This is a little late but the acknowledgment of the participation on Memorial Day is in order. Ceremonies were attended by Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski and most of the City…
By Ian Perrotta Conant Ave. is getting a temporary makeover. This weekend it will host the 9th Annual North American Bangladesh Festival. It’s only the second time that the event,…
By Ian Perrotta If only education was celebrated every day like it was last Friday (June 11) night. After 12 years of school – that’s 2,160 school days – the…
By Ian Perrotta If only education was celebrated every day like it was last Friday (June 11) night. After 12 years of school – that’s 2,160 school days – the…
By Charles Sercombe When Hamtramck voters first approved of the school district’s recreation tax, a lot of promises were made. A massive makeover of Veterans Memorial Park. New tennis courts.…
By Charles Sercombe Remember the childhood chant: “You scream, I scream, We all scream for ice cream”? Well, an ice cream truck driver got a not-so-innocent modern day version of…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s annual Labor Day weekend festival looks like a go this year. The fate of this year’s festival had been up in the air for the past…
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Detroit is buzzing with ideas, brimming with activity. When I say Detroit, I include Hamtramck in…
Maybe last week we rushed too quickly to say that this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival should be canceled since the city had to lay off its special events coordinator.…
On behalf of People’s Community Services, I would like to express our support for the development of a Hamtramck Historical Museum. Hamtramck is a small city but it is a…