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Women’s Expo Benefits Children’s Leukemia Foundation

February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Brittany Crawford

DEARBORN, Michigan - The 9th Annual Dearborn Women's Expo at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn coming on Sunday, March 4th, 2012 has a special meaning for the Dearborn women who created the event. The Expo raises funds for Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan and is dedicated to the memory of Brittany Crawford who was a student at Dearborn High when she lost her battle with leukemia in December 2002. The event creators, Janeen and Julie Sullivan, are sisters-in-laws and the mother and aunt of Brittany, who together organize an event that attracts 100+ … [Read more...]

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City Planning Deadlocked – Goodwill A Bad Idea?

February 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Said Deep

DEARBORN, Michigan -  Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit wants to spend $500,000 to renovate a 15,000 square foot building (former Inca computer store) in Dearborn that has been empty for over a decade. The vote Monday night at the Dearborn Planning Commission meeting ended up in a stalemate - with 4 votes for and 4 votes against.  The matter will be taken up again at the March 12 meeting. Commissioners Said Deep, Nasser Alrayashi, Chris Forsyth and Nancy Siwik all voted against the proposed Goodwill upscale re-sale shop.  Said Deep explained his ideas in a lengthy blog post  … [Read more...]

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Judge Denies Request to Dismiss 2010 Arab Festival Case

February 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Acts 17

Michigan Federal Judge Denies City of Dearborn’s Request to Dismiss Civil Rights Claims Brought by Christians Who Were Arrested at 2010 Arab Festival DETROIT, Michigan — Today, a U.S. District Court Judge in Detroit, Michigan denied the City of Dearborn’s request to dismiss the civil rights claims brought by several Christian missionaries arising out of their arrests by City police officers in 2010.  The Christians were arrested by City police officers while preaching to Muslims at the City’s Arab Festival.  The Christians spent the night in jail and were then charged and tried for … [Read more...]

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Goodwill Moving Forward With Plans for Dearborn Store

February 6, 2012 By 6 Comments
Dearborn Goodwill Store

DEARBORN, Michigan - It's worse than your favorite team losing the Super Bowl. You really want your city to win, but they keep making stupid plays and fumbling the ball.  On Monday, February 13th,  Dearborn has another chance to win. The City Planning Commission will consider whether to approve plans for opening a Goodwill retail outlet at their 7:00pm meeting -- and the zoning board will consider the plan on the 15th at their 5:30pm meeting. Goodwill Industries says they are moving forward with opening the store at Michigan and Military.  Mark Lane, Public Relations director of … [Read more...]

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Iraqi Musician Rahim Al-Haj Brings Oud Music to Michigan

February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Rahim Al-Haj Brings Oud Music to Michigan

SAGINAW, Michigan - Internationally renowned musician Rahim Al-Haj will bring the sound of the oud, a stringed instrument commonly used in Middle Eastern music, to Saginaw Valley State University Monday, Feb. 13. The concert will feature all Al-Haj’s original compositions and take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. One of the most acclaimed oud players in the world today, Al-Haj has received many accolades and awards, including two Grammy nominations. He has recorded and performed with other master musicians of varied backgrounds and styles, including the indie-rock … [Read more...]

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Business Leaders Promote Michigan Turnaround Plan

January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New Michigan - Business Plan

DEARBORN, Michigan  -- Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM), the state's business roundtable, announced its 2012 Michigan Turnaround Plan (MTP), which includes a number of new recommendations for continuing Michigan's turnaround and revitalizing Michigan's economy and a new sixth step that lays out a 10+ year vision for a New Michigan. "Using our Michigan Turnaround Plan as a checklist, we can see how much has been done to strengthen our state," said James B. Nicholson, Chair, Board of Directors, Business Leaders for Michigan and President & CEO, PVS Chemicals, Inc. "Our state finances … [Read more...]

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MyNewMarketplace.com Announces Winners of iPad Contest

January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
December 2011 IPad 2 winner

DEARBORN, Michigan – The Michigan-based website, MyNewMarketplace.com, has announced the winners of two random drawings for an Apple iPad 2.  To be entered in the contest, winners were required to be members of the website’s online community which is designed to help individuals and businesses buy and sell almost anything. The first winner selected was Steve Summers, a resident of Lambertville, Michigan, who is an information technology manager with the University of Michigan Health System. “I started following MyNewMarketplace.com when it was launched in beta and then … [Read more...]

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Amal Berry-Brown Rings Charity Bell at Fairlane Mall

December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Amal Berry - Comerica - Salvation Army Bell Ringer

DEARBORN, Michigan - Comerica executive Amal Berry-Brown and her family braved the cold weather and spent last  Saturday afternoon volunteering as bell ringers for The Salvation Army outside of Fairlane Mall in Dearborn. No, it's not Blue Beanie Day - that was yesterday.  Saturday at Fairlane, Berry-Brown, who serves as vice president and National Arab and Chaldean Business Affairs Manager for Comerica, was joined by her husband Phil Brown, as well as their six-year-old son Amr and five-year-old daughter Maya. Volunteers like the Berry-Brown family are working to help The Salvation Army … [Read more...]

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The Coming Oil-Shale Revolution?

November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

The chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company -- Aramco -- has admitted that the development of large oil shale reserves in North America looks set to shift the monopoly over global energy supplies increasingly away from the Middle East. To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between "conventional" and "unconventional" oil reserves. The former are still in abundance in oil fields throughout the Middle East, and petroleum is produced from them simply by drilling at oil wells. Unconventional reserves include tar sands and oil shale: … [Read more...]

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FBI Mistake Leads to Arrest of Ali Hammoud

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

DEARBORN, Michigan — A press release from the Dearborn Police Department this afternoon provided the following statement: Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad has thoroughly reviewed the circumstances leading to the arrest of Mr. Ali Hammoud on Friday, November 11, 2011. Chief Haddad has concluded that the actions of his officers were professional, courteous, and were in accordance with departmental procedures. Chief Haddad stated, Mr. Hammoud is not the target of any Dearborn Police investigation.  Dearborn Officers became aware of the Federal arrest warrant during an inquiry … [Read more...]

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