Editor’s note: This past week it was announced that the mayor and city council have been invited to the White and celebrate Eid with President Biden. This isn’t the…
By Alan Madlane Sarah Peslar is a clinician with the Hamtramck School-Based Health Center, a DMC program that helps students in a number of health-related areas, particularly those…
The city councilmembers may have a hard sell when it comes to convincing voters to give them raises. We’re not going to rush to judgment on this one but, instead,…
By Charles Sercombe For those of a certain age, the former Lili’s bar on Jacob St. was the place to be, starting way back in the late 1970s, for rock-n-rollers,…
By Alan Madlane The Hamtramck Cosmos boys’ basketball is more than halfway through its season, and so far, it’s been a bit up and down. After having gone undefeated…
By Charles Sercombe For the first time in three years, the annual Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast returned in-person on Monday, the national holiday celebrating MLK’s birthday. And…
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck has always been a caring town. Even if the old city council meetings of yesteryear seemed more like Big Time Wrestling was about to break…
By Charles Sercombe So, here we are in a new year. What can Hamtramck expect over these coming 12 months? Let’s clear off our crystal ball and take a…
By Greg Kowalski It’s a little metal disc, no bigger than a nickel, and you have to look closely to make out the letters “J. Gass Saloon” imprinted on…
By Greg Kowalski Visitors to the Hamtramck Historical Museum will be offered a fascinating view of Hamtramck’s past at the Archaeology Day presentation, noon to 2 p.m, Saturday, Nov. 12.…