Mayor Ghalib and the company he keeps
When Mayor Amer Ghalib ran for office, he promised he would be all about unity. Well, it’s been over a year now since he won the election, and there’s been…
Mayor Ghalib and former Trump official: joining political forces?
By Charles Sercombe They say that politics can make strange bedfellows. And for those unfamiliar with the phrase, it means “that political alliances in a common cause may bring…
New law has its critics
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck has a new law, aimed at protecting minorities from intimidation. But not everyone is welcoming the new law. For the past few weeks, the law…
Despite some political divisions, the city moves on
While Hamtramck’s culture war continues to grow, attracting local and national media attention, there are some good things happening. Most notably, the promised $16 million coming from the state to…
Website calls for the firing of the HPS superintendent
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is all over social media. One website about the city focuses on the Hamtramck Public School District, and, more specifically for the most part, Superintendent Jaleelah…
Tree grant coming this way
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is about to get greener. We’re not talking green as in financial grants, the creation of more parks, or the worst dread in the world…
Guest Editorial: Hamtramck Museum: 10 years later and just beginning
By Greg Kowalski This may sound odd, but a museum that always looks at the past will have no future. Sure, a historical museum lives for the past, but it…
Street repaving continues to roll on for this year and next
By Charles Sercombe As residents on Caniff, between Conant and Buffalo, already know, the street is now open for traffic. After a whole summer of tearing out the old…
Mayor kicks former mayor off DDA
By Charles Sercombe The bad blood between former Mayor Karen Majewski and current Mayor Amer Ghalib continues to boil. In the latest development, at last night’s city council meeting,…
Speak up or wait until later
By Charles Sercombe If you want to speak to the city council during public comment, you better get there a little early. The council recently adopted a new rule…
