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The Telegram is helping our readers get back to work by providing information on available jobs in our area. Below we have listed a few employment opportunities you may be interested in. Good luck. In Belleville, Loranger Family Chiropractic Center is looking for a full-time office assistant. Opened in 1986, the practice is looking for a friendly, professional individual with strong organizational skills, an ability to multi-task, and proficiency with computers and cash registers. Applicants...
While more than 2 million Michigan workers were forced into unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, the state's billionaires saw their net worth increase by $2.8 billion, per Forbes. Five of Michigan's eight billionaires saw increases in wealth in the three months since the pandemic began, to a combined $33.4 billion, according to analysis of Forbes data by the Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness. Forbes has a real-time billionaires list, which updates daily with...
Getting back to work means getting some cash in your wallet, which in turn, goes back into our now lagging economy. Perhaps you wish to become one of the newly employed now that Congress has allowed additional unemployment support to expire. If so, read on for employment opportunities in our area. Eden Foods in Detroit is hiring for a full-time operator/pasta maker. Duties include operation of pasta making and packaging equipment, monitoring quality of product, and maintaining cleanliness of...
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) National Racial Equality Initiative for Social Justice (NREI) Fellowship applications are open today through August 14, 2020. The 12-month fellowship will begin September 2020. Created in response to the historically unleveled playing field for minorities, and the recent protests and police killings of unarmed African Americans, CBCF's NREI racial equity framework will have an evidence-based approach to developing solutions-driven...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a "Stay Home, Stay Safe, Save Lives" order on Monday, March 23, and the order went into effect in our state the following day. The goal was to stop the spread of the coronavirus, while preventing the state's healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed. The order also meant that Michigan businesses deemed "nonessential" were instructed to suspend in-person operations, with the exception of those in law enforcement, healthcare, and food handling and...
Michigan's 14th Congressional District extends from Detroit and the Grosse Pointes in the east, west to Farmington Hills and north to Pontiac. Covering parts of two counties, it is a diverse district that includes a variety of ethnicities and religions, as well as some of the wealthiest and not so wealthy communities. The 14th Congressional District is represented by Brenda Lawrence, who has lived there all her life. Lawrence embraces the diversity and says it provides her many unique...
Scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, your personal information, or both. Don't let them. Protect yourself and do your research before clicking on links purporting to provide information on the virus; donating to a charity online or through social media; contributing to a crowdfunding campaign; purchasing products online; or giving up your personal information in order to receive money or other benefits. The FBI advises you to be on the lookout for the following:...
Media mogul Byron Allen is currently in a major fight against Comcast and Charter Communications with a $20 billion lawsuit. The CEO of Entertainment Studios is suing the entities for not distributing his networks, claiming racial discrimination as a factor. Allen - who now owns networks like The Weather Channel and has recently acquired 11 local TV stations affiliated with CBS, NBC and ABC - is currently going on shows like The Breakfast Club to support his cause. Allen's fight against Comcast...
Global automotive industry stakeholders will gather in Detroit on October 31-November 1, 2019 for the 20th Annual Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit, an initiative of Citizenship Education Fund, at Motor City Casino Hotel and Conference Center. This year's Summit will commence with a breakfast conversation on Friday November 1, 2019, with Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Rainbow PUSH Coalition, president and founder, and Barry Engle, General Motors, executive vice president and president of the Am...
The owners of Midget's Market had something special for the community that they love. They remodeled the store where they call home and invited the community over to celebrate. The Midget's store has been in the Ecorse community at 4106 W. Jefferson Ave for over a quarter of a century and the Gewarges family has owned it for 23 years. After a family discussion, they decided it was time for a complete remodel so that the business could last another 23 years. The family said, "We love the city of...
Curtis Williams is a simple man of God, but his character and credentials helps to understand him on a deeper level. Curtis Williams is an experienced business owner who earned the title of Reverend, Pastor, and Doctor. The native Detroiter finished his high school education at Highland Park in 1975. His marriage to Ecorse native Joyce Turner (Williams) is what brought him Downriver. Reverend Williams was called to ministry at the age of seventeen. His gift granted him access to preach in other...
The unassuming little store front on Michigan Avenue in Inkster houses a long and storied history most know little about. The shop was built in the late 1960s by Evans Corden to house his confectionary shop. It was intended as a second location of the Senate Sweet Shop, located farther east on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. It was at this location the story begins in 1918. It was Grandfather Samuel Cordon and his brother Gus Corden who started things. Samuel Corden had come to America from Greece...
DETROIT - Today, at the Irwin House Gallery, State Rep. Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit) joined West Grand Boulevard Collaborative (WGBC) President Mildred Robbins, former City Council Member JoAnn Watson, Sam Butler, Jeffery Jones and Adrienne D. Warren of Doing Development Differently in Metro Detroit, and Attorneys John Philo and Tonya Phillips of the Sugar Law Center to sign a Letter of Understanding with Henry Ford Health Systems. The letter details a number of community benefits negotiated in...
