By Charles Sercombe The countdown has begun for this year’s field of political candidates running for local office. As of Thursday, the day…
By Charles Sercombe Could this be the beginning of the end of the Hamtramck Blowout? This year’s attendance seemed to be down by half, some…
By Charles Sercombe It’s orange barrel season. DTE Energy is about to finish up the gas line replacement project that it began last year, as well as…
By Charles Sercombe Have an overdue traffic ticket, outstanding water bill, or way overdue on your business license? Rest easy, because Hamtramck has a deal for…
By Charles Sercombe “Are we going to be the recycling center of the state?” That’s a question City Councilmember Robert Zwolak recently posed about the…
By Charles Sercombe It’s official: A state review team will look into Hamtramck’s financial situation. Hmmmm … sound familiar? Indeed. Last fall city officials…
By Charles Sercombe A major citywide sidewalk repair project took a stumble before it could even start. Acting City Manager Kyle Tertzag rejected the only…
By Charles Sercombe No working ambulances? No problem, say Hamtramck firefighters. In a grievance filed by the firefighters’ union, they are demanding that despite the…
By Charles Sercombe One of the more controversial, and curious, items in our recent story about the city employee pension roll had to do with a deceased police…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck teachers missed a deadline to extend their contract for another two years before the state’s new “Right to Work” law went into effect last week.…