Law Corner: Sewage backup? Act quickly to protect your rights
This past week brought heavy rainfall to the metro Detroit area. The cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, among others, experienced more rainfall than their sewage systems were capable of handling in some areas. As a result, several Dearborn and Dearborn Heights residents experienced sewage backup onto their property....LAHC distributes food to senior citizens in need
The LAHC.DEARBORN — On Monday, July 8, the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) distributed food items to low income senior citizens. The program, known as “Feeding Our Neighbors, Supporting our Families,” serves community members that are in need of additional assistance, due to limited budgets. Over 100 bags, filled with...HFCC offers one-time tuition amnesty program
DEARBORN —Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) is offering a one-time tuition amnesty program, from July 15 to Aug. 14, to help students clear debt and return to college. This program provides students an opportunity to pay 50 percent of what is owed on their account to settle their debt with the College.“In this difficult economy,...Dearborn school encourages walking to reduce traffic
Maple Elementary School is partnering with the Dearborn Police Department to initiate a "Walking School Bus" program, in an effort to reduce traffic around the school in the mornings during drop-off times.The program encourages parent volunteers to walk groups of students to school from a designated corner, two blocks away from the...Michigan woman tries to pay hit man to kill her husband
Muskegon - A Michigan woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband this past April. In a video that was released on Tuesday July 6, 20-year-old Julia Charlene Merfeld, of Muskegon, tells an undercover police detective, posing as a hit man, that killing her husband would be "easier than a divorce." Merfeld.Merfeld provided the...Class action lawsuit filed against Huntington National Bank over mass bank account closures
DEARBORN — On Thursday, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) held a press conference at its office to announce a class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Huntington National Bank, regarding the mass bank account closures which have swept through the...U.S. Senate rejects Stebanow’s bill to reverse student loan hike
SOUTHFIELD — On Monday, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow joined Michigan students from colleges and universities across Michigan at Oakland Community College in Southfield to urge Congress to pass legislation that she is sponsoring to reverse the rate hike on student loans. Stabenow talks with studentsOn July 1, student loan interest rates...Michigan Republican Party opens new southeast, mid-Michigan offices
LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party opened the doors to 10 new regional offices across the State on Monday, as part of the Party's new political strategy moving forward. Offices, spanning from southeast to mid-Michigan, are located in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Livonia, Utica and Howell.“At the Michigan Republican Party,...Detroit emergency manager cancels city tour for creditors
DETROIT - Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr had planned on touring 25 creditors around Detroit's most devastated neighborhoods on Wednesday, July 10, to show them the City's struggle. However, the tour was cancelled, because the creditors wanted to avoid media exposure.Orr is hoping that creditors will accept a fraction of the...Detroit city council appoints new president on heels of scandal
DETROIT — The City of Detroit announced on Tuesday that current councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins will replace Charles Pugh as city council president, after allegations surfaced against previous president Charles Pugh, claiming that he had inappropriate relations with a teen, who was a minor at the time. Pugh.Pugh hasn't made a...
Federal judges meet with religious and community leaders, encourage greater participation in jury duty
July 5th, 20130 DETROIT — Inside Chief Federal Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan Gerald Rosen’s chambers, sits a copy of the Quran, alongside the Old Jewish Testament. Both books are laid flat open to sections that discuss justice and the courts. The Quran was given to Rosen last April by Imam Mohammad Mardini of the American Muslim...
HFCC hosts delegates from Yemen universities, discuss potential student exchange program
July 5th, 20130 DEARBORN — On June 20, six delegates from universities in Yemen visited Henry Ford Community College (HFCC), under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, which was arranged by Graduate School USA.The delegates visited HFCC to learn about potential study partnerships between higher...
Emotions run high at pro-Assad rally in Dearborn
July 5th, 20130 DEARBORN — Last Sunday evening, hundreds of community members rallied at Dearborn's City Hall to call on the U.S. to cease from arming rebels in Syria, as the country's conflict continues to escalate, resulting in a death toll that the U.N. estimates could now be close to 100,000. The rally was spearheaded by the Syrian American...Local Sunnis, Shias reject sectarianism
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On June 29, the Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) sponsored a forum that was organized by the Imams’ Council of the organization at the Islamic House of Wisdom. Because both Shia and Sunni communities, organizations, and service institutions share a significant set of beliefs and values, an agreement...
