Iraq Export Opportunity for Michigan Businesses Forum
East Lansing, MI — The Prima Civitas Foundation (PCF) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will hold the 2011 Iraq Export Opportunity for Michigan Businesses Forum, taking place on Monday, June 13th from 8:30 - 11:00 am in the Lake Michigan Room of the MEDC in...Metro Detroit Youth Day to hold scholarship fundraiser
DETROIT — The Metro Detroit Youth Day executive board announced it will hold its eleventh Annual Scholarship Reception Tuesday, June 14, at the Roostertail in Detroit. "Our goal is to raise more than $50,000 to provide scholarships to metro Detroit youth," said Ed Deeb, Youth Day...Detroit Police to start up security services for local businesses
DETROIT — The Detroit Police Department is starting a new program called Secondary Employment in Uniform. The program will be offering off-duty police officers a chance to work for qualifying businesses within the city. Among the services included are crowd control, security and...Ann Arbor man is last remaining U.S. POW in Iraq
ANN ARBOR — Sgt. Ahmed Altaie, an Army reservist who was kidnapped in Iraq, is the last remaining American service member still missing in Iraq according to a report in The Detroit News. The family has been awaiting his return for five years. A spokesman for the Department of Defense has said...Jury awards former Dearborn probation officer $463,820 in civil rights suit
DEARBORN — A Wayne County jury awarded former Dearborn probation officer Simone Calvas with $463,820 in a civil rights lawsuit against Dearborn's 19th District Court. The lawsuit, specifically targeting Dearborn Chief Judge Mark Somers, alleges that Calvas, 46, was fired in September 2007 without...
NBA officially approves Gores as fourth owner in Detroit Pistons history
June 4th, 20110 AUBURN HILLS — An afternoon press conference at the Palace of Auburn Hills announced Arab American Tom Gores and his Platinum Equity firm as the official owners of the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment on Thursday, June 2 following unanimous approval by the NBA's Board of...
Local event sheds light on forgotten Bahrain atrocities
June 4th, 20110 A father in Bahrain grieves after the loss of his son in recent waves of deadly violence against peaceful pro-Democracy protesters.DEARBORN — While media coverage of atrocities committed against peaceful protesters in the Gulf island nation of Bahrain has been spotty at best in the United States and even in many international and...Luxurious spa offers elegant services at reasonable prices
It’s no surprise that lavish spas can be expensive. The soaring costs for extravagant beauty services have inspired one local woman to start a business. Terri Sitto, owner of Day Dream Nails and Spa in West Bloomfield, is merging pricey procedures with cheap rates, a unique concept. Sitto...
ACCESS withdraws from organizing Arab Festival but remains a sponsor
June 4th, 20110 DEARBORN — The Dearborn City Council granted a special event permit to the American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) on Tuesday in a meeting at City Hall. Under conditions of the permit Warren Avenue will be closed in order for the AACC to hold its annual Arab International Festival from...
Dearborn campaign highlights teen driving safety concerns
June 4th, 20110 Ford Driving Skills for Life Program Manager Jim Graham speaks last Friday at a teen driving safety event in front of the Dearborn police station as Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad (to his right) looks on along with another officer. PHOTOS: Nick Meyer/TAANDEARBORN – Local officials from the city's police department, schools, and...Owe back taxes? All excuses welcome!
