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William “Bill” White, the Chairman of the Board of the Dearborn Federal Savings Bank, has been serving the community for 35 years. White, considered by many to be “Dearborn’s Banker,” has been working with DFSB since 1989, after a long career with Deloitte & Touche where he worked as a certified public accountant. The bank […] ....
By Glenn O’Kray Special Writer Helene Pierce (1921-2007) wrote articles for the three Dearborn newspapers the Dearborn Press, the Dearborn and Press Guide, and the Dearborn Times Herald. The title of the Dearborn Press and Guide articles, Woman in Motion, certainly described her. Helene’s daughter Suzanne has 27 crates of materials weighing approximately 1200 pounds that […] ....
Credit R. M. Hermen / Wikimedia Creative Commons Dearborn City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to change the name of the Hubbard Ballroom in its civic center, the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. The venue used for weddings and other events will now be called the Lincoln Ballroom in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. Orville Hubbard was the longest serving mayor of Dearborn, but gained notoriety for his racist remarks and fervent support of racial segregation. The ballroom s name is not the first time the city has reckoned with Hubbard s legacy. A statue of Hubbard stood outside city hall starting in 1989, but was moved to the lawn of the Dearborn Historical Society in 2015. There it stood until June of 2020, when it quietly was moved outside Dearborn city limits to Hubbard s grave. ....
Dearborn City Council votes to remove Orville Hubbard s name from Ford Performing Arts Center Published DEARBORN, Mich. - It s not a process erasing, but one of evolving said a Dearborn councilwoman Tuesday night when representatives met to discuss shedding the legacy of one of their own from a building in the community. On the agenda was removing the name of the city s longtime mayor from the ballroom inside the Ford Performing Arts Center. By the meetings-end, the city had voted to scrap Orville Hubbard s name from the establishment. It really is about advancing unity and inclusivity in our city and I hope that this process and best update of the name sends a strong and positive message, said Councilwoman Erin Byrnes. ....