Community unites to honor fallen Lebanese soldiers for bravery
July 5th, 20130 DEARBORN — The fallen soldiers of the Lebanese Army Forces who lost their lives late last month in clashes with extremist Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir’s militiamen were honored by community members, during a commemoration ceremony last Sunday at Henry Ford Centennial Library. The clashes between soldiers of the Lebanese......
Youth group highlights community service at annual event
July 4th, 20130 DEARBORN — The Youth Leadership Committee (YLC), a sub-division of the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC), held their 2nd Annual "Reclaiming the Arab American Spirit" dinner at Byblos Banquet Hall last Friday and highlighted a year of community service and outreach. LAHC members pose during the annual reception.The Keynote Speaker...
New Biggby location opens in Dearborn Heights, serves Halal
July 4th, 20130 Biggby coffee located in Dearborn Heights.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A new Biggby Coffee location, which serves halal meat, opened in Dearborn Heights on Tuesday, July 2. Biggby is a Michigan-based coffee franchise with 140 branches operating across the country. The coffee company was established in East Lansing in 1995. In 2011, Biggby......
Arab American National Museum announces new director
July 4th, 20130 AkmonDEARBORN — On June 29, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) announced that Devon Akmon would take over as its new director. Akmon previously served as the deputy director of the museum and had been overseeing all daily operations, since the retirement of former director Anan Ameri in May. Akmon started working for...Cathy Square appointed as new Hamtramck emergency manager
HAMTRAMCK — Recently, Governor Rick Snyder appointed Pontiac City Administrator Cathy Square to serve as the new emergency manager for the City of Hamtramck, effective July 1. Following the governor’s confirmation that a financial emergency exists in Hamtramck, the city council unanimously supported a resolution to seek the...Michigan Supreme Court recommends removal of four judge positions from Wayne County Circuit Court
DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court announced that it has made recommendations that four Wayne County Circuit Court judge positions be cut, while other counties in southeast Michigan, including Oakland and Macomb together, should gain a total of six new judge positions. The cuts to the Wayne County Circuit Court, which were...Snyder visits Metro Detroit hospitals to gain support for Medicaid expansion
LANSING — Governor Rick Snyder visited St. Mary’s Livonia Hospital and Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak on Monday, July 1 and spoke to healthcare workers about putting pressure on their state representatives to agree to the expansion of Medicaid to cover an additional 400,000 low-income residents of Michigan.“Call your senators, call......
Dearborn restaurant scammed out of $1,000
DEARBORN — The owner of Fuego Mexican Grill on Schaefer Road lost $1,000 to a swindler, who posed as a DTE Energy representative over the telephone on Thursday, June 27.The scammer called the restaurant in the middle of the establishment’s dinner rush, claiming that he works at DTE Energy. He told the owner, Sam Alvarado, that a work...Former Oakland University basketball player claims religious discrimination
MICHIGAN — Jenna Bachrouche, a Muslim American, says that she faced religious discrimination by Beckie Francis, the former head coach of Oakland University’s women’s basketball team, when she played for the team, from 2010-2012. Bachrouche, a native of Farmington Hills, says that during her time on the team, Francis tried to......
Arab Americans join thousands in NAACP Freedom March
DETROIT — Arab American activists joined thousands for the walk down Woodward Avenue on Saturday, June 22 in Detroit, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a march that Martin Luther King, Jr. led in 1963, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream Speech,” before it was delivered in Washington, D.C. “We have an...Mike Adray Memorial Golf Tournament raises more than $65,000 for scholarships
DEARBORN — Organizers of the 22nd Annual Mike Adray Memorial Golf Tournament recently announced that they raised over $65,000 in scholarship funding this past May at the Dearborn Country Club, making this year the Foundation’s largest fundraising event. Proceeds from the event are used to fund scholarships for deserving students......