DEARBORN, Michigan - Green Brain Comics in Dearborn welcomes Cursed Pirate Girl creator Jeremy Bastian into the store on Wednesday, February 9th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm for a signing of the new collected edition of his critically acclaimed series. Jeremy Bastian is the writer and artist for the series Cursed Pirate Girl from Olympian Publishing. The … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
90 Year Old Trades Ham Radio for Camera and Facebook
DEARBORN, Mich.- When Dearborn resident George Stevens moved into Oakwood Common’s independent living community in 2007, he learned that he couldn’t bring his ham radio equipment and put up a 50 foot tower outside of his apartment. “Ham radio towers are prone to cause interference with televisions and phones,” said Stevens, who became a licensed ham … [Read more...]
Ford Releases Vintage Photo Archive
DEARBORN, Michigan – Thousands of images dating to the earliest days of Ford Motor Company are being hauled out of the Ford archives and licensed for sale for the first time. FordImages.com features more than 5,000 images for sale including commemorative and limited-edition prints, vintage signs and advertisements. The site launched in … [Read more...]
New Era in Middle East – or False Start?
DEARBORN, Michigan - The University of Michigan-Dearborn will host "Events in the Middle East: A New Era or a False Start?" a faculty forum on Egypt, Tunisia, and the Region on Tuesday, Feb. 8 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1030 of the campus's College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters building. The event is free and open to the public. Faculty members … [Read more...]
Dearborn Chamber Celebrates Women’s Health and Fashion at One Fabulous Event Rescheduled for February 10, 2011
DEARBORN, Mich. - Due to recent severe winter weather in Southeast Michigan, the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce and DMC Harper Hospital have rescheduled their “Love Yourself, Love Your Style fashion and wellness event” to Thursday, February 10, 2011 at the Dearborn Inn, A Marriott Hotel. This event supports the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women … [Read more...]
23rd Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards – Feb. 10th
DEARBORN, Mich. – The Dearborn Community Arts Council (DCAC) will be hosting its 23rd Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center’s Michael A. Guido Theater and is free to the public. A reception is set to follow at the building’s Studio A, next to the … [Read more...]
Rotary Club Recognizes Servpro of Dearborn
DEARBORN, Mich. - The Rotary Club of Dearborn recognized Servpro of Dearborn for invaluable help in cleaning up the vandalism at the Santa Snaps site in January 2011. Every year, The Rotary Club of Dearborn recruits volunteers for its outreach and community service project at the Wayne County Light Fest at the end of Edward Hines Drive. Servpro of Dearborn … [Read more...]
Dearborn Declares Snow Emergency
DEARBORN, Mich. – Dearborn has declared a snow emergency effective at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 and lasting until further notice. The City’s emergency warning sirens will sound at 9 p.m. on Tuesday to alert people that the snow emergency is in effect. The siren will sound again on Wednesday morning as a reminder of the snow emergency. Parked vehicles must be … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Mosque Bomber Foiled Like Fawkes
DEARBORN, MI - On this day in 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed after his conviction in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James the First. The conspiracy was thwarted before any explosion occurred. During a search of the House of Lords at about midnight on November 4, 1605, Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder – … [Read more...]
Attack on Dearborn Mosque Thwarted
DEARBORN, Michigan -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a press release that a bias-motivated attack on a Dearborn mosque was thwarted by local police. Law enforcement authorities and officials with the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn reported to CAIR that a white male resident of California was arrested on Monday evening in … [Read more...]