City council kicks off the new year with a new face
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly-elected city councilmember summed up his inauguration with just a few words. “Today is the best day of my life,” said Muhtasin Sadman. The political newcomer…
With caution, license plate readers will help
In December, the city council OK’d the purchase of 15 cameras that will be used by the Police Department to read license plates. The department said the cameras will come…
‘Newsmaker of the Year:’ A cultural lightning rod
By Charles Sercombe With the year 2023 now behind us, it’s time, once again, to name Hamtramck’s “Newsmaker of the Year.” By newsmaker, we mean a person or issue…
City council inauguration ceremony this Sunday
By Charles Sercombe A new political cycle starts next week. Incumbent City Councilmembers Mohammed Hassan and Mohammed Alsomiri will once again take an oath of office at a ceremony being…
Time for a reset for the Board of Education
Happy New Year! With our 2023 Year In Review behind us, we now look forward to another year, chockfull of news. Hamtramck has no shortage of news. One thing we’d…
Part two of our ‘Year in Review’
By Charles Sercombe This week we continue with our look back at the year 2023. JULY After a year’s delay in dedicating Hamtramck’s newest park, it finally got done. But…
Take a look back on the first six months of the year
By Charles Sercombe Well, here we are at the end of 2023. With the year largely in our review mirror, we once again follow our tradition of presenting a two-part…
Breaking news … PNC Bank robbed by lone male suspect
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police are seeking information about a bank robbery that happened on Tuesday (Dec. 19) at PNC Bank. The robbery was reported at about 4 p.m.,…
City Hall Insider … 12/15/23
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Nov. 14, and…
Former county jail nurses file whistleblower’s lawsuit
By Charles Sercombe Allegations of wrongdoing keep piling up at Wayne County’s Dickerson Jail here in Hamtramck. In the latest development, two former nurse employees, Tanzy Huddleston and Shermanstine Morrow,…
