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The Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum is in Eastpointe. [ 15 ] Eastpointe has many summer festivals and events, including Erin-Halfway Days Living History Festival held at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in late July, Music in the Park Wednesday nights at Spindler Park, and Summer Fest, formerly known as The Ox Roast, mid to ...
Wayne is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.A western suburb of Detroit, Wayne is located about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of downtown Detroit.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,713.
Flat Rock has a higher overall tornado average than the state of Michigan as a whole, and a 40% greater average than the United States as a whole. [11] Two F4 tornadoes have hit Flat Rock—one in 1956 and another in 1965 resulting in 23 deaths and over 300 injuries.
The current mayor of Hazel Park is Michael Webb, who succeeded Jeffrey Keeton. Jan Parisi, the city's first woman mayor, resigned in 2016 due to health-and family-related reasons. [9] Current city council members are Alissa Sullivan, who also serves as Mayor Pro Tem, Andy LeCureaux, Luke Londo, and Mike McFall.
The city government is composed of a mayor, the current being Laura Kropp, and a city council. The city has been facing financial hardships for some time. Approximately 42% of properties in the city are tax-exempt , resulting in lost revenue of $1.2 million. [ 18 ]
During his years in school, he became involved in politics, working on the political campaigns of David Knezek for Michigan State Senate and Hilliard Hampton for mayor of Inkster, Michigan, in 2014. In 2015, at the age of 20, he was elected and sworn into the Inkster City Council, becoming the youngest councilperson in the city's history. [ 4 ]
Abdullah H. Hammoud (Arabic: عبدالله حمود; born March 19, 1990) [1] is an American politician serving as the 7th mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, since 2022.A member of the Democratic Party, Hammoud had previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 15th district from 2017 to 2021.
[5] [6] The first operating railroad in Michigan was a horse-drawn train running between Adrian and Toledo in 1836. [7] Adrian grew quickly, with the sixth largest population in the state when Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837, and the third largest population in the state by 1860. [8]