It’s official: St. Lads to hold its last Mass before closing for good
By Charles Sercombe In a move that was expected, St. Ladislaus Church will close for good, with a final Mass to be held this Saturday, June 29, at 4…
Governor makes a surprise visit to Juneteenth celebration
By Charles Sercombe It’s been a whirlwind week of recent activities at Veterans Park, which included a surprise visit by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the historic signing of a…
Labor Day Festival OK’d with conditions
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s end-of-the-summer party got the green light to go ahead at a recent city council meeting. But there were a number of unexplained things said, and…
Turkey Stearnes finally gets his due
By Alan Madlane Let’s talk Turkey. Major League Baseball has thrown a heckuva curveball, and it’s shaking up things in a good way. In what is certainly a long-overdue move,…
School Board to consider millage renewal; silent on superintendent
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Board of Education has changed up its meeting schedule for this month. Instead of holding their regular monthly board meeting on the first Wednesday…
The heat is on for Thanedar
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck community leaders are continuing their campaign against Congressman Shri Thanedar’s re-election. On the Facebook page “Hamtramck Square,” former Hamtramck Public School Board member Nasr Hussain,…
New playscape ready to be unveiled
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly revamped playscape in the front portion of Veterans Park is getting the grand treatment this Saturday morning. That’s when the city’s Parks Conservancy will…
City officials call for divestment and boycott of Israel, a first in the state
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck made history last week. As it was widely reported in local media, Hamtramck’s mayor and city council passed a resolution calling for the city to…
City pays for political snub
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib has joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in endorsing Detroit City Councilmember Mary Waters for her run for congress. Waters is challenging current first-term…
Veterans Park will see a number of improvements this summer
By Charles Sercombe It’s been about 10 years since the city installed playground equipment in the front section of Veterans Park, and that equipment has seen some hard use…
