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By ZEINAB NAJM Sunday Times Newspapers RIVERVIEW — The Aug. 3 Riverview primary election ballot will feature 10 candidates who are seeking three seats on the City Council. Voters will decide the top six who will move on to the Nov. 2 general election where the three city council members will be selected to serve a four-year term. Candidates are incumbents Billy Towle, James Trombley and Dean Workman, and April Bieganski, John Eckman, Barbara Ann Greenhill, Rita Gunaga, Theo Makarounas, David Robbins, Donald Shupe. Bieganski … [Read more...] about 10 vying for 3 positions on Riverview City Council

By ZEINAB NAJM Sunday Times Newspapers TAYLOR — The mayoral primary election in Taylor will have three new names running for the open position: City Council Chairman Tim Woolley, state Rep. Alex Garza (D-12th District) and God’s Family Room Pastor the Rev. Jeff Jones. Voters will narrow down the candidates to two on Aug. 3. The winner of the Nov. 2 election will serve a four-year term. Each candidate was asked four questions with a 120-word limit for each. Responses over the word limit were edited.   1. List your … [Read more...] about 3 mayoral candidates will be cut to two in Taylor primary

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Following the late June flooding, the City Council, both current and future, will be looking at the cause of the street and basement flooding, possible fixes and sources of funding. With 18 residents seeking a seat on the city council, proposed approaches are as varied as the candidates themselves. Of those running, 14 responded by sharing what they think needs to be done to alleviate future flooding, and how such solutions could be funded. Four of the candidates, incumbent … [Read more...] about Dearborn City Council candidates weigh in on flooding fixes, funding

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – The causes of basement and road flooding, how to prevent it and how to fund fixes are on residents’ minds as they ponder the mayoral choices in the August primary. Each of the seven mayoral candidates – Hussein Berry, Susan Dabaja, Abdullah Hammoud, Jim Parelly, Thomas Tafelski, Kalette Willis and Gary Woronchak – were asked what they would do to alleviate future flooding and how would they fund the accompanying infrastructure investments. In their own words, each candidate … [Read more...] about Dearborn mayoral candidates discuss flooding solutions

By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers HEIGHTS — Voters in Dearborn Heights will head to the polls Aug. 3 for the city’s primary election to decide which mayoral candidates move on to the November general election. The candidates are incumbent Bill Bazzi, businessman Anthony Camilleri and City Council Chairwoman Denise Malinowski-Maxwell who is a retired project manger at AT&T. There will be two elections on the ballot with a partial mayoral term upon certification of the Nov. 2 election until Dec. 31, and a full term … [Read more...] about Heights residents to vote on mayoral partial, full terms