Search for new CM is on hold
By Charles Sercombe The search for a permanent city manager is over, and the winning candidate is: No one. The mayor and city councilmembers rejected hiring any of the…
Council did the right thing to put search for city manager on hold
Maybe it’s a good thing that the council decided to pass on hiring a permanent city manager. Last week the council decided none of the three candidates seeking the position…
Crime Log …12/14/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime Log covers Monday, December 5 through Wednesday, December 12. Wednesday, December 5 At 10:10 p.m. a man was placed under arrest in…
Toast of the Town …
By Ian Perrotta Mark your calendars, Hamtramck — you now have something to do the second Tuesday of every month. Beginning in November and continuing indefinitely, BS Art Promotions…
Former resident celebrates her first book of fiction
By Charles Sercombe Ksenia Rychtycka has had the writing bug ever since she was a kid here in Hamtramck. That’s the way Rychtycka remembers it, and after years…
DTE promises to come back in spring and replace sidewalks
By Charles Sercombe If you haven’t noticed, this city is all torn up. DTE Energy has been ripping up sidewalks throughout town since last summer to upgrade its gas…
City forced to backpedal on scope of bike lane project
By Ian Perrotta Will Hamtramck be known as the city of fixed-gears and beer? No cars and PBR? After last week’s city council meeting that just might be the case.…
Updated city budget includes a $2.7 million deficit
By Charles Sercombe City officials took the first step toward figuring out how to balance the city’s budget. But it didn’t come easy. Acting City Manager Kyle…
Crime Log …12/7/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime Log covers Thursday, November 29 through Tuesday, December 4. Thursday, November 29 Officers responded to an address in the 12000 block of Grand Haven…
City officials need to allow the next city manager to do their job
As we go to print on Thursday, the city council and mayor are set to discuss what they thought of the three candidates they interviewed for the city manager’s job.…
