By Ian Perrotta If ideas are like seeds, then it only took six weeks for the Hamtramck Harvest Fest to bloom into fruition. This weekend (Oct. 16 and 17) the…
By Charles Sercombe Don’t look for any immediate repairs to the sidewalks at the Caniff-Gallagher intersection. And no one is more frustrated by that than Martin Ladd, the city’s Director…
By Ian Perrotta The Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan is at it again. Last year, the non-profit organization out of Rochester donated six $1,000 mini-grants to teachers in the Hamtramck…
By Charles Sercombe After waiting months for an audit report from Detroit officials about a long-simmering dispute over shared tax revenues from GM’s Poletown plant, Hamtramck finally got an answer.…
By Ian Perrotta It’s just a week away – the first (of hopefully many) Hamtramck Harvest Fest. For anyone who hasn’t heard, with the success of this year’s Labor Day…
By Charles Sercombe Call it a mixed message. A so-called non-dumping site on the southend has become a dumping site for the city. Confused? You can only imagine what passersby…
By Ian Perrotta The Hamtramck High Boys Soccer Team is back, and they’re looking to score. After a heartbreaking defeat last year in the District Finals, the team has come…
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to blight, Hamtramck has no shortage. And now, thanks to a yearly federal grant, the city will have some extra change to fight overgrown…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s coming to grips with regulating the medical marijuana trade is turning into a long, strange trip. City Councilmembers have spent hours upon hours trying to come…
By Charles Sercombe Peoples State Bank officials are downplaying media reports that it is being forced by federal regulators to merge with another bank. But bank officials do concede there…