Mayor Paletko passes away after complications with COVID-19

December 30th, 20200 DEABORN 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...

Dearborn Heights City Council remains at a stalemate in appointing a new member

December 22nd, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Despite it being the second time trying to appoint a new member, the Dearborn Heights City Council remains gridlocked. During a special meeting on Dec. 7, the Council interviewed four candidates: Zouher Abdel-Hak, Mo Baydoun, Nancy Bryer and William Zurenk. On Dec. 8, the Council held its regularly scheduled...

Dearborn Heights City Council fails to appoint new member

December 8th, 20200 DEARBORN 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...

Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko wins re-election, Bazzi joins City Council

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — It looked to be a close race between Mayor Dan Paletko and City Councilwoman Lisa Hicks-Clayton in Tuesday's election, but once the absentee votes were counted, Paletko won by 1,143 votes. Paletko won with 4,467 votes, which was 55.83 percent of the total votes for mayor, and Hicks-Clayton received a total of...

The Dearborn Heights 2017 primary elections: Our endorsements

July 28th, 20171 As Dearborn Heights' community and economic landscape transforms to reflect its neighboring city of Dearborn, so must the city's government transform to reflect its constituents. Over the years, many Arab Americans have steadily moved from Dearborn to Dearborn Heights, a bedroom community whose obstacle to tremendous ambitions has...

Meet Dearborn Heights’ City Council candidates

July 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A changing city requires a change in leadership. That is the premise many of Dearborn Heights' City Council candidates are running their campaigns on as the August 8 primary elections draw closer. Reflected in the increase in Arab Americans running, the city's demographics are drastically changing. Many residents...