March 1st, 20220DEARBORN — In a special primary election propelled by absentee voting on the west side of Dearborn, Jeff Pepper beat out Alabas Farhat (3,590 to 2,778) to be the Democratic candidate for state representative for the 15th House District.
Pepper, a local attorney, will now face Republican Ginger Shearer, formerly known as Virginia...
March 1st, 20220DEARBORN/HEIGHTS — A major construction project is scheduled on a large stretch of Telegraph Road in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights.
Starting in early March, work is expected to begin on both the northbound and southbound sides of Telegraph Road between Van Born and Oxford Road, just south of Michigan Ave.
According to the...
February 27th, 20220DEARBORN — Days after the sale of Fairlane Town Center to an unnamed buyer was announced, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud outlined his vision for the property.
Opened in 1976, by A. Alfred Taubman, Fairlane Town Center spreads out over three floors and 110 acres. The 1.4 million square foot property houses 125 stores and 8,400...
February 26th, 20220DEARBORN — The Lebanese artist of Armenian origin behind the painting of more than a dozen mosques and churches globally has returned to Dearborn to continue to share his work.
Born in 1973, Haroutioun “Harout” Isack Bastajian has always had a passion for art.
“I spent a lot of time in my childhood in the remote...
February 25th, 20220DEARBORN — The local community is urged to participate in electing a new state representative for the 15th House District, after the seat was vacated by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud following his victory last November.
To fill the vacancy, Governor Whitmer called for a special primary election on Tuesday, March 1 and a general election...
February 24th, 20220DEARBORN — The Fairlane Town Center shopping mall is expected to be sold next month. The information comes from a New York City-based company that tracks commercial real estate loans, as reported by Crain's Detroit on Wednesday.
The sale is expected to close next month to unnamed buyer.
Fairlane Town Center was built in 1976....
February 24th, 20220DEARBORN — Abraham Elsaghir, 52, and Samar Elsaghir, 51, have pleaded guilty to numerous charges stemming from false bankruptcy reporting, tax evasion and food stamp fraud.
Authorities say that in May 2017, the Elsaghirs filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition of bankruptcy and received a discharge of their debts in August 2017. But...
February 23rd, 20220DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud will be joining the Dearborn Symphony as he narrates an event called "Mozart Meets Peter and the Wolf."
Hammoud will be added to the list of historic narrators of this piece, including Viola Davis, Alice Cooper and Boris Karloff.
During his narration, Hammoud will be responsible for placing...
February 21st, 20220WAYNE COUNTY — County residents should see increased road repair work from a new annual program that aims to address the potholes emerging from freezing weather.
The Wayne County Department of Public Services' new program begins the week of Feb. 21 and will see Wayne County expanding staff schedules to 10 hours per day/six days a...
February 21st, 20220DEARBORN — In a new collaboration, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) and the Center for Arab American Studies have launched a new podcast.
The podcast, "Seen Jeem", means question and answer in Arabic and episodes contain part conversation and part author reading exploring the work of contemporary Arab American...
February 17th, 20220DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn has declared a snow emergency, effective 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. The emergency will remain in effect until 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18.
Mayor Abdullah Hammoud made the announcement ahead of possible of snow accumulations between four and eight inches, according to the National Weather...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN — A 31-year-old Wayne man has been charged in connection with the homicide of a Dearborn man that occurred on Feb. 11.
Michael Steven Hicks was charged on Feb. 16 in the suspected homicide and faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of felony murder. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
At...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN — On Monday, the Dearborn Police Department welcomed three new police officers and promoted three additional longstanding members to higher positions within the department. Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Police Chief Issa Shahin addressed a gathering of family and colleagues at the swearing-in ceremony.
In a heartfelt...
February 16th, 20220LANSING — The state’s health authority said this week that COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline since this winter’s surge brought on by the spread of highly infectious variants and that it is adjusting its approach to the pandemic in the recovery phase.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN — The Dearborn Administrative Center, the 19th District Court and all branches of the Dearborn Public Library will be closed on Monday, Feb. 21, in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.
