By Charles Sercombe The 2022 election season is now officially off and running. And once again, a city councilmember is seeking a job promotion. Councilmember Mohammed Alsomiri is one of…
By Charles Sercombe City officials are hoping that new adjustments to the rules governing the city’s controversial parking meters will win over critics. But that may prove to be…
By Charles Sercombe It’s not quite a divorce. Call it more of a separation. The Hamtramck Public Library Board of Directors has decided to break away from being involved with…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is joining Dearborn in seeking to have all future election ballots be printed in Arabic as well as in the standard English. But there could be…
By Charles Sercombe A top administrator in the Hamtramck Public School District, who had been put on administrative leave, will not be returning to her job. Last week, the Hamtramck…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck lost a pioneer for women and minorities recently. Yvonne Myrick, the founder of The Concerned Women of Hamtramck, former Hamtramck Water Department Director and President of…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police are stumped over the circumstances of a deceased body found at the Hamtramck Recycling Center. According to a press release issued on Monday, a black…
By Alan Madlane Detroit Tigers fans of a certain age should remember Ike Blessitt. And Hamtramckans, of that same certain age, certainly should. Blessitt, a four-sport star at Hamtramck…
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Ameer Ghalib is living up to a campaign promise to make the city’s various boards and commissions more ethnically and racially diverse. Recently, he notified three…
By Charles Sercombe The hits just keep coming for Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium and Veterans Park. Last week, US Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence announced that Hamtramck will receive $653,989 to…