August 3rd, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Voters in the Crestwood School District will decide the fate of a hike in the district’s 18-mill operational millage that would impact all property except exempt principal residences.
Should it pass, this increase would only affect businesses and rental properties and not homes.
The ballot states that “shall...
July 29th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — iHeart Media will present the second annual Michigan Culture and Diversity Festival next month. The festival aims to promote and celebrate the state's culture and diversity.
The festivities will take place from August 22-25 at the HYPE Athletics Center in Dearborn Heights.
According to HYPE founder and CEO Ali...
July 20th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Dearborn Heights has a new ordinance that limits the number of hookah licenses issued in the city to seven. There are currently seven active licenses in the city. The ordinance also has spacing requirements and restrictions on business hours, requiring lounges to be closed between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.
Anyone wishing...
July 4th, 20190ROCHESTER - Since its inception in 1985, Rochester based charity organization Rainbow Connection has made wishes come true for thousands of children with life threatening medical conditions in Michigan.
The charity began when Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson organized a memorial golf outing to raise scholarship funds in...
June 14th, 20190Dearborn Heights – Councilman Dave Abdallah kicked off his campaign to be reelected to the Dearborn Heights City Council on Wednesday.
The event, held at Bellagio Banquet Hall in Dearborn Heights, hosted several city officials and community members. Supporters and well-wishers included The Arab American News Publisher Osama Siblani,...
June 14th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Attorney and AAPAC president Mona Fadlallah was appointed a part-time magistrate in the 20th District Court this week.
The appointment was made by District Court Chief Judge David D. Turfe and vote for 6 to 0 by the City Council on Tuesday May 11. Councilman Bill Bazzi abstained from the vote due to conflict of...
June 10th, 20191Dearborn Heights – Several residents raised concerns about parking, noise and hostile mosque attendees at the May 28 City Council meeting, following the three-day Ramadan Night of Power festivities.
The residents, who all reside within a few blocks of the Islamic Institute of America (IAA) at Ford Road and Kinloch Street in Dearborn...
June 10th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Community members and many attendees from other towns celebrated the farewell weekend of the Ramadan Suhoor Festival, making its second appearance at the Hype Center on West Warren Avenue.
Starting out as a pop-up festival, the Ramadan Suhoor Festival morphed into four weekends of food, celebration and unity...
May 24th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS – After almost a year of harassment by their next-door neighbors, Jamal and Hind Hourani and their 7-year-old son were finally offered some justice in the city’s 20th District Court this week.
On Monday afternoon, Christie Ann Klein was found guilty of two separate counts of breaching of the peace at a bench...
May 10th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Saturday, May 4, public officials, religious and community leaders came together in the Islamic Institute of America (IIA) to commemorate the innocent people who were brutally beheaded by the Saudi regime.
Saudi Arabia beheaded 37 of its citizens on April 23, in the largest mass execution the country has...
May 3rd, 20190DEARBORN — A 39-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has been charged with two counts of prostitution and engaging the services of a minor, a 16-year-old student at a Dearborn High School, last November and December.
Omar Maher Taji was arraigned in 19th District Court on March 9 in Judge Gene Hunt’s courtroom and released on a...
May 3rd, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The second annual Ramadan Suhour Festival in Dearborn Heights makes its debut at the Hype Center on West Warren Ave.
Hassan Chami, who organized the first event last year, said it’s common for people and vendors to congregate outdoors during Ramadan.
“I thought, ‘Since this is going on and everyone’s...
May 3rd, 20190DETROIT – Gov. Whitmer and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans declared a state of emergency at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, following widespread flooding and damage to approximately 3,000 homes in the county.
“I want to commend the first responders, volunteers and residents who have pulled together to respond to the devastation caused...
April 25th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The American Educational Foundation (AEF) held its second annual awards gala on Thursday, April 19, at the Bellagio Banquet in Dearborn Heights, inviting hundreds of business and community officials and future student leaders for a celebration of community and scholarship.
