Heavy snow doesn’t stop these girls from having a ball
By Ian Perrotta Snowflakes were falling last Saturday night (Feb. 5), but that didn’t cause the young girls of Hamtramck to flake out. Despite some terrible weather, the community’s fifth…
Council may take one more vote on loan
By Charles Sercombe The possibility of applying for an emergency state loan is not totally off the table for Hamtramck. The City Council held a heated debate over the merits…
Baseball stadium takes another step closer towards historical designation
By Ian Perrotta The baseball stadium at Veterans Park is seeking approval, and so far it’s getting it. In late December, the committee working to save the stadium received word…
Despite great medical news, there are pressing issues at home
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz The remarkable recovery of Hamtramckan Vladimir “Joe” Vujic continues to captivate us. It’s a story of…
City Hall Insider
By Charles Sercombe The City Council met on Feb. 7 with only Mayor Karen Majewski absent. (The mayor attended Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano’s State of Wayne County Address.) The…
Taking a state loan is the sensible approach to saving the city
Judging by what we heard at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, it looks like the council may take another vote on whether to apply for an emergency state loan. Let’s hope…
Dead trees removed from Jos. Campau
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is a little less green. Recently, 22 trees were cut down along the Jos. Campau business district because they were diseased or already dead. The project…
Winter comes in with a mighty blast and a lot of TV hysteria
By Charles Sercombe There’s a word that wiseacres have coined for the overblown TV weather hype of snowstorms: “Snowpacolypse.” It makes fun of the over-the-top hysteria of weathercasters who might…
City hopes state settles Detroit dispute
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck officials took their dispute with Detroit to Lansing on Thursday. Unfortunately, they didn’t get back in town before we went to press that afternoon. City Manager…
Traffic tickets cause backlog for court
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck drivers, you can ease up … a little. A backlog of traffic tickets has led to putting the brakes on the Police Department’s overtime traffic patrol…
