A pretty amazing thing happened last Friday evening. An incredible turnout of people participated in a quickly put-together rally/march in support of the six women who were violently attacked within…
By Alan Madeleine Crime Log is compiled from the daily intelligence reports of the Hamtramck Police Department, this week for the dates of Wednesday, March 14 through Monday, March 19.…
By Alan Madeleine Well, it’s not all bad news for the poor and needy. In spite of what may seem, here and around the country, something like a war on…
Update: March 19, 2001. We erroneously reported that the city council split on the vote to hire Erik Tungate as Hamtramck’s new Acting City Manager. The vote was actually 3-2,…
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The city council met on March 13, and all…
By Alan Madeleine One hears a lot of different tongues wagging on an average promenade down Jos. Campau in this town. Thankfully, there’s a business here, well-equipped to sort it…
By Alan Madeleine Taken from Hamtramck Police reports from between Wednesday, March 7, and Tuesday, March 13. From Wednesday, March 7: A vehicle that had been reported stolen in…
By Charles Sercombe Last Friday, the city council held a special meeting to consider hiring Hamtramck’s former Director of Community & Economic Development, Eric Tungate, as Acting City Manager. However,…
It’s rare that we publish an editorial ahead of our regular Friday paper, but there is a crisis in city government that needs to be addressed. Last week’s abrupt firing…
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…