Curbside trash and recycling pickup will not be disrupted by the holiday and will be on its normal schedule during the week of Feb....
February 12th, 20220UPDATE: The Arab American News has learned from sources that the suspect in the attack on the Al-Huda mosque Saturday morning is believed to unfortunately be a member of the Arab American community.
Authorities believe he may have been suffering a mental health episode at the time of the fire attack.
Local and federal law...
February 11th, 20220DEARBORN — Mariam E. Charara has begun work as the Arab American Civil Rights League’s (ACRL) new executive director.
The ACRL is a non-profit organization, founded in 2011 in response to the overwhelming need in the Arab American community for advocacy and protection of civil rights and liberties.
The organization is based...
February 11th, 20221DEARBORN — The Custard Company, located at the corner of Monroe St. and Outer Drive in Dearborn, is recovering again after a second accident.
Jamal Jawad, 32, bought the former pizza business three years ago and turned it into a specialty ice cream shop known for items such as The Sweet Bun, The Wowffle and their Injected Loaded...
February 11th, 20220DEARBORN — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Dearborn is planning on bringing back its 96th Memorial Day Parade.
The parade will be hosted in partnership with the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council (DAWVC) on Monday, May, 30 and is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. and the oldest...
February 11th, 20220DEARBORN — In honor of Black History Month, The Islamic Center of Detroit (ICD) is proposing to renovate and rename the Belton Mark Twain Park.
The ICD is located in District 7 at the Detroit-Dearborn border and is hoping to be able to renovate and remodel the park, located at Belton Ave. and Mark Twain Street, and rename it...
February 10th, 20220DEARBORN — As part of Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin’s plan for public safety, a new Traffic Safety Unit has been introduced.
The unit will be focusing on hazardous moving violations that endanger public health, including speeding and reckless driving.
The unit is also tasked with efficiently responding to resident...
February 10th, 20220DEARBORN — Dearborn City Council President Pro-Tem Erin Byrnes has announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 15th State House District.
“Today, I filed to run for state representative in the new 15th District,” Byrnes wrote in a Facebook post. “This District encompasses precincts 33-50 in Dearborn and the majority of...
February 9th, 20220By Joseph Richard Preville
On August 4, 1963, The New York Times Magazine published President Kennedy’s majestic essay, “A Nation of Immigrants.” Rejecting geographically narrow and restrictive immigration quotas based on national origin for the U.S., Kennedy urged reform and the adoption of a new immigration policy that would...
February 5th, 20220At a café in the recently completed Wagner Place on Dearborn’s west side, we spoke with entrepreneur Hussein Anani, 32, about a publicly traded company called Sibling Group Holdings (SIBE) he acquired control of this past summer.
Anani is a Dearborn native and graduate of the Mike Ilitch School of Business who went on to study...
February 5th, 20220DEARBORN — Three names have emerged as contenders to fill the State House seat vacated by Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud through the end of the year.
On the Democratic ticket are Alabas Farhat and local attorney Jeffrey Pepper. One Republican, Ginger Shearer, formerly known as Virginia Polk, is also in the race.
Governor...
February 4th, 20220DEARBORN — Rehab Nader Jadallah, a senior at Fordson High School, and Ronny Majeed Abdullah from Edsel B. Ford High School, have been named semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Foundation's Cooke College Scholarship.
Two other Michigan students are on the highly selective list that saw thousands of...
February 4th, 20220By Rabih Hamawi
The pervasive deep freeze that has blanketed more than half of the U.S. is causing a lot of problems for property owners. As the water in pipes freezes, as much as 2,000 pounds of pressure is produced, seriously testing the tensile strength of water lines. With a burst pipe’s ability to release hundreds of gallons...
February 3rd, 20220DEARBORN — With new district maps drawn, State Senator Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) is looking to be re-elected to the newly drawn Second Senate District.
Santana served in the Michigan House of Representatives, serving the Ninth District from 2017 to 2018 when she was elected to represent the Third District, covering the cities of...
