Homecoming Festival returns strong after two years with a few changes, including a new location, and a mayor’s golf cart “chronicles”

August 10th, 20220 DEARBORN — This past weekend the 41st Homecoming Festival, an annual Dearborn tradition going back to the 80s, returned after a two-year hiatus. On his Facebook livestream this week, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud expressed his desire to see the festival return. “Given the pandemic, given the catastrophic flooding last year, I thought...

Dearborn’s Mayor Abdullah Hammoud appoints “historically diverse” executive team

January 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Residents of Dearborn now have a deeper view of the city's much-anticipated new administration, with the city's new mayor announcing the names of his executive team. Mayor Hammoud announced the executive team on Wednesday, including directors of key municipal departments and offices. The new leadership team will helm a...

First person: Dearborn’s devastating flood exposes mistrust, deep divides

July 9th, 20210 Bilal Baydoun is a Michigan-based policy advisor and writer. He previously served as a lead policy and communications advisor in the Michigan Department of Attorney General. Ali Abazeed is a public health advisor with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services based in Washington D.C. The authors were born and raised in East...