Taking Care of Business … Bengal Auto Sales
TCB (Taking Care of Business) explores Hamtramck’s business community. This week we talked to Gias Talukder, owner of Bengal Auto Sales. By Charles Sercombe It’s been several years since…
City councilmembers struggle to balance work and city duties
By Charles Sercombe Work and school duties have proven to be a problem for city councilmembers Mohammed Hassan and Adam Albarmaki. Both have missed a number of meetings this…
Midterm election is days away
By Charles Sercombe Next Tuesday, Nov. 8, is the big day. That’s when Americans go to their local polls to vote in the midterm election. It’s also the day when…
Get out and be a part of election history
For those thinking about sitting out the election next week, we suggest you get yourself involved. Why? For one thing, every election is important, and as a community and country…
With election coming up, Hamtramck’s cultural divide continues
By Charles Sercombe The American culture war has come to Hamtramck. Some Hamtramck Yemeni-American residents are urging voters to switch political parties over growing cultural issues involving LGBTQ and abortion…
Countdown to election day
By Charles Sercombe There’s just a little over a week before what many political observers are saying is one of the most important midterm elections this country has experienced…
Spread the word, a lot is at stake in this election
We can’t emphasize how important it is to vote Nov. 8. The upcoming election is known as the “midterm,” which is when voters decide, after the first two years of…
School Bell … 10/’21/22
Halloween fun Does the prospect of having your kids running around on Halloween night, well, scare you? Hamtramck may just have your solution. Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 5-7 p.m. in…
Hamtramckan is an eye-witness to the Ukrainian refugee crisis
By Alan Madlane There are those who talk about taking bold action. Then there are those who actually see a bad situation, and then throw themselves into it, to…
With the return of water shutoffs, homeowners are paying up
By Charles Sercombe For about two years, during the height of the covid pandemic, the state forbade communities from shutting off water service because of non-payment. Those days have been…
