By Charles Sercombe You may have noticed some new developments in town. What used to be the John J. Skupny Funeral Home on Conant is now being converted into a…
Hamtramck has no shortage of leadership skills when it counts
Hamtramck once again proved this week that when we work together, great things can happen. Case in point: On Tuesday, the City Council put their signature on an agreement worked…
Housing crisis? What housing crisis?
By Charles Sercombe The housing market may be in the toilet, but you wouldn’t know it by looking around Hamtramck. How’s that? The city is undergoing a massive housing development…
Weed and Seed program targets gang activity
By Ian Perrotta If things go right for Hamtramck’s Weed and Seed program, area gangs will have a lot more to worry about than who’s wearing what color. The community…
Cut in education funding puts further strain on district
By Charles Sercombe One by one, public school teachers in the metro area are agreeing to salary cuts to help defray budget deficits. River Rouge teachers recently agreed to a…
In Hamtramck, the business of death barely hangs on
By Alan R. Madeleine If you didn’t know any better, you might think that the funeral home business in Hamtramck was, well, dying. Over the past several years, some of…
Talk Back …
Ever wonder about the story behind the story in Hamtramck? It’s not often we get a chance to pull the curtain back and let our readers in on some of…
Street Life:HATCH building gets a redo by students
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a design charette at HKS Architects,…
Elections indeed have serious, long-term consequences
Just when it looked like Hamtramck was going to pull out of a financial crisis, along comes Gov. Rick Snyder. You know Snyder, the guy who got elected to office…
Business owner has plenty of trash talk over neighbor
By Ian Perrotta They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Just don’t expect that sentiment from Sean Kowalski. For the past 15 years, Kowalski says he has had…
