Sometimes a little caution goes a long way in development
City Councilmember Robert Zwolak has every right to be concerned about a recent influx of recycling facilities opening here or proposing to do so. He’s been around long…
Record Store Day celebrates all things that spin around
By Charles Sercombe Record lovers, tomorrow is your day. And Hamtramck is well stocked for the annual worldwide Record Day celebration taking place everywhere that there…
City offers an adopt-a-lot program for the summer
By Ian Perrotta This summer there is a “lot” for you to do in Hamtramck Not as in activities, but as in a parcel of land that you…
Hamtramck Mini-World’s Fair is a giant success
By Ian Perrotta You didn’t need 80 days to take a trip around the world last Saturday (April 6). All you had to do was visit the…
City skirts by payless payday but financial crisis is far from over
City employees dodged a bullet last week, but we don’t blame them if they remain skeptical. It was announced last week that it was likely that employees…
Crime Log …4/12/13
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime Log covers Wednesday, April 3 through Wednesday, April 10. Wednesday, April 3 · At 11:48 p.m. on April 2 three juveniles were arrested…
Rejected sidewalk repair bids raise a number of questions
By Charles Sercombe A major citywide sidewalk repair project took a stumble before it could even start. Acting City Manager Kyle Tertzag rejected the only…
Firefighters still want EMT pay
By Charles Sercombe No working ambulances? No problem, say Hamtramck firefighters. In a grievance filed by the firefighters’ union, they are demanding that despite the…
State pension system allows for quirk in naming beneficiaries
By Charles Sercombe One of the more controversial, and curious, items in our recent story about the city employee pension roll had to do with a deceased police…
Teachers protest state’s new ‘Right to Work’ law
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck teachers missed a deadline to extend their contract for another two years before the state’s new “Right to Work” law went into effect last week.…
