Weed and Seed Director’s career switch is on the ‘Money’
By Ian Perrotta Before she became the Site Director for the Hamtramck Weed and Seed program, Barbara Stachowski was an environmental engineer. And now, because of that career change, she’s…
This is no made up Halloween tale for Hamtramck
By Charles Sercombe Want to hear a real Halloween horror story? Stop by a special City Council meeting Monday evening, and the stuff you’ll hear will make the hairs on…
Was bar sting a payback?
By Charles Sercombe There is some serious fallout from last month’s bar sting in town. In September, the police department sent underage decoys to several bars to see if they…
It’s down to the wire for election
By Charles Sercombe It may not feel like an election here in Hamtramck, but Election Day is indeed coming up. Next Tuesday voters nationwide will be heading to the polls.…
Commissioner says it’s not his fault park grant disappeared
By Charles Sercombe There’s been plenty of talk since last week’s story on a park grant that disappeared. Unfortunately, the more that people talked, the less clear the issue became.…
As cars get more theft-proof, thieves get desperate
By Charles Sercombe While the number of car thefts has been going down in recent years, a more insidious trend may start to emerge, say local law enforcement officers. As…
Cosmos season presented a number of challenges
By Ian Perrotta It may have been a losing season, but not all was lost for this year’s Cosmos football team. Despite finishing the season with a record of 1-8,…
New traffic light causing more back-ups
By Charles Sercombe There might be one thing we can all agree on. Bring back the blinking red traffic light on Caniff in front of the fire station. The city…
City officials buzzkill any more talk on pot law
By Charles Sercombe The talking is over for now when it comes to marijuana and the City Council. The council decided at Tuesday’s council meeting to snuff out further discussion…
Harvest Festival celebrates all good things about fall
By Ian Perrotta Last weekend was a Ham-good time. It marked the celebration of the first-ever Hamtown Harvest Festival. Held in the grounds of the city parking lot between the…