Tax Amnesty available until June 30, 2011 For a 45-day period this spring, the Michigan Department of Treasury will offer an opportunity for delinquent taxpayers to pay their state taxes and have penalty charges waived through Tax Amnesty. Regardless of the reason a taxpayer has fallen behind, All...Michigan real estate hit hard by foreclosed homes
DETROIT — MICHIGAN-Realty Trac, a company that publishes the largest database of foreclosed, auction and bank owned homes in the country, has found that foreclosure has greatly affected the state in the first quarter of 2011. Realty Trac reports that 32% of the homes sold within the first quarter...Dearborn Judge Hultgren testifies in discrimination lawsuit from ex-employee
DEARBORN — Judge William Hultgren of the 19th District Court testified last Thursday in a trial over whether or not former Dearborn probation officer Simone Calvas' civil rights were violated when she was fired by the court's chief judge Mark Somers in fall 2007, according to a report in the...State budget approved early despite some worries
LANSING — The $46 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been completed earlier than expected. The budget, which was approved by a Republican led legislature, goes into effect on October 1 and will see cuts in educational aid as well as state departments. According to the Associated...Dearborn Heights city budget approved
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a 4-2 city council vote, the Dearborn Heights general government budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, beginning on July 1, was approved last Tuesday. Coming in at $36.4 million, the approved budget was $1.7 million less than that of the current fiscal year. Councilwoman......
Major changes coming for tax laws on Michigan businesses
LANSING —The Associated Press is reporting that Governor Rick Snyder has just signed "the most sweeping tax change in the state since 1994." The change cuts overall business taxes by $1 billion in the upcoming fiscal year beginning on October 1 and $1.7 billion the following year. The change will...ALUG invites Lebanese college graduates to participate in future networking gatherings
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — More than 40 people gathered at Al-Amer restaurant in Dearborn Heights for a breakfast held by the American Lebanese University Graduates (ALUG). ALUG was formed in 1996 with the objective of bringing together university graduates of Lebanese decent with various......
New Dearborn Heights café specializes in baking bread with traditional oven
Saj Cafe of Dearborn Heights offers a variety of healthy and tasteful entrees freshly prepared using saj bread, which is thinner than pita bread. Saj is an authentic grill top used to bake saj bread. Co-owner Hussein Siblini said the "old fashion grill" can be found in Lebanon and its neighboring countries. Saj...Journalism Institute for Media Diversity celebrates 25 yearsat WSU
Students Jill Grandison, Hyatt Fathy, Aysha JamalShena Penn and Nargis Rahman after the JIM Anniversary Gala & Fundraiser at the Wayne State Community Arts Auditorium. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAANDETROIT – Some of the biggest names in local journalism from television to print and radio were honored on...
Arab Knesset member questions Israel’s “democracy” at local event
May 28th, 20110 Keynote Speaker Haneen Zoabi at Wednesday's American Muslims for Palestine banquet in Dearborn at Greenfield Manor. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite StudiosDEARBORN - While addressing a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said only Israel's...Gov. Snyder says Michigan’s anti-immigration bill isunnecessary and divisive
DETROIT — Speaking at the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's annual public policy breakfast, Gov. Rick Snyder expressed opposition towards Michigan's proposed anti-immigration bill. Following Snyder's speech, which noted the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans, local......
Immigration group preparing for awareness month
DEARBORN — The Alliance for Immigrants Rights & Reform (AIR) will be holding three important meetings in the month of June in regards to immigration awareness. The events will help educate immigrants and community members of their rights and acknowledge the struggles that immigrants face...
Unfinished ADC Center for Civil and Human Rights posted forsale due to funding obstacles
May 28th, 20110 The ADC Center for Civil and Human Rights was recently put up for sale due to financial issues.DEARBORN – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan announced this week that the property and building for the unfinished American-Arab Center for Civil and Human Rights (ACCHR)......
U.S. boat ‘The Audacity of Hope’ to sail to Gaza in June
May 28th, 20110 NEW YORK— The U.S. Boat to Gaza campaign announced earlier this month that it will send a U.S. flagged boat, "The Audacity of Hope," to Gaza in late June as part of the International Freedom Flotilla II. The passengers on the boat, which will sail from a port in the Mediterranean, are U.S. citizens from many...Appeals court rules against Dearborn in Arab Festival case
DETROIT — A federal court says it was illegal to bar a Christian evangelist from passing leaflets at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn last year according to various reports. The appeals court ruled 2-1 Thursday in the case of George Saieg of Anaheim, Calif. The decision comes less......