New laundromat offers rock-bottom prices
By Charles Sercombe You heard it here first. It costs only 75 cents to wash a load of clothes at the newly-opened City Coin Laundry, located on the city’s southend…
Al’s Corral makes a nostalgic – and welcomed – comeback
By Alan Madeleine Everything’s OK down at the Corral. That’s Al’s Corral, partner, and it’s once again open for business. Has been, in fact, since January of this year. The…
Lots going on for city’s main artery
By Charles Sercombe To listen to Community & Economic Development Director Jason Friedmann talk, you’d never think there’s a lingering economic slump. Hamtramck is bustling with new development, he says,…
St. Joe’s nursing home will host open house
Are you, or a member of your family, considering a move to a nursing home? On Monday (May 14), you can check out St. Joseph’s Healthcare Center, located at 9400…
Locally grown foods will once again come to town
By Charles Sercombe Good news for fans of fresh and organic foods. Hamtramck’s one and only Famers Market is setting up again, starting Wednesday, May 16. This year the group…
For this translation service, the world is at their desk
By Alan Madeleine One hears a lot of different tongues wagging on an average promenade down Jos. Campau in this town. Thankfully, there’s a business here, well-equipped to sort it…
Dudek Foods finds a new owner
By Charles Sercombe One of Hamtramck’s iconic businesses has shut down. But its products live on. Dudek Foods has been swallowed up by Hamtramck’s other iconic business, Kowalski Sausage Co.,…
The Clock gets a rewind, this time with soul
“Bless this bread, bless this meat. Bless this belly, ‘cause I’m gon’ eat!” – The Reverend Williams, from the 1997 film “Soul Food” By Alan “Deep South” Madeleine It seems…
Cat’s out of the bag, Volt to plug into the Super Bowl
By Charles Sercombe Move over Detroit. You had your moment in the national spotlight. Now, it’s Hamtramck’s turn to wow the television viewing audience of the NFL Super Bowl that’s…
At New Deluxe Bakery, time doesn’t stand still
By Alan R. Madeleine It seems, these days, that they’re dropping like flies. Another Hamtramck-area business will shut its doors for good this Saturday. The venerable New Deluxe Bakery will…
