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)...
July 29th, 20230DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed against Pro-V Enterprises, LLC. The city had notified the Southend trucking company numerous times to abate and find solutions to its output of fugitive dust, particulate matter (PM) suspended in the air and linked to serious respiratory problems.
“Residents...
July 27th, 20230DEARBORN– Beginning Thursday, July 27, the city of Dearborn will operate five cooling centers throughout the city to assist residents in coping with increasingly hot temperatures, which are forecasted to swell to above 95 degrees Fahrenheit through Friday, July 28.
Cooling center locations will be open during regular building hours...
July 22nd, 20230DEARBORN – An exhibition featuring the life of the late President of South Africa and activist Nelson Mandela is coming to The Henry Ford, the museum announced on Tuesday.
“Mandela: The Official Exhibition” is an interactive experience featuring previously unseen photos, unseen footage and more than 150 historical artifacts and...
July 21st, 20230DEARBORN – State Rep. Alabas Farhat (D-Dearborn) was one of many who saw the heartbreaking footage on social media of a man stealing a 12-year-old boy's bicycle on July 13.
The footage shows a man in red clothes standing over the boy. With his hands on the handlebars, he pushes the boy out of the way and rides off.
It happened on...
July 14th, 20230DEARBORN – In a murder that shook the Arab American community, an unlicensed local dentist shot and killed one of his patients in his home in the west side of Dearborn after midnight on July 6, according to preliminary investigations and a Dearborn Police report.
Zayed Albodour, 52, was arraigned last Sunday in front of 19th...
July 10th, 20230DEARBORN – The Dearborn Police Department announced charges in a July 4 incident involving illegal use of fireworks, including an assault on a Dearborn Police Officer and damage to Police property.
Police received more than 50 fireworks-related calls from residents that night. Around 11 p.m. on July 4, officers were dispatched to...
June 29th, 20230DEARBORN — A Dearborn native of Palestinian and Lebanese descent has been selected as one of 30 finalists in the running for Miss Arab USA.
Razan Zaher was born in Michigan before her family returned to Lebanon, where she was raised, and went on to earn her bachelor of arts in English studies and her diploma with honors.
Zaher, a...
June 9th, 20230FLINT – A suspect is in custody after police say he shot and killed a Dearborn man inside a bus station in downtown Flint last week.
Jamil Kaine, 23, was working at a store inside the MTA bus station when Stand "Face" Robinson, 38, allegedly shot and killed him around 12:15 p.m. Thursday.
A police officer who heard the gunshots...
June 9th, 20230DEARBORN — On Wednesday, the Dearborn Charter Commission rejected a proposal to change the current election rules of the City Council members from seven members at large representing the entire city and switch to a wards system with nine districts, in order to ensure fair and equitable representation for all neighborhoods on the City...
May 26th, 20230By Mohamad Moslimani
Arabic has become a much more widely spoken language in the United States in recent decades. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. rose from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021, making it the nation’s seventh-most common non-English language spoken at home. Arabic speakers...
May 26th, 20230DEARBORN — Dearborn’s 97th annual Memorial Day Parade will take place Monday, May 29, in partnership with the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council. Please join the city of Dearborn as we honor all those who made the ultimate sacrifice by joining us for the oldest Memorial Day parade in the state that pays tribute to all who lost...
May 25th, 20231DEARBORN — Local artist Haroutioun “Harout” Isack Bastajian was recently recognized during the Islamic Center of America’s (ICA) 61st anniversary Semi-Annual Fundraising Dinner.
The Lebanese artist of Armenian origin who decorated the interior of the ICA prayer room was honored at the event that brought more than 1,000 members...
May 8th, 20230DEARBORN – Warm weather brings garage and estate sales, and the city of Dearborn wants to ensure that residents and enthusiasts know of a new feature in its second year that is intended to help advertise and locate the garage and estate sales within City limits. This service is available year-round for sales that may take place...
May 1st, 20230DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud hosted the first Eid al-Fitr breakfast for community members celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
The breakfast took place at the Ford Performing and Community Arts Center in Dearborn on Saturday, April 22 and roughly 1,000 people attended. The brunch was free and all of the food...
