DEARBORN, Michigan - Friday night - May 6, Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) will return to the Detroit area and present ROH Revolution: USA at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Avenue in Dearborn. Two of Ring of Honor’s biggest stars - 'The Fallen Angel ' Christopher Daniels (Ring of Honor’s current Television Champion) and Colt … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
Free Document Shredding on Saturday, May 14
DEARBORN, Michigan -- The City of Dearborn will sponsor a free document shedding day on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to noon at the DPW Yard, 2951 Greenfield Rd. Attention all criminals: Load up five boxes with all of your incriminating documents and bring them down to the DPW Yard on Saturday. Gather up all of those fake checks you wrote, the illegal … [Read more...]
Glass Gardens: A Celebration of Spring
– Glass Academy Offers Unique Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
DEARBORN, Michigan -- During Mother’s Day weekend, the Glass Academy will open it’s studio doors to welcome in visitors with the release of a new line of spring glass accents called “Percolla Reeds”. Live glassblowing demonstrations will take place where customers will be able to view the glassblowers creating custom orders with molten glass.Show hours … [Read more...]
Art Demonstrations, Music Open Dearborn’s Youth In Arts Festival on May 11
DEARBORN, Michigan – Hundreds of talented Dearborn students from kindergarten through high school (K-12) perform, display and demonstrate their arts at the first-ever city-wide Youth In Arts Festival (YIA) at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11.The public is invited to attend this free program, presented by the Dearborn Community Fund (DCF) in cooperation … [Read more...]
President Proclaims National Day of Prayer
WASHINGTON, DC - NOW THEREFORE - I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2011, as a National Day of Prayer. I invite all citizens of our Nation, as their own faith or conscience directs them, to join me in giving thanks for the many blessings we enjoy, and I ask all people of faith to join me in asking God for … [Read more...]
Lessons from Terry Jones and Osama Bin Laden
Guest Editorial by Hassan Alaouie Terry Jones and Osama Bin Laden: They both taught me a lesson in life . They both made me question who I am and what my role in society is. They both motivated me to take a real hard look at being Muslim and more accurately what being a Muslim in America is all about. In that search I found answers.They both drove me … [Read more...]
Michigan Gas Price Hits All-Time High
DEARBORN, Michigan -- Michigan gas prices reached the highest price ever on May 3, 2011 with the average price for an unleaded gallon of gasoline at $4.217, according to AAA's fuel gauge report. The previous record was $4.21, set on July 17, 2008."Gas prices have been climbing steadily since the beginning of the year and reached record-high levels … [Read more...]
Students to Review Michigan Supreme Court Case
DEARBORN, Michigan – Local students will see the Michigan Supreme Court in action on May 10 at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center (across the parking lot from the 19th District Court). The event is part of the “Court Community Connections” program, which will introduce the appellate court to students from Dearborn High, Edsel Ford, Fordson, Divine … [Read more...]
Oakwood Unveils All-Inclusive Sanctuary
DEARBORN, Michigan - As the Dearborn Community prepared for the impact of a protest planned by Florida-based pastor Terry Jones, the Oakwood Healthcare System (OHS) took another step toward celebrating the diversity of its patients, staff and community members.Local and regional religious and elected officials joined representatives of Oakwood Healthcare … [Read more...]