This weekend is the city’s chance to shine
Once again, Hamtramck will welcome a few thousand visitors this weekend for the annual Labor Day Festival. This festival has been running for almost every year since 1980, and it’s…
As the school year approaches, HPS has challenges ahead
By Charles Sercombe As the new school year approaches, there are a number of issues facing the school district and its students. Per recent media reports, U.S. school attendance has…
The latest on Al and Lori in Maui
Last week, we featured a story about Hamtramck native Al Ulman and his wife Lori losing their home in the recent Maui fire. Here is the latest update Al gave…
Police surveillance cameras are not to be taken lightly
Lately, the city council has been considering installing surveillance cameras throughout the city in order for the police department to detect stolen vehicles, or cars that are connected with crimes.…
Non profit spreads its message of helping the less fortunate
By Alan Madlane One New Humanity is a local non-profit that does a lot of community good around these parts. And karma must be with them too, as they…
School district to give it one more shot for a millage renewal
By Charles Sercombe As the American proverb goes: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” And that’s just what the Hamtramck Public School District is doing in order…
Local couple lose it all in Maui fire
By Charles Sercombe By now, most of us are aware of the deadly fire that has destroyed virtually the whole town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in…
Supporting our schools will take more effort
This week, the Hamtramck Public School District’s Board of Education decided to try again for the renewal of its “sinking fund” millage. Last week, voters crushed the request by a…
City, schools and non-profit in line for big bucks in state budget
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is getting a huge financial lift from the state’s new 2024 budget. That budget includes $500,000 for a local non-profit organization, NAYA, where Hamtramck’s State…
Mayor Ghalib and his campaign consultant: ‘In like Flynn’?
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Amer Ghalib has once again found himself in the middle of a political controversy. Ghalib, who is the city’s first Yemeni-American to become Hamtramck’s mayor, was…
