Dearborn Press & Guide

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- This year’s Dearborn Heights Goodfellows paper sale raised $37,573 — about $1,000 more than last year — despite a very poor economy. Full Story »

DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Dearborn Public School support staff rejected the district’s contract offer on Sunday, so layoffs will begin next week. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The City Council publicly discussed a position in the mayor’s office Nov. 24 that’s raised some concerns, but the mayor and city attorney said there’s been no wrongdoing. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- The Burton-Katzman Development Company has until July 2011 to complete its work on the stalled West Village Commons project on West Village Drive between Tenny and Howard. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- A contract was awarded to overhaul the Polk Elementary School media center and entrance and the results of budget and uniform surveys were discussed during the recent Dearborn Heights District 7 meeting. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- While the temperature is dropping outside, the city’s legal battle over its federally-mandated Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project continues to heat up. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- The brother of Detroit Lions defensive lineman Grady Jackson has been convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- Like most fire trucks, Dearborn’s newest rig has some rubber hose and nuts and bolts, but it also a few marbles, some paper clips, and maybe some scrap tin, too. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS/DEARBORN -- The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit launched its annual Red Kettle Campaign throughout Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties on Nov. 13 in an effort to raise $7.8 million to sustain its annual services. Full Story »

DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Pam Osenkowski, a former member of the Dearborn Heights Community, and 1997 graduate of Crestwood High School) has been chosen to run in the Boston Marathon in April 2010 in effort to raise funds for cancer research. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- Dearborn residents should look for the 2010 City Calendar to arrive in their mailboxes now through Dec. 21. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- The Dearborn Police Department recently added three new officers to its ranks with a swearing-in ceremony at City Hall. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The following teen events are scheduled at the Caroline Kennedy Library 24590 George Street, at Fenton: Full Story »

DEARBORN -- Recently, two Oakwood Healthcare System (OHS) nurses were featured in a university textbook for future nurses. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- One of the greatest joys of the holiday season is purchasing a gift that you know your recipient will love immediately after opening but there is almost always someone on your list that is hard to shop for. Full Story »

WAYNE COUNTY -- Many area seniors do not have families or friends to help cheer them or share a meal during the holidays and the Senior Alliance wants to change that. Full Story »

This week Edsel Ford High School production of COLE chronicles, the story of Cole Porter through his music. From a childhood in a small Midwestern town to his days at Yale to his first failed attempts on Broadway, Porter’s albeit privileged youth was filled with obstacles he had to overcome to achieve enormous success in life. After a sojourn in the American Mecca of the 1920’s — Paris, France ... Full Story »

DEARBORN -- Dearborn Public School administrators cleared the air and dispelled some rumors Thursday during the first of three town-hall style meetings planned to discuss $12 million in proposed budget cuts. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- A Dearborn man accused of hoarding more than 250 Chihuahuas inside his house waived his right to a preliminary examination Friday morning after being found competent to stand trial. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- A 27-year-old Lincoln Park man and his 22-year-old girlfriend will undergo a preliminary examination Dec. 9 after allegedly robbing the Wendy’s on Telegraph and Van Born Road, where the man’s mother worked as a manager. Full Story »

Photos by Millard Berry, Press & Guide Newspapers Full Story »

DEARBORN/DETROIT -- Dearborn resident Michael Berry was among three men honor, Nov. 24, for their role in creating and developing Detroit Metro Airport. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- For 14 years, Rosie Hayes wandered the streets, living in abandoned houses, hooked on crack-cocaine, prostituting herself for another fix. Two years after going through a rehabilitation program, she found out she was HIV-positive. Full Story »

DEARBORN -- Dearborn Police are looking for information from the community about acts of graffiti that have been occurring throughout the city of Dearborn and neighboring cities, presumed to have been committed by juveniles associated with gangs. Full Story »

DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- A local police chief is being heralded as a hero after helping authorities apprehend two robbers Nov. 27 outside the TCF Bank on Michigan Avenue, west of Gulley Road. Full Story »