September 8th, 20170DEARBORN — There is little doubt that Arab Americans have become significantly more civically engaged in the past decade, yet Dearborn residents and businesses have not yearned any less for their issues to be better adequately reflected in city government.
In this Detroit suburb – with about half its population as Arab Americans,...
September 7th, 20170HOUSTON, DEARBORN — Striding strenuously down a freeway, mostly mothers and their children were knee deep in water, making the journey away from their drowned homes.
They carried on their shoulders only what they could save. The water rose so fast that few families in Southeast Texas were left unthreatened by Hurricane Harvey's...
September 3rd, 20170DEARBORN — Henry Ford College has named Sam Bazzi to be the college's first Arab American community liaison. The position is in its first year and will attempt to, "promote the mission of HFC within the Arab American community, continue to build and nurture personal relationships and facilitate a productive dialogue regarding...
September 3rd, 20170DEARBORN — On August 30, former Dearborn City Clerk Kathleen Buda, who'd previously pled no contest to several felonies, was ordered by Judge Lawrence S. Talon to reimburse the city for its pension contributions from the date of the offense until her retirement, which totaled $2,716.88.
Buda was sentenced to 24 months probation on an...
September 2nd, 20170DEARBORN – Construction from commercial development around town is displacing rats and exacerbating a rat issue in Dearborn, Mary Laundroche, Dearborn’s public information director, told The AANews. Laundroche added that the construction is beneficial, overall, to the community.
“We just find it can displace rats in the...
August 30th, 20170Dearborn — Shortly after news spread of a man who threw commercial-grade fireworks into the chapel of a Dearborn Church, a 43-year-old Inkster resident was identified as the suspect.
Dearborn Police said in a press release that had been arrested in Inkster on a similar charge and was currently in custody at the Inkster Police...
August 25th, 20170Dearborn — While prayer was taking place at Divine Child Church on Wednesday morning, an identified man threw into the chapel what an investigation revealed to be a commercial grade firework.
A Bible was burnt, but no one was harmed.
Witnesses told officers the man was about a 30 to 40 year old White man with short dark hair. The...
August 25th, 20170The community’s collective awareness and complaints that prompted police to investigate and eventually raid a Dearborn Medical Clinic— which turned out to be a white coat dealer’s opioid prescription hub, as many suspected— should not be a reason to let our guard down, but rather to keep up our unified activism against our...
August 20th, 20170DEARBORN — Molina Healthcare, a 24-hour Midwest Medical Center, plans to shut down on Sept. 30. All 120 workers at the center will be laid off.
The clinic is located at 4700 Schaefer and offers urgent care, primary care, physical therapy and other service. The clinic is ran by Molina Medical Management.
"We regret the impact this...
August 20th, 20171By Abed Hammoud
The recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA should be a lesson to our Arab and Muslim community here in Metro Detroit, specially in the Dearborn-Dearborn Heights area. These events show that personal attacks, character assassination and the spread of false information on social media and elsewhere can have...
August 18th, 20172
DEARBORN — About 8 a.m. on Thursday, Michigan State Police raided the Dearborn Medical Clinic, where a doctor is accused of over prescribing opiates.
Lt. Mike Shaw of the State Police described the clinic, located at Warren and Yinger Avenues, as a "pill mill" and said oxycodone is the drug most prescribed. It was attracting...
August 18th, 20177DEARBORN — On August 7 and 8, Christian missionaries from California visited Hemlock Park in East Dearborn. In the span of two days, workers face-painted with children, handed out prizes and shared their faith. A number of the parents who were in the park allowed their children to venture into the event unaware of the religious...
August 18th, 20170DEARBORN — Many gears work in concert to make a city run. Government bodies like the mayor's office and the City Council, as well as departments like human resources and engineering, and several commissions, all play vital roles in maintaining the high quality services residents expect.
Most Dearbornites, almost half of whom are of...
August 18th, 20170CHARLOTTESVILLE/DEARBORN — Dearborn residents assembled in healing and solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13 and 16, against White supremacy — reemphasizing the city's cohesive nature in visible diversity that trumps hate.
