Hamtramck’s election controversies gets attention of local media
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s election controversies have grown legs. Last Saturday the Detroit News ran a story on leading mayoral candidate Abdul Algazali possibly being thrown out…
Emergency manager lays out plan for financial recovery
By Charles Sercombe City Council Chambers is usually a place where some residents come to vent, rant and yell. Curiously, that was anything but the case…
City lot clean-ups raise questions
By Charles Sercombe City lot clean-ups and grass cutting is back in business after a temporary spending freeze was lifted by Emergency Manager Cathy Square. …
EM releases financial plan for recovery
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck city employees and property owners are going to have to give up a little to turn the city’s financial situation around. Emergency…
Tax delinquency may come back to bite mayoral hopeful
By Charles Sercombe This could be a potential game changer in the mayoral election. On Friday (Aug. 9), three days after Tuesday’s Primary Election, it came…
Hamtramck Labor Day Festival will indeed make another return
By Charles Sercombe Yes. Yes, that is, there will be a Hamtramck Labor Day Festival this year, just in case you were wondering. And it…
Spending freeze puts a halt to city lot maintenance
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Cathie Gordon may have lost her bid to become mayor, but don’t expect her to fade away. “I am not going…
Mayor Majewski survives tough re-election challenge
By Charles Sercombe It looks like it’s a replay of four years ago for Karen Mayor and mayoral wannabe Abdul Algazali. The two will once…
After years of tough talk city acts
By Charles Sercombe Remember how for years you’ve heard the city is going to crack down on those pesky overdue water bills? On Tuesday, the city finally…
In Hamtramck, a year of challenges and ongoing development
By Charles Sercombe In her eighth State of the City Address, Mayor Karen Majewski once again had a little something of everything to report on. …
