On Paczki Day, Hamtramck turns into ‘Party Town’
By Charles Sercombe Time to get your dancing shoes on. Paczki Day is rolling our way a little earlier than last year. Once again, the festivities begin with a pre-party…
A blinding sun may be cause for traffic fatality
By Charles Sercombe A 58-year-old Hamtramck man is facing three felony charges in a hit and run accident that resulted in the death of an Ann Arbor man last Sunday…
Bakeries are rolling in the dough for Paczki Day
Well, the year’s rolled around, like a doughnut hole do. To Paczki Day, for me and you. Big gob o’ lard, with a gooey part. Grab me a boxfull, put…
Hamtramck is the backdrop for author’s first book
By Alan Madeleine Hamtramck as literary fodder? Chicago-based writer and former Detroit native Tony Kordyban has a new book out. The title alone is worth the price: “The Loose Meat…
Crime Log …
By Alan “Grapefruit Face” Madeleine From Friday, Feb. 3: A man and a woman were arrested for violating the public health code (uh-huh) after a traffic stop at 1:49…
Hamtramck needs the state to review its finances now, not later
Hamtramck’s city council had a chance to take a proactive strike, but decided, instead, to put off the inevitable. We’re talking about a proposal by City Manager Bill Cooper to…
Friendship House soldiers on in wake of budget cuts
By Alan R. Madeleine You know times are tough, when your charity named ‘Friendship House’ gets a slap in the face from the State Department of Human Services. Not very…
City wrestles with balancing religious freedom and zoning
By Charles Sercombe “The tough part is where to draw the line.” That indeed is a difficult dilemma when it comes to zoning laws and the constitutional protection of freedom…
Here’s food for thought and a worthy cause
By Alan R. Madeleine Have a burning hunger to be useful? Or, just have a burning hunger in general? Either one will work, as far as the organization called HUSS…
City’s business district needs to be reserved for business
Does it make sense to have a religious institution locate in the heart of the city’s business district? Yes, we know there is a delicate balance between zoning laws geared…