The first peaceful vigil, in which at least 100 demonstrators gathered on Sunday, was...
August 11th, 20170DEARBORN — An Arab American tent made its debut at the 38th annual Dearborn Homecoming festival, held at Ford Field Park the weekend of Aug. 4-6.
The tent, which featured both food and music, came about through the auspices of the Arab American National Museum and ACCESS.
"In 2015 and 2016, the AANM and ACCESS had the pleasure of...
August 11th, 20172DEARBORN — Despite excitement about this year's primary elections, the bustle of many campaign volunteers outside polling locations and significant mayoral races, the average voter turnout in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck was about 22 percent.
Several incumbent Arab American candidates in the three cities secured their...
August 8th, 20170DEARBORN- Even though the primary voting in Dearborn has been slow since the polls opened at 8 a.m. this morning, volunteers remain optimistic.
According to data from the city clerk’s office, there are 50 precincts and a total of 60,752 registered voters.
At McDonald Elementary School, the turnout seemed to be unfavorably low...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — Twice a year, homeowners in the city face one of the most dreaded days of the year – tax day.
Among other levied taxes, every homeowner pays a percentage of his or her property's value to help operate and maintain the city's services, like the Police Department, the schools and trash pickup. In addition, the city...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — On August 1, the Dearborn Police Department partnered with Target to host a "National Night out on Crime" event, described as a neighborhood crime and drug prevention effort in a city newsletter.
Hundred attended the event, which utilized every inch of the police department's east parking lot to show the community the...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — A man with a concealed pistol permit shot two people after an altercation inside a local business located around Tireman St. and Greenfield.
At approximately 11 p.m. on August 2, Dearborn police responded to a report of a shooting inside a gas station.
At the scene, a man revealed to the police officers that he had a...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — The city is preparing to go live on a newly constructed 911 dispatch center that will serve residents in Dearborn and Melvindale.
The center, located on the second floor of the Dearborn Administrative Center on Michigan Ave., is part of a consolidation project made possible by a State of Michigan Competitive Grant...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — Five months after the city placed the controversial statue of former Mayor Orville Hubbard on the Dearborn Historical Museum's lawn, it has been moved again.
The statue had been in front of the building on Brady Street, but now it's on the side of the McFadden Ross house, further away from public sight.
According to...
August 4th, 20170One might think that Dearborn prospers businesswise— mainly as home to Ford Motor Company's world headquarters—yet it doesn't, due to the lack of change in the system and in the administration.
Many businesses have moved out after Dearborn established restrictive ordinances. Business owners began setting up shops in nearby cities...
August 3rd, 20170DEARBORN- A man with a concealed pistol permit shot two following an altercation inside a local business located around Tireman St. and Greenfield.
At approximately 11 p.m. on August 2, Dearborn police responded to a report of a shooting inside a gas station.
At the scene, a man approached police officers and revealed he he had a...
July 21st, 20172DEARBORN — Michigan first welcomed Arabs back in the 1880s when Lebanese and Syrian immigrants arrived in the city of Detroit seeking employment.
The Arab American community has continued to grow, and with it their mother tongue. It's now the most popular foreign language in the state.
Weekend Arabic programs for kids formed...
July 14th, 20170DEARBORN — According to Police Chief Ron Haddad, Dearborn's crime rate saw an 11.20 percent reduction from 3,246 in 2016 to 2,881 so far this year, with some "alarming trends", like a 26 percent increase in drug offense arrests. The reckless driving rate also sees little improvement.
At a July 10 press conference, held at the...
July 14th, 20172NORTHVILLE— Born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, Northville resident Fayrouz Saad is the product of hard working parents who immigrated from Lebanon more than 40 years ago.
"It really starts with my parents," Saad said. "Moving to Michigan for the American Dream. They started a small business in Detroit's Eastern Market. A very...
July 14th, 20171DEARBORN — After a lengthy process, the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) endorsed candidates for various positions in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights' for the August 8 primary elections.
For two days, the group interviewed candidates running for mayor and City Council in both cities, and for city clerk in Dearborn....
