November 10th, 20230DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In the race for the three open City Council seats, City Councilman Mo Baydoun was the top vote-getter among the six candidates, garnering 4,085 votes or 30.2 percent, followed by former City Council Chair Denise Malinowski-Maxwell, who got 3,659 votes or 27 percent. Hassan Saab, who got 1,742 votes or 12.9 percent,...
August 14th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During a nearly four-hour long City Council meeting on Tuesday night, tensions flared and after several disturbances, one resident filed a police report.
The tensions began when Mayor Bill Bazzi mentioned that he had requested a closed session to discuss a few items, which were continually denied by Council...
July 25th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With partial and full terms on the ballot for the 2021 elections, only the mayor’s position is up for election in the August 3 primary.
The partial terms are for mayor, ending on Dec. 31, city clerk, ending on Dec. 31, and a City Council seat, ending on Dec. 31, 2023.
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The partial term for mayor is to...
June 11th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As one of three mayoral candidates in this year's election, Denise Malinowski-Maxwell has kicked off her campaign with a fundraiser event.
The event was held at the American Legion in Dearborn Heights.
With recent endorsements from the Teamsters 299 and the Region 1A UAW, many members of the community and...
March 19th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a post on her Facebook page dedicated to her position as City Council chairwoman, Denise Malinowski-Maxwell announced her candidacy for mayor.
Malinowski-Maxwell has served as the Council chair since 2018 and served as the mayor pro-tem from the time of Mayor Daniel Paletko’s death in December until the...
January 23rd, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Tensions flared during a study session and special meeting held by the Dearborn Heights City Council on Tuesday.
During the regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 12, Councilman Ray Muscat had made a motion to hold a special meeting to appoint the mayor, however, when the agenda packet was sent out, there was no...
December 30th, 20200DEABORN HEIGHTS - Sad news from Dearborn Heights Tuesday night with the passing of Mayor Dan Paletko, who lost his fight with COVID-19, just a week after his 70th birthday.
"The City of Dearborn Heights is saddened to announce the sudden death late Tuesday of Mayor Dan Paletko from complications associated with COVID-19," the city's...
December 8th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights City Council has been operating for nearly a month with only six members and has failed to appoint a seventh.
A special meeting was held on Monday for the Council to interview candidates.
The first of the candidates interviewed was Zouher Abdel-Hak.
Abdel-Hak has been heavily involved...
November 29th, 20201DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Despite being a Council of six temporarily, it was business as usual during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
With Lisa Hicks-Clayton now treasurer, the six remaining members had a full agenda to discuss and all items voted on required a majority vote. In the event of a tie, the motions were not...
September 10th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a 4-3 vote during a City Council meeting on Sept. 8, the Dearborn Heights City Council voted to adopt a resolution that would allow their attorneys to research legal ways of removing Mayor Paletko from office.
The resolution for “endorsing Council chair’s letter to Mayor Paletko dated August 27, 2020”...
September 4th, 20201DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A resolution on the agenda for an upcoming Dearborn Heights City Council meeting mentions researching how to remove Daniel Paletko from office as mayor.
The resolution comes after an 18 month back and forth between Paletko and the City Council in regards to issuing an audit on the city’s financial...
August 14th, 20200Dearborn Heights — During a recent meeting, the Dearborn Heights City Council announced that it currently does not have a valid contract with its corporation counsel and voted to remove charges billed until a valid contract is in place.
The items listed under the city’s current claims and fund transfers included a charge of $16,423...
August 13th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Despite having agreed to proceed with its financial audit during a City Council meeting in June, the Dearborn Heights City Council has overridden yet another veto by Mayor Paletko on the matter.
The latest of nine vetoes was in regards to a resolution that the Council had voted on at its July 28 meeting requesting...
August 5th, 20201Dearborn Heights — During last Tuesday's City Council meeting, Dearborn Heights City Councilwoman Lisa Hicks-Clayton responded to what she calls a “personal attack” by Mayor Paletko.
The comment made by Paletko during a City Council meeting on July 14 questioned Hicks-Clayton’s understanding of finances when Hicks-Clayton...
