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ANNIE BELL JOHNS Age 90 City you live in: River Rouge Where were you born and raised?: Birmingham, Alabama Number of children: 4 Number of grandchildren 14 Number of great grandchildren 21 Number of great great grandchildren 3 What you want readers of the Telegram to know: Thanking family and friends for the beautiful gifts, cards, flowers and my 90th Birthday Party. Employment History: Childrens Clothing Store, Housekeeping and Stanley Home Products Family members: 9 sisters & brothers; Elizibi...
Summer is here and folks all over the state are eager to get out and get away following two years of a brutal pandemic which kept people shuttered indoors and away from others. If a two-week vacation is not in your budget, a day-long road trip is often just as refreshing. In Michigan one is never more than 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes which touch our state's shores. Along the Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron sits Pinconning, noted for its former production of cheese and cheese products,...
ASHINGTON, DC – The Multicultural Consortium for Responsible Drinking (MCRD), a working group focused on increasing awareness on the risks of alcohol-related harm and providing education in diverse communities across the country, launched with the support of Diageo North America and leading Black, Latino, and Native American organizations. In its initial phase, members of the MCRD met in Washington, DC, to establish a framework aimed at developing a national public awareness program to reduce th...
President Joe Biden on Monday touted "historic progress" on actions to reduce gun violence. He said his administration has taken more executive action to reduce gun violence than any other president during their first two years in office. Biden celebrated the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which he called the most significant gun violence reduction legislation to pass Congress in 30 years. "Today is many things. It's proof that despite the naysayers, we can make meaningful...
Over the next four months, everyone who is at least 18 years of age can let their voice be heard. It's Election season in Michigan. The Primary election date is August 2nd and the General election date is November 8th. During this time period Democracy will win. What does that mean? It means that the people that participate in the process, by voting, will determine who will lead the State, City, School Boards and Districts. I always hear people complaining about what is going on in their...
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is announcing an expanded partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation through Project Act to provide 300,000 COVID-19 tests to 60,000 households free of charge to at-risk communities. Michigan was previously enrolled in a pilot program that provided 250,000 tests to 50,000 households. Residents are able to request tests once per month in July and August. Households will receive one kit each month containing five tests. "Testing...
Inkster, 2022- Inkster Housing Commission is expanding economic opportunities through the Section 3 program. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) regulated by 24 CFR 75. Section 3 regulations ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal,...
Perhaps you've seen it on social media; a post that claims to be giving away gift cards from popular gas stations. One such post which made the rounds on Facebook in June uses the Shell gasoline logo and offers a $500 gas cards to help battle rising gasoline prices. It directs viewers to click the link to receive the gas card. But Shell did not authorize the post and it is one of many scams which may be popping up around the nation. "We can confirm these ads are falsely purporting to be Shell...
Dear River Rouge Community: The River Rouge School District needs your support for our upcoming Millage Renewal on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Alan Autry once said, "You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community." This quote is powerful and gives focus to the impact we have had on both the City of River Rouge and the school district since 2012. When this administration arrived in June of 2012, the district had declining enrollment with less than 1000 total...
State Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-Hamtramck), Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), State Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Breathe Free Detroit, the Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments, Ecology Center and local residents. : Rep. Aiyash, Congresswoman Tlaib, Sen. Chang, environmental justice advocacy groups and residents hosted a press conference to call on the city of Detroit to hold US Ecology South accountable for its repeated odor violations and failure to be a good...
