Time to party
By Charles Sercombe This year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival is going to be a little extra special. That’s because it’s the 40th anniversary for the festival. Way back when,…
Looking for a real estate bargain? It’s county tax sale time
By Charles Sercombe Here is your chance to get in on the Hamtramck real estate rush on the cheap. There are seven local properties listed in the annual Wayne…
Yemeni mural on southend is one of the city’s treasures
We are crossing our fingers that things can be worked out to save the Yemeni mural in the southend. A developer wants to construct a two-story building in a lot…
Detroit City Football Clubs scores a huge goal: the pros
By Alan Madlane Le Rouge is moving on up. The soccer squad, the local faves with the rowdy fun fanbase, is getting promoted. “Le Rouge,” for those of you…
Art obscura? Yemeni mural is threatened by construction project
By Charles Sercombe One of Hamtramck’s most treasured murals may disappear from view in the near future. The mural, depicting landscapes and people of Yemen, is on the side…
Hookah lounge closed in shooting
By Charles Sercombe The city’s second homicide within the last nine months has once again happened outside of the MyHookah Lounge on Jos. Campau. Police are not releasing many…
A tragic case of justice delayed is justice denied
Six years ago, in 2013, it was thought by city officials that the city’s longstanding housing discrimination lawsuit had finally – finally – been settled. Oh, how wrong they were.…
Is the city putting in the effort to promote its main business district?
By Charles Sercombe For several weeks this summer, Jos. Campau was looking pretty weedy. And no, we’re not talking about medical marijuana. We’re talking about those pesky weeds we…
And now for the final three
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s seemingly never-ending housing discrimination lawsuit is coming close to an end. The city is about to break ground for the last three housing units to…
Tree planting should be high on the list of priorities
Hamtramck has done much to revitalize its appearance, ever since a tornado blew through town in 1997 and knocked down about 500 huge trees. Over the years, the city, along…
