June 9th, 20170DEARBORN — A Dearborn man whose home was raided by the FBI on June 1 was arrested in Livonia later that night on suspicion of links to Hezbollah, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, the Justice Department announced on Thursday, June 8.
Both Samer El Debek, a Lebanese American truck driver who moved to Michigan from New York a...
June 9th, 20170DEARBORN — On Tuesday, June 6, The Dearborn Board of Education interviewed six candidates seeking to fill the vacancy left by former trustee Mariam Bazzi, who resigned on May 22 following her appointment by Governor Snyder as a judge in the Wayne County Circuit Court.
The new trustee will be elected by the board though a majority...
June 6th, 20170DEARBORN ― The Dearborn Board of Education is seeking to fill a seat vacated by former Trustee Mariam Bazzi.
Bazzi resigned on May 22 after she was appointed by Governor Snyder as a judge in the Wayne County Circuit Court. She was a Lead Prosecuting Attorney in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, and elected as a trustee in...
June 6th, 20170Dearborn — Police are still looking for a man who stole a 13-year-old girl's cell phone on Saturday, May 27 near Michigan Avenue and Middlesex Street.
The suspect, described as a white or Arab male 25-40 years old with a thin build, walked up to the girl at around 7:30 p.m., forcibly stole her cell phone and fled the scene on...
June 2nd, 20174DEARBORN ― The man in question involving a FBI raid at a Dearborn home Thursday night is suspected of aiding terrorists, The AANews have learned from sources close to the investigation.
Samer ElDebek, a Lebanese American truck driver, was taken into custody and transported to his hometown of New York on Friday on federal charges of...
June 2nd, 20170DEARBORN — On May 24, parents, students and teachers gathered at the Michael A. Guido Theater in celebration of teachers nominated by the pupils whose lives they've change through education.
Four teachers were nominated for the Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award: Julie Spencer of Henry Ford Elementary in the pre-K to...
June 2nd, 20170DEARBORN — The Dearborn Library Commission has approved new building guidelines in order to make the Dearborn Public Library a welcoming environment.
These guidelines are for students using the Henry Ford Centennial Library and the Esper and Bryant branch libraries during the final two weeks of the school year.
During the period...
June 2nd, 20171DEARBORN — Amid significant plans to pull the city into the future, forgotten remnants are driving it back to a history paved by segregation.
Explicit disparities between Dearborn's west side and the east side have long been the proverbial elephant in the room.
Michiganders contend that infrastructure conditions vary greatly...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co plans to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America and Asia through voluntary early retirement and other financial incentives as the No. 2 U.S. automaker looks to boost its sagging stock price.
Ford shares fell as much as 2.5 percent in heavy trading Wednesday and were headed to their worst close since...
May 19th, 20170DETROIT — On May 10, Detroit native Rawan Latif, 24, became a captain in the United States Air Force. That is only one of many ways in which Latif has served both her local community and the United States at large.
Latif, who is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, comes from a family involved in service, with an uncle who...
May 19th, 20170SANAA, Yemen — Spilling into the hallways of crowded Yemeni hospitals, children writhe in pain from cholera. Displaced villagers roam baking hot plains and barren mountains to evade warring militias.
The escalating outbreak of disease and displacement of tens of thousands by recent fighting has inflamed one of the world's worst...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN — DTE Energy invites Dearborn residents and business owners in the area enclosed by Chase Road and E. Moross Circle, and W. Warren and Tireman to a May 24 public meeting about the extensive gas meter and gas line replacement project in their neighborhood.
The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 at the Henry Ford...
May 12th, 20171DEARBORN — On May 8, parents at the Dearborn Public School Board of Education meeting voiced their concerns regarding a teacher attempting to proselytize Muslim students at Woodworth Middle School.
The world religions teacher was not named at the meeting, but parents said that she discussed her own baptism, read from her Bible for...
May 5th, 20170DEARBORN — A bar in west Dearborn criticized by a city official last week for attracting unruly crowds will face a hearing that could result in the revocation of the business' liquor license.
