HHS soccer team on the road to regaining its title
By Ian Perrotta The Hamtramck High Boys Soccer Team is back, and they’re looking to score. After a heartbreaking defeat last year in the District Finals, the team has come…
Blight busters: who you gonna call?
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to blight, Hamtramck has no shortage. And now, thanks to a yearly federal grant, the city will have some extra change to fight overgrown…
It’s no easy roll for pot law
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s coming to grips with regulating the medical marijuana trade is turning into a long, strange trip. City Councilmembers have spent hours upon hours trying to come…
Peoples State Bank working out financial trouble
By Charles Sercombe Peoples State Bank officials are downplaying media reports that it is being forced by federal regulators to merge with another bank. But bank officials do concede there…
What’s all the fuss about HUSS?
By Ian Perrotta Like a fine wine, Hamtramck United Social Services (HUSS) just gets better with age. After almost four decades of coordinating the efforts of the city’s numerous social…
Space is the ‘Place’
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Place is the new desired space. “Psychogeography” is replacing the old mantra of “location, location, location”…
City Hall Insider …
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the scoop and the highlights – as well as the lowlights – of the latest council meeting. The City…
When it comes to city Promotions, it’s a good thing
City promotion. It’s a concept that most would agree is needed to attract visitors here so they will hopefully spend some money with our merchants. Hamtramck has been pretty good…
A Jos. Campau tradition gets resurrected
By Ian Perrotta This weekend, the shops on Jos. Campau will be taking it to the street – literally. It’s the 2nd Annual Sidewalk Sale. The sale is sponsored by…
Freeway car fire underscores safety threat to firefighters
By Charles Sercombe A suspected case of road rage tied up southbound traffic on I-75 for over four hours Monday afternoon. Michigan State Police are investigating the shooting of a…
