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Steven Hernandez Explains Support for Proposal 4

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Proposal 4, the Keep Home Care a Safe Choice proposal, will be on the ballot today. It will restore the registry that has helped improve home care for seniors and people with disabilities by offering access to pre-screened workers and trainings for consumers and providers. Here’s what Proposal 4 will do: Establish the Michigan Quality Home Care … [Read more...]

Dearborn Realtors Recommend Home Energy Assessments

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DEARBORN, Michigan – The Dearborn Area Board of Realtors (DABOR) is encouraging local homeowners to take advantage of an opportunity to receive low-cost home energy assessments that can help shave hundreds of dollars a year from their utility bills. DABOR is promoting awareness of BetterBuildings for Michigan, a government-backed program that through Dec. … [Read more...]

Famous Architectural Icons are Re-Created Using LEGO

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DEARBORN, Michigan –  Thirteen of the world’s most famous architectural icons are making their way brick-by- LEGO® brick to The Henry Ford as part of the new exhibition LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition running November 3 through February 24, 2013. Developed by the National Building Museum in Washington D.C., this exhibition features large scale models … [Read more...]

What Would George Washington Carver Say About Coal?

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Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama said his administration would bankrupt any attempt to build new coal-fueled plants, and now his EPA is taking a strong step toward doing just that. The carbon dioxide standards they’re setting are both environmentally unnecessary and financially impossible. No wonder Michael Brune of the Sierra Club hails it as helping … [Read more...]

Ella Gets a New Thumb

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DEARBORN, Michigan - Ella Ballheim, a four year old girl from Dearborn, is happy about her new thumb.  Ella was born with a limb deformity. “She would look at my hand or her dad's hand and say "Why I not have a tumm?" All it took was one picture of two-year-old Ella, for David and Deanna Ballheim of Dearborn to fall in love with her. The couple, who were … [Read more...]

The Dearborn Education Foundation Annual Golf Outing – A Big Success.

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DEARBORN, Michigan - Funding Opportunities & Resources in Education hit its mark again this year.  F.O.R.E. Dearborn, a signature community event Co-Chaired by Dearborn’s Mayor O’Reilly and the Superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools Brian Whiston, is fast becoming the City of Dearborn’s strongest fundraiser for the school district. (see FORE Dearborn … [Read more...]

FORE – Funding Opportunities and Resources in Education

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DEARBORN, Michigan – Funding Opportunities & Resources in Education hit its mark again this year.  F.O.R.E. Dearborn, a signature community event Co-Chaired by Dearborn’s Mayor O’Reilly and the Superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools Brian Whiston, is fast becoming the City of Dearborn’s strongest fundraiser for the school district. F.O.R.E. … [Read more...]

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