City Council President Pro Tem Tom Tafelski has called Post Bar, located on Michigan Ave., a "public nuisance." The city played a key role in...
May 5th, 20170DEARBORN — On Wednesday, May 3, Ford Motor Company broke ground on Wagner Place as part of its campus transformation.
Ford is reconstructing two blocks of mainly empty buildings in west Dearborn into a 50,000-square-foot development including first-floor retail and restaurants and Ford offices upstairs.
One of its vital features...
May 5th, 20171DEARBORN — Decades of efforts by Arab American organizations are paying off, as the U.S. Census Bureau officially approved a category that counts residents of Middle Eastern and North African origins (MENA) on the 2020 census.
After the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) welcomed public comments last October regarding the MENA...
May 5th, 20170LANSING — Gov. Snyder has appointed Mariam Bazzi to the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County.
"Mariam Bazzi's commitment to her community and the law makes her a natural pick for the Wayne County Circuit Court," Snyder said in a statement. "Mariam brings with her to the bench years of experience in complex areas of the law and a...
April 28th, 20170DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Following the April 25 filing deadline for municipal elections, residents have a clearer picture of who might be leading their city.
Dearborn Heights is facing shifting demographics, reflecting that of its neighbor, Dearborn, where half of the 26 candidates for city positions are Arab Americans and where the...
April 21st, 20170DEARBORN — Another west Dearborn bar is facing efforts to shut it down following scrutiny from the City Council, which stemmed from a rash of violent episodes outside the business.
City Council President Pro Tem Thomas Tafelski charged last Sunday that the Post Bar is a "public nuisance", heralding that it could become the fourth...
April 20th, 20170DEARBORN - The Social Security Office near Michigan and Outer Drive in Dearborn has been evacuated due to a suspicious package.
A number of other businesses in the Dearborn complex have also been evacuated.
Dearborn Police, Homeland Security and the bomb squad are investigating a possible bomb at the building.
April 17th, 20170DEARBORN - Dr. Stanley Jensen, President of Henry Ford College announced that he will be retiring from his position comes June 30, 2018. He made the announcement this afternoon in an official statement:
"After a great deal of thought, and careful consideration, I have decided to retire from my position as President of Henry Ford College...
April 8th, 20170
DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (formerly the Lebanese American Heritage Club) has a long and deeply rooted history in the local community, but the focus was once again on the future and on shattering stereotypes during the non-profit's 29th annual awards gala on Thursday, April 6.
The ceremony, attended by...
April 7th, 20171DEARBORN — As local resident Agnes Fischer drove by a Muslim crowd praying outside Levagood Park and listened to church bells chiming nearby one day, she began to cry in awe of the city of Dearborn.
That scene inspired the 41-year-old photographer, HYPE Athletics yoga instructor and director of fitness and personal training to start...
April 4th, 20171DEARBORN — The statue of late Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard has resurfaced since the controversy that led to its removal from outside the old City Hall building in September 2015.
The statue was originally placed in front of Dearborn City Hall in 1989, but was removed and placed in storage after the building was sold in 2015....
April 4th, 20170DEARBORN HEIGHTS ― As the April 25 filing deadline for municipal elections draws near, dozens of candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to compete for available city positions.
Dearborn Heights is facing shifting demographics, reflecting that of its neighbor, Dearborn, where nearly half of the 22 candidates for city...
April 2nd, 20170NEW YORK CITY — On a cold, snowy Sunday morning, more than 100 Arab Americans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to protest the United States' support for Saudi Arabia, which they say is the culprit responsible for extreme devastation and famine in Yemen.
Dozens of Yemeni, Lebanese and Iraqi American demonstrators met...
March 31st, 20170In a meeting Wednesday at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials arranged to meet with Arab and Muslim community activists and leaders under the pretext that those communities would be represented and heard.
The subtext that unfolded throughout the course of the contentious...
March 28th, 20170DEARBORN – A meeting on Monday, March 27 with community activists and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly turned antagonistic, when a local attorney and civil rights advocate pressed Kelly about orders and harassment that target Arabs and Muslims.
The meeting, held at The Arab American National Museum, was a second...
