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Ecorse Councilwoman LaTonya Lamb was considering some ideas for beautifying the city she serves. Working with other city leaders, she came up with the idea for banners to line the city's main streets during holiday time. The first year, 2021, there were a dozen banners on display near Ecorse City Hall, sponsored by the Ecorse Fire Department, Lamb, and Ecorse Mayor Lamar Tidwell. Lamb decided to take the idea to the city's downtown development authority to get the business community on board...
With a man as physically big as Coach Eric Pettway, it would be impossible to say he lived in anyone's shadow. Coach Pettway is an accomplished man of his own merits. He had proved himself on the field in various levels of football, and got the chance to coach high school football. This was all before he made a home at River Rouge where he and a dear friend got to build a program of their liking, from the ground up. Over the years, Coach Pettway has grown himself to be more of a people person....
After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Griner's wife at the White House, where they spoke with the basketball player on the telephone. "She's safe. She's on a plane. She is on her way home," Biden declared. The Biden administration secured Griner's release after agreeing to a one-for-one prisoner swap that saw the president...
Those who attended school with Brittany Chriswell would remember her as a relatively quiet young lady. She stuck to herself, and stayed close to her friend group. Brittany wasn't a loud student, nor did she compete, or desire to be in River Rouge High School's limelight. She played in the band, where she was adored, and looked at as a younger sister by some of her bandmates. After graduating in 2014 Chriswell set off to find a lane of her own. Eventually she ran into a family member who had...
Holiday time is here and with it comes plenty of hustle, bustle-- and stress. "There are multiple reasons why the holidays can be stressful," explains Dr. Shama Faheem, M.D. and Chief Medical Officer at Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN). "It can become overwhelmingto get everything done, to make meals, to find the perfect gift. and also it can be financially burdensome for some individuals and that is an additional source of stress." Faheem says that while we know several months...
The Inkster Deltas hosted their ' 1 Day- 2 Serve -3 Ways' on November 20th. They collected items at a Hustle For Turkeys event held on Friday, November 18th. At this event, they had an instructor who facilitated hustle-line dances for all (60) participants who attended. Each attendee was asked to bring non-perishable items as donations. The items were then distributed to local churches on Sunday, November 20th. They collected over 300 nonperishable items for donation that night along with...
Where do you get your news from? Do you get snippets from your friends or clips from that have just been copied from other people. It's time to get your news from your local community newspaper, the Telegram. We have been providing news to the Metropolitan Detroit community for over 78 years and I don't take that for granted. I appreciate all of our subscribers, advertisers and municipalities that believe in the Telegram. Each week, the Telegram Newspaper strives to share information about what...
LANSING – The State of Michigan is expanding highly successful local programs to keep families with young children together and work to ensure that children under age 4 in the child welfare system grow up in permanent, nurturing homes that support their development. The programs provide services to biological parents so that – whenever possible – they can be the permanent caregivers for children who had been in foster care. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recei...
A lot of good news came out of this month’s elections—and enough bad news to remind us that we can never let our guard down when freedom and democracy are at stake. This year, democracy itself was on the ballot, and voters made an important down payment on its future. In 2020, Americans voted not to give President Donald Trump a second term. He wasn’t willing to accept his loss and tried to overturn the election. The anger he fostered with lies about election fraud led to a violent attem...
Under a new partnership announced today, Michigan families can leverage their everyday purchases into college savings for their children and grandchildren similar to earning cash back for gas or groceries. The partnership between the Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP) and Upromise, a leading consumer brand, offers a free rewards program designed to help families save for college. "It is not often we get an opportunity like this to promote a program that turns an ordinary shopping trip int...
