City faces a financial meltdown
UPDATE, March 9, 2012: In a not an unexpected move, the city council and Mayor Karen Majewski fired City Manager Bill Cooper at a special meeting on Wednesday evening. The…
‘Hamtramck Blowout’ still captures the best of Detroit’s music scene
By Alan Madeleine The Blowout has blown through once again. Marred this year, after closing time on Friday evening, by a truly ugly incident (see separate story, below) involving three…
21-year-old man carjacks and sexually assaults three women, police say
By Charles Sercombe UPDATE: (March 5, 2012) Tonio David Dace, 21, was arraigned today in Hamtramck 31st District Court on 11 felony counts in connection with the carjacking of four…
Finally, a southend eyesore will now come down
By Charles Sercombe It’s been a year since three houses on the end of Faber St. burned. The cause of the fire is not known, but the damage that took…
Search goes on for two women
UPDATE: On Friday, it was learned through police sources that investigators are searching vacant houses somewhere on the west side of Detroit where a vehicle matching the description of the…
Voters go for Santorum in Tuesday’s election
By Charles Sercombe You could hardly tell there was an election on Tuesday in Hamtramck, but indeed there was one. And what a weird one it was. A paltry 645…
For one day, Hamtramck’s streets come alive with music and people
By Charles Sercombe It’s Thursday, and we’re still recovering from Paczki Day. On Tuesday, Hamtramck’s main streets were jammed with thousands of visitors celebrating one of the best parties of…
City’s money woes are not going away
By Charles Sercombe City Manager Bill Cooper says it’s just a matter of time. In fact, he says, he’s got a specific day when the city’s money will run out:…
On Paczki Day, Hamtramck turns into ‘Party Town’
By Charles Sercombe Time to get your dancing shoes on. Paczki Day is rolling our way a little earlier than last year. Once again, the festivities begin with a pre-party…
A blinding sun may be cause for traffic fatality
By Charles Sercombe A 58-year-old Hamtramck man is facing three felony charges in a hit and run accident that resulted in the death of an Ann Arbor man last Sunday…
