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Lift Zones provide safe spaces to help students and families access the Internet for online school and digital skills building. INKSTER– Comcast announced today the future opening of its first WiFi-connected "Lift Zone" in Inkster in partnership with New Step Community Development and the Inkster Housing Commission. The Lift Zone, located at 29150 Carlysle St., had its grand opening on Friday, July 30 . Lift Zones from Comcast provide free robust WiFi hotspots in safe spaces designed to help stu...
For the first time since March 2020, millions of students, pre-kindergarten to high school seniors, will be attending in-person classes. Aside from attending class, they will be also participating in extracurricular activities, like sports, music and clubs. Parents have many concerns and questions. Howard University News Service reached out to five physicians for answers, Dr. Hadie Shariat, pediatrician, Howard University Hospital; Dr. Katherine Hager, Infectious Disease Fellow, Howard...
Wayne County. - On Monday, August the Wayne County Health Department will begin administering Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to immunocompromised residents. Boosters are available at no cost to eligible residents at all Wayne County-sponsored vaccine sites, Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans announced today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended an additional vaccine dose for people with moderately-to-severely compromised immune systems, as they...
Several cities in Wayne County will have a General Election on Tuesday, November 2nd. I know it is not the Presidential election, but it is important that you exercise your right to vote. It is time to learn about the candidates who are running to represent you. They are not vying for the position of President of United States. The positions that they are trying to hold has more of an effect on your daily lives than the presidency. The positions are Mayors/Supervisors, City Council...
LANSING - Michael Varrone, 49, who called the state House of Representatives six times on Dec. 12, 2020, using one of those calls to threaten the life of state Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) and her family, has been ordered to stand trial. He faces two counts of making a false threat of terrorism and one count of making a false report of a bomb. During the phone call, Varrone said, "If there is one more threat by a democratic person in Michigan that's supposed to represent me, I will...
On the 58th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, marchers focused on voting rights. Voting rights have reemerged as a somewhat unexpected political battlefield as Republicans across the country pass new laws placing barriers in front of the ballot box. Last week, the U.S. House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which would restore pre-clearance, a 1965 Voting Rights Act provision requiring...
Last year was a huge concern to the world when we experienced a modern day pandemic, named Covid 19. Our students had to leave school houses; colleges and universities emptied out, and we all went inside, shut the door and turned on our computers. No more face to face meetings, we became instant members of the Zoom family. In fact, there were telephone conference calls and zoom sessions going on at every level, you could hardly get in to your call because there were so many users, the line was...
DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage, the world's largest (and best) free jazz festival in the world, today announced a pivot to a virtual format that will be streamed and broadcast "live" for free this Labor Day weekend. The Festival begins on Friday, Sept. 3 and runs through Monday, Sept. 6. The Festival was originally scheduled to be in-person this year, but organizers decided to switch to the virtual format based on mitigating factors: Ø Hart Plaza is cu...
Preserving local history is what the Westland Historical Commission strives for. The nine-member commission collects and preserves materials and documents relating to the history of Westland and Nankin Township and operates its administrative office and archives at the Westland Historic Village Park, located at 857 N. Wayne Road. Nankin Township was established in 1829 and through the years, the modern-day cities of Garden City, Inkster, Wayne, and Westland emerged from the larger township....
George celebrated his 100th Birthday on August 4th with family and friends. He had a Drive-Thru celebration at SS Andrew and Benedict Catholic Church on Beatrice in Southwest Detroit. His children Sheila, Donald and Stan were on hand for the celebration The motto he lives by is - Try to keep healthy and stay active. He does exercise everyday and walks to the corner. Before the pandemic, he worked out at 'The Y' everyday. He and his wife bought a home in Southwest Detroit when they moved from...
The Annual Community Prayer/Unity Walk hosted by LaShanna Mitchell-Stinson was held on Saturday, August 21, 2021 in River Rouge. 'Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided"....
Shannon and Kanaya Ward were married on 6/27/21 Shannon is the owner of Grindnation appeal Clothing and his High School Sweatheart Kanaya is a Hair Stylist. They were married by Rev. Alex Hill, the pastor at New Mount Herman Missionary Baptist Church...
