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By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers DEARBORN – The city’s annual Memorial Day Parade, for which planning begins in September, will not be held for a second year, due to COVID-19, Mary Laundroche, Department of Public Information director, said. “I am trying to come up with something that would be meaningful and speak to our long patriotic tradition in Dearborn,” she said Feb. 16, at the online Mayor’s briefing with the city council, in response to questions. Laundroche said she had made an effort to speak with Dearborn … [Read more...] about Dearborn’s annual Memorial Day Parade canceled

Outdoor concert series to offer alternative By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Homecoming, the city’s much anticipated, annually enjoyed weekend celebration, held the first weekend of August at Ford Field Park, has fallen victim to the pandemic for a second year. Chief-of-Staff Mark Guido said a study committee recommended that it could not be safely held this year, given the logistical challenges of providing a sanitized, healthy environment, and said city officials hope to instead offer 10 outdoor concerts … [Read more...] about Dearborn Homecoming canceled for second year

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Select City Council members, and residents, many aligned with Accountability for Dearborn, clashed at the Feb. 9 council meeting, demonstrating the powerful rallying cry the hint of censorship can create. During the Feb. 4 Committee of the Whole session, Council President Susan Dabaja, Councilman Michael Sareini and others expressed their frustration with the way public comment times were causing the twice-a-month city council meetings to run late. When their comments were … [Read more...] about Council members, city attorney restate extended meeting stance

By MARGARET BLOHM For the Times-Herald DEARBORN – Peggy and Robert “Bob” Webster, residents of Beaumont Commons, Dearborn will celebrate 70 years of marriage this year. Was it love at first site? She said, “No.” He said, “Sure.” The couple shared how they first met seated next to each other in an 11th grade English class at Lowrey High School, now a K-8 school, in Dearborn. “We were both from Taylor, and back then, there wasn’t a high school for Taylor students, which is why we were enrolled in Lowrey,” Peggy Webster … [Read more...] about Long married couple met in 11th grade English class at Lowrey High School

  Passersby help evacuate residents, fight fire By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers LINCOLN PARK – A kitchen fire destroyed an apartment and caused heavy smoke damage to other units the afternoon of Feb. 8 that displaced the residents of eight apartments at 1730 Goddard Road. A passerby, Melvindale real estate agent Jason Caperton, said he stopped when he saw flames shooting out of the building, according to published reports. Caperton, a high school varsity bowling coach who was on his way to practice, entered … [Read more...] about Apartment kitchen fire displaces 8 Lincoln Park families

By SUE SUCHYTA Times Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Equipment which the city ordered in December to help restaurants comfortably serve diners outside are being installed in different parts of the city to help maintain pandemic precautions. Clear plastic igloos, with both electric space heaters and propane-powered heaters, are being set up with a table and chairs for single party dining, and larger tents are being set up outside restaurants as well, as 25 percent capacity dine-in service has been permitted. Jeffrey Watson, … [Read more...] about CARES Act grant funding applications may be available next week

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – City Council members are struggling to find a way to end online meetings earlier while still preserving people’s right to speak up at the end of the meeting. Since the racial unrest last summer, protestors have queued up at the online council meetings, to speak for their allotted three minutes, with many voicing concerns about what they believe is systemic racism in Dearborn, quoting Police Department arrest statistics by ethnicity to back up their claims. They have shared family … [Read more...] about Dearborn Council struggles to balance free speech vs. meetings prolonged by protestor comments

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Six contenders have now announced intentions to run in the city’s mayoral race, with Hussein Berry, Jim Parrelly, Tom Tafelski and Gary Woronchak joining Susan Dabaja and Abdullah Hammoud. Berry is a member of the Dearborn Board of Education, while Parrelly is a financial advisor. Tafelski is a former city county president and Woronchak is a former state representative and former Wayne County commissioner. Dabaja is current city council president, and Hammoud is a state … [Read more...] about Berry, Parrelly, Tafelski and Woronchak enter crowded Dearborn mayoral race

By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Lankford Park may soon be home to the city’s second disc golf course, due to the popularity of the course near the fieldhouse, Parks and Recreation co-chair Keith Lozar said. During the Jan. 20 virtual City Council meeting, the council approved Lozar’s proposal for a simple, easy-to-maintain course, which provides a safe, outdoor activity for residents looking for recreation during the pandemic. Lankford Park, in the 18800 block of Palmer Street, northeast of Outer Drive, … [Read more...] about Lankford Park targeted for disc golf course

By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Indirectly acknowledging the late Mayor Orville Hubbard’s racist past, and based on recent renovations, the City Council voted unanimously Jan. 26 to rename the Hubbard Ballroom the Lincoln Ballroom. Councilwoman Erin Byrnes said the council adopted a naming and renaming policy for the city as a whole last March. Then, this summer, she said she brought the idea of renaming the ballroom to the both the city administration and the Recreation Department, which is responsible for … [Read more...] about Hubbard Ballroom renamed to Lincoln Ballroom