By Charles Sercombe and Alan R. Madeleine Let’s all kiss the year 2011 good-bye and say good riddance. It’s now a new year that’s worthy of a new attitude. In…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police officers may be the first group of Michigan public employees to challenge a new state law. Officers here got a Wayne County Circuit Court injunction,…
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 Jan. 10 with only…
By Charles Sercombe The year 2011 is now old news. But the year did produce one major story – albeit a story that’s been told before. The year’s “Newsmaker of…
By Charles Sercombe It’s not starting off to be a “Happy New Year” for Hamtramck police officers. Recently, the city council voted in favor of charging officers for their health…
By Ian Perrotta The presidential primary may just be starting, but Hamtramck’s election from last November has finally come to a close. On Sunday (Jan. 1) the city’s three elected…
By Charles Sercombe, Alan Madeleine and Ian Perrotta Well, here it is, the second installment of our year in review. We’ve put together the highlights, as well as the lowlights…
By Charles Sercombe, Alan Madeleine and Ian Perrotta Once again, it’s time for our annual look back over the year. In this installment, we take a trip through the first…
By Charles Sercombe Just because John Hypnarowicz retired last year from his job as a bus driver for the public schools, it doesn’t mean he retired from a very special…
By Charles Sercombe For Hamtramck residents like Charles Clanton ,who depend on the SMART shuttle, there is only one word for the end of that bus service. “Awful.” “It’s going…