Statistically, the residents of the city of Detroit are some of the poorest in the nation. Detroiters are also subjected to some of the highest auto insurance rates in the United States where motorists are routinely required to pay more than $3000 dollars a year to insure their vehicles. These high rates have a negative and reverberating effect on the city's economy by reducing the amount of money residents can spend on food, clothing, utilities, housing, and other goods and services. It is the...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Attorney General and the Better Business Bureau (serving Detroit and Eastern Michigan) have received more than 400 complaints against a rental car company headquartered in Michigan. Executive Car Rental has a total of 12 locations in Michigan and four in Florida. The Department of the Attorney General and the BBB have received complaints from 44 states, one APO, one Canadian province and one from Germany. On Friday, Jan. 25, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a notice of intended action and a cease...
DETROIT – Detroit-area Allstate agency owners recently joined Allstate volunteers across 15 states to secure Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® grants to benefit 35 nonprofit organizations, including a $5,000 grant for Sisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment. The nonprofit serving domestic violence survivors will use the funding to help equip survivors with the financial tools and resources needed to enable women to leave or recover from the economic portion of domestic violence. Allstate v...
LANSING - Over the weekend, an envoy of officials from Senegal were hosted by state Rep. Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit) to tour the city of Detroit and meet with local officials including Mayor Mike Duggan and Wayne County Commissioner Jewel Ware. They also met with Chancellor Curtis L. Ivory's team from Wayne County Community College District to discuss student exchange and study aboard programs. The envoy then joined Rep. Robinson at the Capitol today. "I was honored to have Vice President Aly Lo...
There's a quote which says, "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life." Perhaps that's what Shelley Baske was thinking when she began making and selling embroidered clothing items from her basement a couple years ago. The items she made included embroidered sweatshirts, hats, bags, and even some custom-designed items. Baske had learned to sew as a child at age 9, and she is apparently pretty good at it. Demand for her attractively embellished garments eventually o...
- MDOT has purchased the United Sound Studio and adjacent parking lot for $1.7 million. - The purchase was made in advance of the I-94 modernization project and subsequent replacement of the Second Avenue bridge over I-94. - MDOT will relocate the structure to the adjacent parking lot to preserve the facility and retain its historical designation. On Dec. 14, 2018, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) became the owner of the United Sound Studio located at 5840 Second Ave. in...
Red River's first factory at the heart of Detroit's West Side, located in Harmony Village was inaugurated last week. With a estimated investment totaling $100,000, this new factory serves to meet the fast-rising demands of consumers in the region and across the world wide web, will be the production hub for Red River's Consumer Products Division in the North America region. "...designing and manufacturing is in our community's DNA," says Olga Stella, executive director of DC3. "With the Detroit...
In a statement released last week the NAACP called on the White House and Congress to work swiftly to bring an end to the current, partial shutdown of the federal government in a way that does not compromise the integrity of the nation. As the NAACP noted, "It's unconscionable that Americans are forced to suffer the brunt and being held as political hostages because of President Trump's unreasonable pursuit for a border wall we simply can't afford and don't need." The organization highlighted...
It's a new year and I predict in 2019, a big technology shift will finally begin. Let's start with the television set. If you don't have a flat screen or are looking for another one, the week or so before the Super Bowl can be a great time to upgrade your television, as you can find the type of deals that you may have passed over during the holidays. Buying a new television can be an intimidating endeavor. You need to figure out your budget, the right screen size and which manufacturer to...
For sisters Ione Rucker-Jamison and Dr. Ellen Rucker Sellers, hair care has always been a family affair. The two used to get their hair done every week by their mother who used ingredients pulled straight from their South Carolina farm. "Our mother really didn't like chemicals," said Ione. "So she would always use natural ingredients to put in our hair - like olive oil, mayonnaise, avocado and eggs - just different concoctions out of our dad's garden...out of the kitchen to moisturize and help...
When it comes to creating a budget, it's essential to estimate your spending as realistically as possible. Here are five budget-related errors commonly made by small business runners and some tips for avoiding them. Not Setting Goals. It's almost impossible to set spending priorities without clear goals for the coming year. It's important to identify, in detail, your business and financial goals and what you want or need to achieve in your business. Underestimating Costs. Every business has...
River Rouge welcomes Sugar to the Jefferson strip. Sugar is a coffee and donut shop owned by Stewart Fox and operated by his family. Sugar offers fresh donuts, coffee and apparel. The shop sold out of donuts by 9am on opening day. River Rouge Mayor Michael Bowdler, City Commissioners Mark Pruneau, Percy Pierce, Dan Cooney,. Fire Chief Rob Cruise all show support at the ribbon cutting ceremony....
