March 1st, 20240DEARBORN – Dearborn and two other Michigan cities with large Arab and Muslim populations turned against President Biden in Michigan’s primary after Democratic leaders there warned for months that voters were angry about his handling of the Israeli war on Gaza.
While Biden won the state with a little over 623,415 votes, the results...
February 21st, 20240DEARBORN – On Friday, February 16, 31-year-old Detroit resident Steven Simmons was arraigned before Judge Mark Somers of the 19th District Court on charges of child sexually abusive material, using a computer to commit a crime, aggravated indecent exposure and indecent exposure. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged Simmons...
February 13th, 20242Michigan community leaders are encouraging voters to select "uncommitted" in the Michigan primary elections, hoping to send a message to President Biden before November that they're unhappy with U.S. support for Israel in the conflict with Gaza.
"The main push is Joe Biden's stance on the conflict taking place between Israel and...
February 13th, 20241By Randiah Camille Green
Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an inflammatory op-ed under the headline “Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital.” Written by Steven Stalinsky, the article claims that “Imams and politicians in the Michigan city side with Hamas against Israel and Iran against the U.S.”
This...
February 9th, 20240An offensive opinion article on the city of Dearborn published by the Wall Street Journal last week sparked feelings of anxiety and resentment among the local community, summoning a widespread wave of condemnation that included President Biden, Governor Whitmer and other prominent officials, while local Arab American leaders called in a...
January 27th, 20240A man facing charges in an alleged racially motivated attack at a grocery store in Dearborn will face a jury trial.
Jason Edward Lucas, who is White, is set to go on trial on March 20.
He has been charged with four counts of felonious assault and two counts of ethnic intimidation.
The charges are in connection with an alleged...
January 27th, 20240They thought the truth died when he did. But he left the truth behind.
The Late Sayed Imad Fadlallah, God rest his soul, is widely recognized as the most revolutionary principal in the history of the Dearborn Public Schools.
And now—seven years after his sudden passing—he is publishing a new book.
The shocking memoir—which...
January 19th, 20240
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dearborn resident Hussein Tarraf has been selected by the IRS as one of 12 new members of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.
Tarraf is the president of Tarraf & Associates, PC, in Dearborn. He has been working in public accounting for more than 20 years, providing tax advisory and assurance...
January 12th, 20240DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn and Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud announced an initiative to control rodent population and the tracking of its extermination with the recent launch of a citywide subterranean rat prevention program, making the city the second municipality in Michigan to implement above and below-ground pest mitigation...
December 15th, 20230DEARBORN – On Thursday, the city of Dearborn announced that it has received $24.8 million in federal grant awards through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All programs (SS4A) to improve traffic safety on Warren Ave.
The funding will be utilized to design and implement enhanced traffic safety...
December 12th, 20230DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is requesting the public’s help identifying five individuals suspected of attempting an armed robbery at a Dearborn storefront on Friday, December 8.
Dearborn Police officers responded to a 911 call at the 5000 block of Schaefer for an attempted robbery after five males entered a T-Mobile...
December 1st, 20230LANSING – Governor Whitmer has reappointed Portia Roberson, of Detroit, and Zenna Faraj Elhasan, of Dearborn, to serve second four-year terms on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. Both Roberson and Elhasan were originally appointed to the Commission in December of 2019, with their first terms ending this year on December 31. Their...
December 1st, 20231DETROIT – A 28-year-old gas station store clerk from Dearborn will not be charged in connection to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Yaqoub Nagi from Detroit, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
The clerk acted in "lawful self-defense" when he fatally shot Nagi at a Citgo gas station in Detroit, the Prosecutor's...
December 1st, 20230Nasser Beydoun, a Dearborn resident and a Democrat seeking the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), said he was offered campaign contributions of $20 million to quit the senate race and run against Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Dearborn) in the 2024 Democratic primary.
Beydoun, a well known businessman...
November 16th, 20230On February 15, 2018, the University of Michigan-Dearborn announced the appointment of Domenico Grasso as a new chancellor after a meeting of the Board of Regents. Since the fall of that year, the sixth chancellor has been a very dynamic leader, making significant contributions to higher education, environmental research, diversity and...
November 16th, 20230DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local nonprofit is working to bring the community together during a time of need for its second annual Friendsgiving event.
Thrive by any Means Necessary (TMN) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2022 by community activists with the goal of striving to eliminate barriers for those in need while establishing a...
November 2nd, 20230DEARBORN — Just two days after being reinstated, Dearborn Fire Chief Joseph Murray was charged with two counts of operating while intoxicated.
One count is related to his blood alcohol content and one to observations made by police at the time of his arrest on Aug. 29 when he was pulled over in Dearborn Heights after allegedly going...
September 14th, 20230DEARBORN — On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Padzieski Art Gallery will feature a new exhibit called “For the Love of Humanity”, showcasing the work of Arab American artists.
The show will feature artwork from 10 distinct artists and is free of charge. The show will run through Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Dearborn Ford Community &...
September 14th, 20231DEARBORN — Zaman International is hosting its 14th annual Run Walk Picnic and will be honoring the late Randa Abdallah, a longtime volunteer and member of the Zaman Detroit Run Team.
The event is aimed at raising awareness about Zaman’s work to eradicate poverty, with proceeds benefiting programs that support women and children...
September 2nd, 20230DEARBORN — 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...
September 2nd, 20230DEARBORN — 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...
August 25th, 20230DEARBORN – 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...
August 25th, 20230DEARBORN — 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...
August 25th, 20230DEARBORN – 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...
August 18th, 20230DEARBORN — 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...
August 12th, 20230DEARBORN — The kept-secret recent visit of State Senator Sylvia Santana to Israel sparked widespread outrage and disappointment among local Arab Americans, who makes up about 65 percent of the district she represents in the Lansing, which includes the cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, as well as parts of Allen Park and...
August 2nd, 20230DEARBORN – The 42nd annual Dearborn Homecoming Festival will return to Dearborn’s Ford Field Park Friday, Aug. 4 - Sunday, Aug. 6 at 22051 Cherry Hill Rd. The festival, which is presented by J&T Crova Towing, will include free musical performances and family activities, a fireworks show, food and carnival rides, among other...
August 1st, 20230DETROIT — Corazon Imaging, a mobile healthcare startup, has launched, offering an advanced, proactive and non-invasive outpatient technology for more accurately diagnosing heart disease. Corazon Imaging will transform Michigan’s healthcare field by vastly increasing accessibility to lifesaving Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA)...
