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Archives for November 2011

Searching Dearborn for the Most Beautiful Holiday Lights

November 30, 2011 By News Release

Dearborn Christmas Lights Contest

DEARBORN, Michigan – The City Beautiful Commission’s annual “Dearborn Aglow” holiday home decoration judging for 2011 will be taking place Saturday, December 10, Sunday, December 11 and Monday, December 12 from 6 to 10p.m. each evening. Commissioners will be out searching the neighborhoods for the most impressive Christmas holiday light and decoration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Christmas

Holiday Celebrations in Glass – Glassblowing Show Dec. 3,4

November 30, 2011 By News Release

Glass Snowman

DEARBORN, Michigan - Artists at the Glass Academy open their studio doors in celebration of the Holidays, showcasing live glassblowing demonstrations and unique hand crafted glass for sale in Dearborn, MI.  Holiday Celebrations in Glass takes place December 3rd & 4th from 10-6pm. Admission is free for all ages show with featuring many mid-range items … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Christmas, holidays, The Glass Academy

Co-op Services Credit Union Partners With Salvation Army

November 29, 2011 By News Release

Co-Op Credit Services

DEARBORN, Michigan – In an effort to help those in need during the holiday season, Co-op Services Credit Union is partnering with Greater Media Detroit to support The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Drive. Now through December 18, people who visit any of Co-op Services eight branches throughout metro Detroit can donate $1 to receive a paper Red Kettle to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Community Tagged With: Christmas, CSCU, holiday season, Salvation Army

Dearborn High Alumni to Host Fundraiser and Blood Drive

November 29, 2011 By News Release

Jane Hefferen

DEARBORN, Mich. - Former Dearborn High School classmates of Jane Hefferan, who is struggling with serious medical issues, invite the public to participate in a fundraiser and Red Cross blood drive to be held in her honor during the month of December. The fundraiser for Jane will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on December 10 at the Traction Bar at 5990 North … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories

Spiritual Leader Amma Visits Dearborn

November 29, 2011 By News Release

Amma Portrait

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – From a small village in India the teachings of an inspired woman, humanitarian and spiritual leader named Amma have encouraged people worldwide to express love and service to others as well as help to preserve nature. Located in Ann Arbor, the Amma Center of Michigan is a non-sectarian  organization that follows Amma’s neo-pagan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Community

The Coming Oil-Shale Revolution?

November 28, 2011 By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

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" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Editorial Tagged With: fracking, Islam, oil

Amara El-Mahoud – Little Girl Who Lit the Christmas Tree

November 26, 2011 By News Release

DEARBORN, Michigan – Kicking off the holiday season, five-year-old Amara El-Mahmoud, a kindergartener at Lowrey Elementary School, turned on the lights at the City of Dearborn’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Sing-Along on Nov. 22, with the help of her mother, Melinda Rida; sister, Clara Ayoub; and teacher, Karen Slack. Before she lit the tree at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Government Tagged With: FCPAC, Festival of Trees, FOT

Community Advent Tree Lighting Ceremony Sunday Night

November 26, 2011 By News Release

DEARBORN, Michigan - The Church of the Divine Child invites Dearborn area community members to join together on Sunday, November 27, 2011 7:15 p.m. for a tree lighting ceremony. Divine Child is located at 1055 North Silvery Lane, in Dearborn, Michigan.  The public is warmly invited to bundle up and join parishioners on the front lawn of the church for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community

Dearborn Business Meets St. Sebastian on Bourbon Street

November 26, 2011 By News Release

St. Sebastian Catholic School, Dearborn Heights, MI

Dearborn Heights, MI - In 2012, St. Sebastian Catholic School will host An Evening in New Orleans, Strolling Silent and Live Auction Event on February 18, 2012 . Celebrating its 10th year, the event has been opened to local restaurants, bakeries and markets for an opportunity to feature their products and services at “Bistros on Bourbon Street.” In addition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Community

Grandma’s Tattoos

November 24, 2011 By News Release

Grandma's Tattoos

DEARBORN, Michigan - During the First World War a genocide took place in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian People were driven out of their homeland into the deserts of Syria and Iraq.  1.5 million were killed. Thousands of young women were abducted to become the concubines of Turks, Kurds, and Arabs.  The story of these young women was never told... until … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, History Tagged With: film, video

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