Hamtramck teen drowns in Detroit River
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is mourning. Nadaa Thabeet, 16 years old, died last Sunday. The teenager and her 11-year-old sister apparently, according to her family, were swept away by a…
State has a deal for teachers to retire early
By Charles Sercombe For some Hamtramck public school teachers and other staff members, summer vacation will be a time to think about retiring. A new state teacher retirement plan has…
This weekend, there will be dancing in the streets
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz I’m up to my neck in techno these days, getting ready for the impressively massive Movement…
Cosmos baseball team strikes out the competition
By Ian Perrotta With the season winding to a close, the Cosmos baseball team is closing in on their goal of a .500 season. Two weeks ago (May 15), the…
Council four made a reckless financial decision
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a majority of councilmembers decided to commit financial suicide. Councilmembers Tom Jankowski, Cathie Gordon, Kazi Miah and Mohammed Hassan refused to step up and make…
For some councilmembers, they need to focus on job at hand, not higher office
Between 2005, when the new city charter was implemented, and 2009, the City Council and the mayor, working with the city manager, adopted four balanced budgets. Those budgets realistically spent…
Elected leaders would rather see Hamtramck die than dare raise taxes
No one likes to hear about raising taxes. But not all tax increases are equal. Take the case of Hamtramck where the City Council has the option of raising property…
Let’s keep shining a light on local government
Recently, we had a chat with Hamtramck City Manager Bill Cooper who gave us an interesting tip. There is pending legislation in the Michigan House in which local governments would…
Hamtramck students well represented in essay contest
In an essay contest open to all students and all schools in Metropolitan Detroit for grades 4-8, HPS had two of the five winners out of approximately 5000 entries. The…
