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Dearborn Patch editor Jessica Carreras will be on the Craig Fahle show on WDET from 10:30-11 a.m. with two special guests who are making a difference in Dearborn.
Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., Dearborn Patch goes live on the air.
Patch editor Jessica Carreras will be joining the Craig Fahle Show on WDET 101.9 FM as a guest host on Tuesday, July 5, for a half hour, talking about the challenges and joys of the city of Dearborn.
The segment will be preceded by a half-hour show with Grosse Pointe Patch editor Sara Martin.
Find out what's happening in Dearbornwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The Craig Fahle show, according to WDET’s website, discusses “the issues and ideas important to metropolitan Detroit” and “talks with the newsmakers, people making a difference in our community, and WDET listeners.”
Dearborn Patch’s half-hour on the show will focus on how Patch is covering the city, as well as bring in special guests from the community whose organizations are making a difference in Dearborn.
Find out what's happening in Dearbornwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Maureen McIlrath is the , the vice president of the Dearborn Federation of Neighborhood Associations and a City Beautiful commissioner. Known for being Dearborn’s go-to green gal, McIlrath heads up several local projects aimed at making the city, and the world, more environmentally friendly.
This summer, McIlrath is hosting , which is teaching them about growing their own fruits and vegetables.
Elizabeth Barrett Sullivan is the curator of exhibits at , which is the nation’s largest storehouse of the history and heritage of Arab Americans. The museum is an offshoot of the , a nonprofit that helps people to reach social, economic and educational goals.
The museum’s latest exhibit, which opened Saturday, is called . It highlights the photographic and written works of a class of seventh graders at Dearborn’s who spent the school year expressing what it means to be Arab, Muslim and American in a post-9/11 world.
A podcast of the show will be posted on WDET’s website after it airs. Listeners may call in live with questions and comments at 313-577-1019.
The Craig Fahle show is broadcast from 10 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 10-11:30 a.m. Friday each week.
Tune in from 10-11 a.m. July 12 to hear two more Michigan Patch editors talk about their towns and the people who make them great.
