Dearborn Homecoming Festival to return in August
April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dearborn Homecoming Festival is making its return this August. The festival, traditionally held at Ford Field Park, is moving to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center and will be held from August 5 through August 7. The new location was selected due to...
Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appears at Dearborn Council meeting to comment on election translation efforts
April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN - Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appeared at the Dearborn City Council meeting this week to give her input, in public, to the city’s present language access efforts. The Council passed a resolution in March, brought forth by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud, that sought to ensure ballots and other election materials would be...
Dearborn police seeking help identifying home invasion suspect
April 16th, 20220 DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department are hoping that residents can help identify a suspect wanted in connection to a recent home invasion. On April 13 at approximately 2:30 p.m, the Dearborn Police Department responded to the area of the 3700 block of Madison Street regarding a home invasion. The investigation found that an...
Six charged, including two from Dearborn, with tax conspiracy and wire fraud
April 15th, 20220 A federal grand jury in Flint returned an indictment on Wednesday, charging Michael Angelo (Angelo), Hassan Kamal Fayad, Mirna Kamal Fayad, Cory Justin Mann, Thomas Reed Quartz and Rosina Angelo with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other crimes. According to the indictment, from approximately 2011 to 2022, Angelo owned and operated...
Dearborn man charged with possessing, making child porn videos
April 15th, 20220 A Dearborn man is accused of possessing child porn after a man he was meeting with for sex saw images and videos on his phone, according to court records. The man who saw the child porn contacted police about Haitham Sami Bazzi earlier this month. According to a criminal complaint, the man who reported Bazzi went to Bazzi's home...
Minnesota man arrested after Dearborn mosque threats, awaits charges
April 14th, 20220 A man suspected of threatening mosques in Metro Detroit has been arrested, officials said. The FBI is investigating threats made by a 60-year-old man who allegedly made statements about blowing up mosques in the Metro area, Dearborn police said in a statement Wednesday. They said state police received information about the threats at...
Wayne County Commission declares April as Arab American Heritage Month
April 14th, 20220 WAYNE COUNTY — On Tuesday, April 12, Wayne County Commissioners declared April as Arab American Heritage Month in the county, unanimously approving a resolution sponsored by Commissioners Sam Baydoun (D-Dearborn) and Al Haidous (D-Wayne). “It is more important than ever that we recognize the many contributions Arab Americans...
CDC to extend travel mask requirements for two weeks
April 13th, 20220 WASHINGTON D.C. — The Biden administration is set to extend the nationwide mask requirement for public transit and air travel. The decision comes as the administration has noticed an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) order was set to expire on April 18, but will now be extended...
Greenfield Village reopening with first permanent addition in 22 years
April 13th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village is reopening and welcoming a new, permanent addition to the village. Members will get exclusive early access on Friday, April 15. Greenfield Village’s first permanent addition since 2000, the historic Detroit Central Market, opens on Saturday, April 16. The addition of...
Edsel Ford senior Ronny Abdullah receives prestigious national scholarship
April 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — Dearborn student Ronny Majeed Abdullah is one of 100 graduating high school students in the U.S. — and the only one in Michigan — to receive the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship. Recipients will receive up to $55,000 annually to cover costs associated with their undergraduate education as they go on to attend...
Dearborn Department of Public Works and Facilities announces Nicole Golich to serve as first woman deputy director
April 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — The director of Dearborn Department of Public Works and Facilities, Tim Hawkins, has announced Nicole Golich as the deputy director. With the announcement, Golich becomes the first woman in the city’s history to assume that role, succeeding outgoing deputy director Eric Witte, who recently announced his...
Fadwa Hammoud to receive excellence award from area human service agency
April 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC) announced on Monday it will give its 2022 Excellence and Great Achievements Award to Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud. LAHC is a human services agency operating in southeast Michigan. Founded in 1982, the agency was previously known as the Lebanese American...
Amtrak and TSA agree to screening rail passengers against “terrorist watchlist”, raising civil rights concerns
April 9th, 20220 A new agreement between Amtrak and the TSA to screen passengers against the controversial "terrorist watchlist" — deemed by many as unconstitutional — is raising concerns among civil rights advocates. This week, a report by Hearst Television revealed that the TSA agreed to Amtrak’s request that it screen passengers against...
Dearborn Heights K-9 to receive donated protective vest
April 9th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights Police Department’s K-9 partner, Twix, will soon be receiving a donated bullet and stab protective vest. Twix and his handler, Officer Mohamad Chami, have been partners since April 7, 2019 when Twix joined the department. Chami has been with the department for a little over four years after...
Road to Restoration clinic restores drivers licenses for 28 in Dearborn
April 9th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Michigan Department of State’s (MDOS) Road to Restoration initiative launches to help Michiganders reinstate their driver's licenses. In October, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson lifted driving suspensions for more than 150,000 and canceled infractions for many more as a means of helping people get back on the......
Ramadan Suhoor Festival kicks off in Dearborn on April 8, after two-year hiatus
April 8th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Ramadan Suhoor Festival is coming to Dearborn’s Fairlane Town Center beginning Friday, April 8, with a slate of dozens of vendors, after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival will take place April 8-April 30, Friday and Saturday only, between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. at the Sears parking...
Attorney General Dana Nessel visits Crestwood Schools
April 8th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Attorney General Dana Nessel paid a visit to the Crestwood School District on Tuesday to learn about its approach to restorative practices in the district. Last year, Nessel announced a restorative practices initiative in order to address racial disparities in school discipline. At the beginning of the 2021-22...
Whitmer files lawsuit to stop state’s abortion law, in case U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe V. Wade
April 8th, 20220 LANSING — Governor Whitmer became the first governor to file a lawsuit to protect abortion rights, in anticipation of a possible overturning of an overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. Whitmer filed the suit using her executive authority to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately resolve whether Michigan’s...
President Biden extends pause on federal student loan repayments
April 7th, 20220 WASHINGTON D.C. — President Biden has officially announced another extension of the pause on federal student loan repayments for millions of borrowers nationwide. The repayments were set to restart May 1, but the pause has been extended through August 31. Biden said that while the economy is recovering from the COVID-19......
Social Security offices resume in-person visits
April 6th, 20221 DETROIT — The U.S. Social Security Administration announced this week that it will be opening local Social Security offices for in-person services, including for people without an appointment, on April 7. SSA offices have been closed for in-person activities for most of the COVID-19 pandemic. To avoid waiting in line, the SSA...
Dr. Dania Bazzi to serve as superintendent of the West Bloomfield School District
April 6th, 20220 WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield School District announced this week it has hired Dr. Dania Bazzi to lead the district as its next superintendent. The District said its Board of Education made the decision on Monday, in a united vote regarding the terms of Bazzi’s contract. Bazzi is a public school superintendent offering......
Miller Road construction to start April 6
April 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — Drivers can expect to see delays when using Miller Road between Rotunda Drive and Dix Avenue, starting on April 6, as construction is expected to last until the fall. The construction project will consist of more than one mile of concrete pavement removal and replacement, including new driveway approaches, sidewalk ramps...
Ali Abazeed to serve as inaugural director of the Dearborn Department of Public Health
April 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has announced the appointment of Ali Abazeed, MPH, MPP to serve as the inaugural director of the newly established Department of Public Health (DPH). Abazeed is a Dearborn native who most recently served as a public health advisor at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal agency......
