City seeks a millage this year
By Charles Sercombe How the city survives financially now depends on voters. Acting on a suggestion by the city administration, the city council last week agreed to ask for voter-approval…
Hamtramck can’t afford to turn off businesses
We don’t get it. There are certain city officials who think nothing of rejecting certain businesses. First, there was whether to allow marijuana facilities to operate here, and now, whether…
Hamtramck documentary is touring the festival circuit
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck, the world will soon know you more. There’s a new documentary film about our town, “Hamtramck, USA,” and it was supposed to have been a…
A roadmap to re-opening our bars and restaurants
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck is known throughout the wider area, and arguably even across parts of the world, for its bars and restaurants. Their number, their uniqueness, their out-and-out…
Absentee voting is encouraged
By Charles Sercombe Voting in the August and November elections just got easier and safer. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced this week that, due to the coronavirus…
Fighting blight is everyone’s responsibility
Fighting graffiti, like littering, is an almost impossible task. How often does one actually see anyone spray painting graffiti? Littering, though, is something we all witness here and there. But…
Virtual town hall meeting will help parents who are stressed out
In this time of stress and uncertainty, parents and children are vulnerable to the mental pressures they face. In order to help out parents and kids, the Detroit Wayne…
Estate sale at Krot Funeral Home has something, ah, for everyone
By Alan Madlane If you’ve ever wanted to attend a funeral home’s estate sale – and be honest, who hasn’t? – you’re about to be in luck. Beginning this…
City mulls budget options
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck City Hall could look very different in the coming weeks and months. No, we’re not talking about a physical change to the building. Instead, it’s what…
Hamtramckans lined up for another election season
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Mohammad Hassan still has ambitions for higher office. Having just won a seat back onto city council this year – after abandoning the council…
