By Charles Sercombe The possibility of applying for an emergency state loan is not totally off the table for Hamtramck. The City Council held a heated debate over the merits…
By Ian Perrotta The baseball stadium at Veterans Park is seeking approval, and so far it’s getting it. In late December, the committee working to save the stadium received word…
By Charles Sercombe There’s a word that wiseacres have coined for the overblown TV weather hype of snowstorms: “Snowpacolypse.” It makes fun of the over-the-top hysteria of weathercasters who might…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck officials took their dispute with Detroit to Lansing on Thursday. Unfortunately, they didn’t get back in town before we went to press that afternoon. City Manager…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck drivers, you can ease up … a little. A backlog of traffic tickets has led to putting the brakes on the Police Department’s overtime traffic patrol…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s reliance on traffic ticket fines is nothing new. And the fallout from it is a case of “déjà-vu all over again” (sorry Yogi Berra). Oh, where…
There’s a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Let’s go strollin’. There’s a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Whose heart I’ve stolen. There’s a moon out tonight, (Whoa-oh-oh ooo.) Let’s…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck city officials say they have no other options left to save the city money. They are now looking into the cost-savings of outsourcing police, fire and…
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to the patrons of the Shadow Bar who get into fights and shootings, City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan has this solution for police officers called…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s School Board has elected to go into a new direction. The board has changed leaders by deciding not to elect Titus Walters as president of the…