Tempers flared at the May 1 Melvindale City Council meeting as elected officials and attendees reacted to Mayor Nicole Shkira’s contentious appearance at the April 23 Dearborn City Council meet...
By SCOTT BEWICK Times-Herald Newspapers What do you do when you get a call from one of the world’s most famous tenors on a Sunday morning? If you’re Patrick Rugiero, co-owner and executive...
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By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers WYANDOTTE – When the city’s Beautification Commission voted on Feb. 1 to cut ties with the city’s community garden, an agreement with Wyandotte Fam...
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers RIVERVIEW – In a State of the City address sponsored by the Southgate Rotary, Riverview Mayor Andrew Swift covered the city’s challenges and wins May...
By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN – Melvindale Mayor Nicole Shkira spoke at the April 23 Dearborn City Council meeting, ostensibly to ask for an extension of a canceled jail contr...
By SUE SUCHYTA Times-Herald Newspapers HEIGHTS – Using a provision the City Council believes is granted by the city charter, the body voted April 23 to reappoint Assessor Kimberly Comer and n...
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers WYANDOTTE – Retiring grocers Norm and Larry Garmo, who founded Shoppers Valley Market, 750 Biddle, in 1979 with their late father, Sabri Garmo, were re...
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By MARGARET BLOHM For the Times-Herald DEARBORN – Dorothy Lawson was born in Detroit 86 years ago to the family of Willie and Lucy Simuel that included nine siblings. As Mother’s Day appro...
HEIGHTS – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Rick Spinrad visited Michigan last week to meet with mayors and officials representing communities along the Ecorse Cr...
DEARBORN – The Friends of the Library Dearborn will host its monthly book and media sale on from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 8 at Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave. The May sale w...