general election in November
August 12th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In the Dearborn Heights City Council primary elections held on Tuesday, four Arab Americans out of six candidates qualified for the general elections on November 7. The six candidates will compete for the three open seats in November. The City Council will at least have one new member, due to the decision of Council...
State Senator Santana meets with Arab American leaders, reiterates her apology for visiting Israel: “Now I understand”
August 12th, 20230 DEARBORN — The kept-secret recent visit of State Senator Sylvia Santana to Israel sparked widespread outrage and disappointment among local Arab Americans, who makes up about 65 percent of the district she represents in the Lansing, which includes the cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, as well as parts of Allen Park and...
Resilient Neighborhoods: This Detroit neighborhood is using tech to tell the story of its housing
August 7th, 20230 By David Sands Woodbridge resident Mark Jones has always been curious about history, but lately he's been applying his interest to his own neighborhood. Jones works as a data analyst with the city of Detroit. His specialty is working with geographic information systems (GIS), computer-based tools that can be used to collect,...
Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to reveal six vehicles at September Detroit Auto Show
August 4th, 20230 DETROIT – The Detroit Auto Show announced Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have confirmed they will each hold important vehicle reveals, totaling six reveals between the Detroit Three, during the show’s Media and Technology Days (Sept. 13 -14). The Detroit Auto Show runs from Sept. 13 - 24 at Huntington Place in...
Nine candidates vying for three seats in the Dearborn Heights Council primary race
August 4th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Voters are gearing up for the City Council primary on Tuesday, August 8, in which seven of the nine candidates are Arab Americans. The top six vote-getters will compete for the three seats in the November election. The Dearborn Heights City Council race will be the only item on the ballot this election. At least......
Hamtramck primary: Nine candidates are vying for three City Council seats, renewal of school millage
August 4th, 20231 HAMTRAMCK – On Tuesday, August 8, voters in Hamtramck will go to the polls to elect six out of the nine candidates who are vying for three seats on the City Council. Those six candidates will face off in November to fill the three seats, which are for four-year terms. In addition, Hamtramck voters will also have to decide on a public...
Dearborn’s Homecoming returns to Ford Field Park August 4-6
August 2nd, 20230 DEARBORN – The 42nd annual Dearborn Homecoming Festival will return to Dearborn’s Ford Field Park Friday, Aug. 4 - Sunday, Aug. 6 at 22051 Cherry Hill Rd. The festival, which is presented by J&T Crova Towing, will include free musical performances and family activities, a fireworks show, food and carnival rides, among other......
Corazon Imaging launches in Michigan, expands access to new lifesaving cardiac testing statewide
August 1st, 20230 DETROIT — Corazon Imaging, a mobile healthcare startup, has launched, offering an advanced, proactive and non-invasive outpatient technology for more accurately diagnosing heart disease. Corazon Imaging will transform Michigan’s healthcare field by vastly increasing accessibility to lifesaving Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA)...
Palestinian art show held in a Detroit art gallery honors the Palestinian struggle
July 31st, 20230 DETROIT — A Palestinian art show organized by the Handala Coalition took place in the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery in Detroit from May 26 to June 17. This show, which was open for public viewing, honored the lives of Palestinians through art work submitted by the Dearborn and Metro Detroit community. The...
12-year-old Dearborn native Aaminah Abdrabboh makes history, brings gold home
July 29th, 20230 DEARBORN —12-year-old Aaminah Abdrabboh recently made history by becoming the first hijabi female to win gold at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) Pan Kids Tournament. The tournament took place in Kissimmee, Florida from July 21 to July 23 and is the world's largest kids' Jiu-Jitsu tournament. With 2,700...
Settlement reached in Dearborn suit against local polluter
July 29th, 20230 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed against Pro-V Enterprises, LLC. The city had notified the Southend trucking company numerous times to abate and find solutions to its output of fugitive dust, particulate matter (PM) suspended in the air and linked to serious respiratory problems. “Residents......
Former Dearborn Heights police officer faces assault charges after threatening fellow officer with a knife
July 29th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A former Dearborn Heights police officer has been arraigned on two felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. The incident occurred in December 2021 and involved former officer Paul Graff, 33, and a fellow, 23-year-old DHPD officer and is believed to be racially-motivated as Graff is White and allegedly...
Rola Zarife appointed communication coordinator for the Macomb County Board of Commissioners
July 29th, 20230 The newly hired communications coordinator for the Macomb County Board of Commissioners brings a diverse background of financial knowledge, writing ability, business acumen and political involvement. Rola Zarife recently started in the role and was immediately swept into documenting the board’s approval last Thursday of the largest......
Dearborn to offer cooling centers, advises residents to prepare for extreme weather this week
July 27th, 20230 DEARBORN– Beginning Thursday, July 27, the city of Dearborn will operate five cooling centers throughout the city to assist residents in coping with increasingly hot temperatures, which are forecasted to swell to above 95 degrees Fahrenheit through Friday, July 28. Cooling center locations will be open during regular building hours...
Wayne County Elections Commission unanimously rejects petition to recall Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi
July 26th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a 3-0 vote, the Wayne County Elections Commission rejected a recall petition levied against Mayor Bill Bazzi due to insufficient clarity. The recall petition had been filed on July 7 by former Treasurer and Councilman Zouher Abdel-Hak, who is running for a seat on the City Council in the upcoming primary......
