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Dearborn Heights mayor seeks assistance for residents impacted by flooding
1,500 Dearborn Heights homes damaged amid latest heavy rains
July 18, 2021 11:10 pm
Dearborn Heights mayor seeks assistance for residents impacted by flooding
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. – For the people living in the city of Dearborn Heights, it feels like a wound is re-opened every time it rains.
Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi met with members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other officials to help determine what assistance is available for affected residents.
“I’m getting ready to try and find another place to live, because I can’t put up with the stress of the rain,” said resident Dawn Short.
For many Nelson County residents, victory over pipeline remains sweet one year later newsadvance.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsadvance.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
âWhat do we have?â Johnson asked. The crowd exclaimed in response: âVictory!â
Wisteria Johnson gives an emotional speech Saturday. She is a landowner on the proposed route of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
More than 100 opponents of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline gathered Saturday at the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nelson County for a celebration more than a year in the making.
Dozens were grouped under white tents with overlapping chatter and music filling the air. The area was decorated with anti-pipeline paraphernalia, and many wore blue âNo Pipelineâ T-shirts.
âIâm sure you all remember what it felt like when you heard the news that the pipeline was canceled,â Joyce Burton, with Friends of Nelson, said as she clutched a copy of the Nelson County Times with the headline that read, âAtlantic Coast Pipeline canceled.â