The gala recognized seniors graduating...
March 29th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Sunday, March 31, Who is Hussain — Michigan (WIH) will partner with healthcare professionals across Wayne County to host a completely free medical camp at the Islamic House of Wisdom from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Who is Hussain is a global movement founded in 2012 and it currently leads more than 60...
March 9th, 20190DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Daylon Jamar Wooten, 16, of Dearborn Heights in connection with the homicide of James Newman, 17, of Inkster.
Wooten was charged as an adult designated. This means that if he's convicted, the judge can determine at the sentencing hearing whether he'll be sentenced as a...
February 22nd, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS— Sara Raad, a Dearborn Heights native and daughter of Lebanese immigrants, said she writes poetry to heal from past trauma.
She reads her poetry at local events and posts it on her Instagram blog which has more than 11,000 followers.
“I used to just write little poems here and there,” she said, adding...
January 18th, 20190LANSING — Betty Jean Alexander worked as a clerical specialist at the Wayne County Clerk’s office this time last year. She made $16 an hour, qualified for food stamps and took the bus to work.
Now, after a surprising primary election win last fall, the 53-year-old Detroiter and single mother of two daughters is a state senator....
November 30th, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Red Effect Infrared Fitness opened a new women-exclusive location on Ford Road in Dearborn Heights on Friday Nov. 23, the first of its kind for the chain with more than 300 franchises sold and in development.
Allie Mallad, owner of Red Effect, said he came up with the idea two years ago just after he began the...
November 17th, 20180DEARBORN – Barbara and Bob Hayes have volunteered four days a week for the past four years delivering and packaging meals for Wayne County’s Meals on Wheels program.
Barbara Hayes was a nursing school student when she got her first close-up look at the Meals on Wheels program and the positive impact it has on homebound...
November 2nd, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Leaders of various faiths gathered in Dearborn Heights on Thursday, Nov. 1 to pray for peace and stand with the victims of the mass shooting carried out at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27.
Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, Rev. Robert Schoenhals and Rabbi Nate DeGroot led this call for tolerance at the...
October 15th, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Salwa Fawaz, one of four candidates campaigning for three open seats on the Crestwood Board of Education, would only be the second Arab American on the board for a district that comprises of 70 percent Arab American students.
The only current Arab American member is Nadia Berry, who was elected in 2016.
Fawaz...
October 12th, 20181DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In one of the most diverse counties in the United States, bad neighbors and a dismissive law enforcement has resulted in the arrest of a racist man and a family wanting to leave town.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jason Glenn Sherman, 35, a Dearborn Heights resident, in connection with the ethnic...
October 12th, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Following his sudden resignation, the city’s former building and engineering director is threatening to sue a Council member for making allegations about corruption in the department.
The mayor accepted Mohamed Sobh’s resignation on September 27, two days after Councilman Bill Bazzi said at a City Council...
October 9th, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jason Glenn Sherman, 35, a resident of Dearborn Heights, in connection with the ethnic intimidation of his Arab American neighbors.
According to Dearborn Heights Police report, on September 16, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Dearborn Heights police officers were...
October 5th, 20181DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The city’s Building and Engineering director, Mohamed Sobh, has resigned amid accusations by a City Council member that he harassed and extorted residents.
At a September 25 Council meeting, Councilman Bill Bazzi said he heard from at least 20 residents and real estate agents that Sobh’s department approves...
September 2nd, 20180Dearborn Heights — Dearborn Heights, Taylor and the civil engineering firm Wade Trim will host a public forum to secure the public’s input and opinions regarding the proposed Van Born Corridor Improvement Project. The forum will take place Wednesday, Sept. 19 at the Richard A. Young Recreation Center on McKinley Street. The meeting...
August 27th, 20180YPSILANTI – The Dearborn Heights and Ypsilanti Fire Departments will receive a combined $1 million grant to boost the number of firefighters in those communities.
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced on Friday that the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) grants will go directly to the local fire...
