Election year offers challenges to candidates
Hamtramck’s election season is now off and running. There is a lot at stake this year – but then again, there is every year. Hamtramck is once again experiencing a…
Breaking news … Concern raised over officers’ encounter with a mentally disturbed person
By Charles Sercombe On Friday, Hamtramck social media blew up over how three Hamtramck police officers handled a man causing a disturbance in Veterans Memorial Park and nearby. In…
HPS students once again shine in oratory competition
By Charles Sercombe As usual, the students in the Hamtramck Public School District’s oratory program racked up another impressive year. District teacher Rahiel Housey-Johnson has been the…
School district maps out a plan on how to spend relief money
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Public School District has big plans on how to spend its portion of President Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill. About $35 million worth of plans.…
City hall critic is next in line to fill council vacancy
By Charles Sercombe It’s official. At a special meeting, prior to the regular council meeting on Tuesday, the council officially accepted Councilmember Ian Perrotta’s resignation, and declared his seat…
City clerk takes a new job in the suburbs
By Charles Sercombe These are the last few weeks for City Clerk August Gitschlag. He’s been hired by the City of Clawson to be its new full-time city clerk.…
Addressing street harassment should start in the schools
It’s been happening for years in Hamtramck. Specifically, street harassment of women. Whether it’s catcalls or aggressive sexual propositioning, generations of Hamtramck women have experienced this verbal assault. There are,…
Breaking news … Arrests made in Hamtramck High School bomb threat
By Charles Sercombe Two Detroit teens were arrested in connection with a bomb threat at Hamtramck High School on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon, Hamtramck Police Chief Anne Moise released…
Breaking news … Bomb threat reported at Hamtramck High School
By Charles Sercombe Almost every year, there seems to be a bomb threat at one of the city’s schools. And for years, the threats have turned out to be…
Man shot to death on Conant; investigation is ongoing
By Charles Sercombe The city recorded its first homicide of the year. On Saturday (April 24) around 4 p.m., gunshots were heard in the area of Conant and Commor. When…
