Voters are being warned about election law
By Charles Sercombe Don’t even think about voting twice. Recently, President Trump came under criticism for encouraging voters in North Carolina to vote twice: one by absentee ballot, and again…
City names new stadium infield in honor of a legend
By Charles Sercombe There is more action at Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium. Not only is there a new infield, the field now has an honorific name: “Norman ‘Turkey’ Stearnes…
Wayne State students unearth Hamtramck’s past
By Greg Kowalski Bits of broken glass, beads, rusty old iron nails and even marbles may seem to be no more than scrap, but they also can be clues…
City officials need to step up in securing festival
Normally in this week’s issue you would see scenes from last weekend’s annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival. Normal is no longer normal in the age of COVID. The pandemic has…
An update on what’s happening at Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium
By Alan Madlane Michael Wilson is the president of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium. The organization has been instrumental in gathering historical documentation on the city’s baseball stadium,…
The weekend that should have been
By Charles Sercombe This weekend would have been Hamtramck’s last hurrah of summer. But like so many other things canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, neither the…
Mayor takes a stand against federal intervention
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Karen Majewski has joined other mayors across the country in condemning the use of federal officers to quell protests. In a number of instances that…
School Boardmember makes history for school district
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck School Board Secretary Jihan Aiyash has been appointed to the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) Resolutions and Bylaws Committee for the 2020-2021 school year.…
Is profanity and crude public discourse the new normal?
Much has been said in the past week about Councilmember Ian Perrotta’s recent censure by his fellow councilmembers. This is the second time that Perrotta has been called out for…
Yemeni community takes to the streets in protest of war and famine
By Charles Sercombe For the past several years, the country of Yemen has been under siege. First came Iran-backed militias, who forced the country’s government to flee. Civil war…
