Henry Ford College Executive Assistant to the President Kathy Dimitriou wins prestigious award from the Association of Community College Trustees
September 2nd, 20230 DEARBORN — The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) recently announced that Henry Ford College (HFC) Executive Assistant to the President Kathy Dimitriou will be presented the prestigious Professional Board Staff Member Award for the Central Region at its fall meeting. This national award is presented to a board staff...Poll: Michiganders support AI regulation to protect our elections
September 2nd, 20230 Progress Michigan recently released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly research newsletter that tracks public opinion about a variety of policy issues. Included in this poll were several questions about artificial intelligence being used to influence our elections. Eighty-eight percent of Michigan voters polled were very or...AG Nessel secures 55 percent reduction in Consumers Energy’s gas rate increase
September 2nd, 20230 LANSING – The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a settlement in Consumers Energy Company’s natural gas rate case in which the company sought a rate increase. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel intervened in the case and helped secure a 55 percent reduction in the final requested rate increase from $175...Attorney General Nessel urges local governments to sign-up for Walgreens National Opioid Settlement before September 6 deadline
September 2nd, 20230 LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reminding eligible municipalities to participate in the Walgreens National Opioid Settlement before the September 6 deadline, which is the Wednesday after Labor Day. By participating, eligible local governments will receive direct payments from the Walgreens National Opioids...AG Nessel pushes FDA to protect kids from e-cigarette addiction
September 2nd, 20230 LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Nessel’s suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to...9-year-old Palestinian boy who survived Israeli bombing hosted in Dearborn Heights while receiving prosthetic leg
September 2nd, 20230 At only 9-years-old, Saleh Humaid has been through more than many of us could imagine. The young boy managed to survive a horrific Israeli bombing in Gaza, Palestine, where he lost part of his right leg. Saleh was able to receive a prosthetic leg thanks to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), but he had to travel all the way to...Dearborn fire chief arrested for drunk driving, placed on administrative leave
September 2nd, 20230 DEARBORN — Fire Chief Joseph Murray has been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for allegedly operating a vehicle while under the influence. Murray was placed under arrest at around 3 a.m. on August 29 after being pulled over by Dearborn Heights police near Telegraph Road and Dartmouth Street. Police pulled him over...Dearborn Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko receives positive evaluation once again
September 2nd, 20230 DEARBORN — Dearborn Superintendent Glenn Maleyko was recently given his evaluation by the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education, marking his eighth year as superintendent. The Board collectively ranked his performance as "highly effective." The evaluation committee was chaired by Trustee Roxanne McDonald and the committee...Dearborn to offer free tree planting services for residents
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn is offering residents the opportunity to order a tree for their property at no cost. The program, available through the city’s Department of Public Works, will plant a tree on interested homeowners’ front easements this fall, while supplies last. While the program is open to all residents, priority...Dearborn Schools calendar approved
August 25th, 20230 The Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education voted on Monday night to approve the new contract with the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, which also sets the district’s calendar for the year. The Aug. 21 vote approved the five-year contract, which also includes an updated salary schedule and a number of other details governing...Secretary Benson encourages Michiganders to sign up to be poll workers
August 25th, 20230 LANSING — On National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson urged Michiganders to sign up to work at their community polling place in the upcoming 2024 elections. Michigan residents can sign up to serve at Michigan.gov/Pollworker. “Poll workers are our most valuable asset in conducting Michigan’s safe,...Study reveals 300,000 Michigan kids are from immigrant families, 70,000 of whom are in high school
August 25th, 20230 DETROIT — According to a new “High School Kids in Immigrant Families” study commissioned by Global Detroit, 300,000 Michigan kids live in immigrant families, where at least one person was born outside the U.S. Of these, 70,000 are Michigan high school students — 15 percent of all Michigan high schoolers — including 17,000 in...Four teens run out on $400 restaurant bill, turn themselves in after police post video on Instagram
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN — Four Arab American teens who dined and dashed at a Dearborn restaurant turned themselves in after police used social media to find them. On Sunday the teens ate at the Red Sea Restaurant on Michigan Avenue, then ran out without paying. After Dearborn police posted video of the incident on Instagram, the...Rania Succar, Syrian American and driven philanthropist, to be awarded the Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year Award
August 25th, 20230 Rania Succar, a Syrian American and esteemed business leader, will be awarded the Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year Award by the Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) at its Threads of Giving Gala this September for her extensive work in philanthropy. The gala celebrates Arab American philanthropy and their...Dearborn Heights D7 School District sued after 14-year-old student died by suicide
August 25th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A little over three months after 14-year-old Annapolis High School student Selena Perez died by suicide, her family has filed a formal lawsuit against the D7 School District, Principal Aaron Mollett and Superintendent Dr. Tyrone Weeks. The lawsuit says that Perez had physical signs of self-induced harm......
Cancer FactFinder website translated into eight languages, Arabic included
August 25th, 20230 BOSTON – The Cancer FactFinder, an online resource examining myths and misinformation about cancer, is now available in eight additional languages: Arabic, Creole, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Created by a team from the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention at the Harvard T.H. Chan School...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......