‘Newsmaker of the Year:’ A cultural lightning rod
By Charles Sercombe With the year 2023 now behind us, it’s time, once again, to name Hamtramck’s “Newsmaker of the Year.” By newsmaker, we mean a person or issue…
City council inauguration ceremony this Sunday
By Charles Sercombe A new political cycle starts next week. Incumbent City Councilmembers Mohammed Hassan and Mohammed Alsomiri will once again take an oath of office at a ceremony being…
Part two of our ‘Year in Review’
By Charles Sercombe This week we continue with our look back at the year 2023. JULY After a year’s delay in dedicating Hamtramck’s newest park, it finally got done. But…
Take a look back on the first six months of the year
By Charles Sercombe Well, here we are at the end of 2023. With the year largely in our review mirror, we once again follow our tradition of presenting a two-part…
Breaking news … PNC Bank robbed by lone male suspect
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police are seeking information about a bank robbery that happened on Tuesday (Dec. 19) at PNC Bank. The robbery was reported at about 4 p.m.,…
Former county jail nurses file whistleblower’s lawsuit
By Charles Sercombe Allegations of wrongdoing keep piling up at Wayne County’s Dickerson Jail here in Hamtramck. In the latest development, two former nurse employees, Tanzy Huddleston and Shermanstine Morrow,…
City officials take a stand on Palestine
By Charles Sercombe In an act of solidarity with the people of Palestine, the Hamtramck City Council voted to rename Holbrook as “Palestine Avenue.” But that vote did not come…
School board members may face penalties for not meeting
By Charles Sercombe Did the Hamtramck Public School Board of Education violate its own policy – and possibly state law – by not holding any meetings for two separate months…
Rep. Aiyash co-sponsors LGBTQ law
By Charles Sercombe State Rep. Abraham Aiyash continues to support state legislation protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community. Aiyash and over a dozen other Democratic legislators recently sponsored…
Student decline will be costly to HPS
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Public Schools now has more than one financial blow to deal with. Not only does the district have to grapple with the loss of $750,000…
