Taking a state loan is the sensible approach to saving the city
Judging by what we heard at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, it looks like the council may take another vote on whether to apply for an emergency state loan. Let’s hope…
Dead trees removed from Jos. Campau
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is a little less green. Recently, 22 trees were cut down along the Jos. Campau business district because they were diseased or already dead. The project…
Winter comes in with a mighty blast and a lot of TV hysteria
By Charles Sercombe There’s a word that wiseacres have coined for the overblown TV weather hype of snowstorms: “Snowpacolypse.” It makes fun of the over-the-top hysteria of weathercasters who might…
City hopes state settles Detroit dispute
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck officials took their dispute with Detroit to Lansing on Thursday. Unfortunately, they didn’t get back in town before we went to press that afternoon. City Manager…
Traffic tickets cause backlog for court
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck drivers, you can ease up … a little. A backlog of traffic tickets has led to putting the brakes on the Police Department’s overtime traffic patrol…
Traffic patrol program has a familiar ring to it
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s reliance on traffic ticket fines is nothing new. And the fallout from it is a case of “déjà-vu all over again” (sorry Yogi Berra). Oh, where…
Movers and shakers . . . Joan Bittner
By Ian Perrotta Who is she?A Hamtramck fixture for the better part of 40 years, Joan Bittner is the co-owner of the Polish Art Center along with her husband, Raymond.…
Volunteers are needed for new neighborhood patrols
By Ian Perrotta The city has a new weapon in its fight against crime – the Hamtramck Neighborhood Patrol. Beginning in late April, members of the community will start patrolling…
After five months in a hospital bed, now comes the hard part
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Last month, we reported the uplifting story of Hamtramckan Vladimir “Joe” Vujic, who received a lung…
Cure for economy is turning into a race to the bottom
This week, Gov. Rick Snyder released what he calls the “Citizens Guide to Michigan’s Financial Health.” We’re going to bet a lot of folks will pass on reading this one.…
