Turkey Stearnes finally gets his due
By Alan Madlane Let’s talk Turkey. Major League Baseball has thrown a heckuva curveball, and it’s shaking up things in a good way. In what is certainly a long-overdue move,…
Public service demands that you do your job
Councilmember Mohammed Hassan brought up an interesting point at the last city council meeting. Namely, that two councilmembers, Khalil Refai and Muhtasin Sadman, have each now missed three consecutive council…
School Board to consider millage renewal; silent on superintendent
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Board of Education has changed up its meeting schedule for this month. Instead of holding their regular monthly board meeting on the first Wednesday…
The heat is on for Thanedar
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck community leaders are continuing their campaign against Congressman Shri Thanedar’s re-election. On the Facebook page “Hamtramck Square,” former Hamtramck Public School Board member Nasr Hussain,…
New playscape ready to be unveiled
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly revamped playscape in the front portion of Veterans Park is getting the grand treatment this Saturday morning. That’s when the city’s Parks Conservancy will…
The needs of Hamtramck should come first
We understand that there moral issues that people get passionate about and take a stand on them. Occasionally elected leaders pass resolutions denouncing or supporting events happening in the nation…
City officials call for divestment and boycott of Israel, a first in the state
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck made history last week. As it was widely reported in local media, Hamtramck’s mayor and city council passed a resolution calling for the city to…
City pays for political snub
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib has joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in endorsing Detroit City Councilmember Mary Waters for her run for congress. Waters is challenging current first-term…
Veterans Park will see a number of improvements this summer
By Charles Sercombe It’s been about 10 years since the city installed playground equipment in the front section of Veterans Park, and that equipment has seen some hard use…
A possible solution to the parking meters
If there is one thing Hamtramckans can agree on, it is that the Jos. Campau parking meters are terrible. Many folks find the meter system confusing, at least, and oftentimes…
