Mayor says death threat seemed real
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Amer Ghalib says he is no stranger to death threats, but recently he received one that required the attention of the police department. In a…
Mayor Ghalib says the city has rebounded and will grow
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s financial picture has made a drastic turnaround in recent years, says Mayor Amer Ghalib. Recently, Mayor Amer Ghalib spoke at the inauguration ceremony of three…
Presidential primary ballots are out now
By Charles Sercombe You can get a head start on voting in the Feb. 27 presidential primary election. For those who applied for an absentee ballot, they were mailed…
MLK Day celebration rescheduled
By Charles Sercombe Winter weather isn’t going to stop this year’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Jan. 15 event had to be scrubbed because of the extreme…
Winter puts Hamtramck and the country in a deep freeze
By Charles Sercombe After a warmer than usual December, winter came howling in from the north last Friday. And it was freaky, on Friday afternoon, when this winter storm…
Hamtramck Police Chief Anne Moise announces her retirement
By Charles Sercombe In 2015, Hamtramck Police Chief Anne Moise made local history. She became Hamtramck’s first female chief of police. In fact, up until then, there had been few…
Pride flag ban is catching on
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck, apparently, has blazed a trail in how to deal with pride flags. Last summer, the city council and mayor backed a ban on allowing pride flags…
Breaking news … MLK breakfast celebration cancelled for tomorrow at community cent
By Charles Sercombe The brutal arctic cold is to blame for the cancellation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Pray Breakfast at Monday’s (Jan. 15) Hamtramck Public School’s…
The year ahead: more of the same that happened last year
By Charles Sercombe Now that we completed our look back at the news for 2023, it’s time once again to take a look into the next 12 months. Let’s…
City council kicks off the new year with a new face
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly-elected city councilmember summed up his inauguration with just a few words. “Today is the best day of my life,” said Muhtasin Sadman. The political newcomer…
