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Museum Guild Releases Best Dearborn Stories Volume 2

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DEARBORN, Michigan - State Representative George T. Darany and Wayne County Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak  joined the other Dearborn authors featured in Best Dearborn Stories: Voices from Henry Ford’s Home Town, Volume II  at the book signing on November 17. The book signing was held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in support of … [Read more...]

Montessori Center Partners with Gleaners Food Bank

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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan – Two weeks before  Thanksgiving, Dearborn Heights Montessori Center (DHMC) kicked off a “Give Thanks – Give Five” campaign, the school’s first initiative of an ongoing service partnership with Gleaners Food Bank.  The goal of the partnership is to help students learn about the importance of serving others less … [Read more...]

Fordson Graduate – Brian Mosallam Elected MSU Trustee

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DEARBORN, Michigan - A proud alumnus of Dearborn Public Schools and Michigan State University, Brian Mosallam embarked on journey to improve the community of Dearborn the day after graduating from Fordson High School. Always focused on representing Dearborn in a professional and positive way Brian remained focused on being a successful student and a … [Read more...]

EFM Roy Roberts ‘Wanted for Illegal Squatting’

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DETROIT, Michigan - “We die too young and we live too hard to let our vote be disrespected,” said the Rev. David Alexander Bullock of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church. Bullock was one of 20 who gathered in front of the Fisher Building in Detroit yesterday at noon to protest the Detroit Public School District Emergency Financial Manager’s refusal to … [Read more...]

EDSI Named to Inc 500/5000 Fastest Growing List Again

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DEARBORN, Michigan -- For the fifth consecutive year, EDSI (Educational Data Systems, Inc.) has been named to Inc. magazine's Inc. 500|5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Headquartered in Dearborn, MI, EDSI is a workforce development, customized training and consulting company with one goal: to help people and companies in … [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...]

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