In Hamtramck, houses are more valuable when ‘deconstructed’
By Ian Perrotta How is a house like a cow? Just ask a deconstructionist. Recently, five houses on Nagel Street that were slated for demolition were spared the wrecking…
Crime Log … 11/30/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime Log review police reports from Nov. 20 through Nov. 27. Tuesday, November 20 At 12:30 a.m. a subject was issued an ordinance violation for…
Schools superintendent brought stability despite budget cuts
Hamtramck Public Schools Superintendent Tom Niczay will be missed. He’s not gone now, but in a year, he will be retiring. Niczay dropped the news of his coming…
Veterans toast to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice
By Charles Sercombe If there is one thing you can say about Hamtramck veterans, they are true to tradition. Forget about holding a ceremony on the “observed” Veterans Day. Hamtramck…
City officials tinker with budget deficit elimination plan
By Charles Sercombe For the third time, city officials were presented with a plan to cut the city’s budget deficit. The council already agreed to a deficit elimination plan…
Kowalski Deli serves its last meal
By Charles Sercombe A Hamtramck landmark business is about close its doors for good. A letter went out on Monday from the Kowalski Sausage Co. announcing that…
Crime Log …11/23/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s daily crime reports span from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19. Tuesday, November 13 At midnight a resident of the 2600 block of Holmes reported…
Crime Log …11/16/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime log covers Thursday, November 8 through Monday, November 12. It’s a little shorter than usual, but that’s because we wanted to leave plenty…
School Board takes a much needed review of recreation
Last week a question was posed whether the public school district should keep its recreation commission. The issue came up abruptly after it was realized that the commission had…
Hamtramck voters do a replay of the 2008 election
By Charles Sercombe Just like in the 2008 presidential election, Hamtramck voters came out in droves last Tuesday. And also just like in the ’08 election they gave their…
