Local leaders share their resolutions, hopes for the New Year

January 5th, 20180 Questions: 1. Where did you celebrate? 2. What is your personal New Year's resolution? 3. What are your hopes for the New Year? Bill Bazzi Dearborn Heights City Councilman 1. Celebrated with friends and family 2. To be the best I can be, and as I promised residents when I ran for election, to represent them and to do...

Hamtramck elections draw more Arab American candidates, but challenges lie ahead

July 14th, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — As Michiganders mull over who to elect or reelect to various government positions, a town with a growing Arab American population is also preparing for the upcoming elections. Hamtramck is facing shifting demographics, reflecting that of its neighbors, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. It's also where an unprecedented...