Thanks to volunteers, the Labor Day Festival succeeded
Hamtramck’s end-of-the-summer party was a smash. After being forced to take a year off because of the Covid pandemic, the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival returned, with plenty of gusto. While…
Move over Hamtramck, Taylor now also shares a part of Little League history
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck’s heroes finally have some company. The Little League World Series, first played between Pennsylvania teams in 1947, had only produced one other winner from Michigan in…
In Hamtramck, 1959 World Series champ still stands out
By Alan Madlane One of Hamtramck’s favorite sons is finding himself back in the local spotlight. Art “Pinky” Deras (his Polish grandmother gave him the nickname, never explaining why)…
Celebrate the end of summer with the Labor Day Festival
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s celebration of the year once again takes over the north part of Jos. Campau this weekend. After taking last year off due to the Covid…
It’s back to school next week
By Charles Sercombe Summer vacation is over, kids. This coming Tuesday, Sept. 7, is the first day of school for Hamtramck Public School District students. In-person classroom learning has…
Labor Day Festival is a welcomed relief
Hamtramck has been through a lot in the last year. Just like everyone else in the nation. We missed a lot of things that the Covid pandemic prevented from happening…
Want to park in the city’s business district? It’ll cost you
By Charles Sercombe Get ready to pay up to park in Hamtramck’s Jos. Campau business district and in city parking lots. The city’s new meter system is now mostly…
City rethinks jaywalking police gran
By Charles Sercombe If you got a jaywalking ticket in the past month or so in Hamtramck– you can rip it up. In a two-hour special city council meeting…
Election 2021: How will the city council race tighten up?
By Charles Sercombe The race to fill three city council seats was whittled down from eight candidates to six in the recent primary election. The November election will produce…
A failure of communication and the lessons we can learn
There is probably one thing residents can agree on in the latest flap over the police department’s stepped-up enforcement of pedestrian safety laws: There was a huge failure to communicate…
