Guest Editorial … Every Neighbor program continues to grow and improve
By Max Gilginas Every Neighbor volunteers are incredibly proud of the work we accomplished this year. The program gained 10 new core volunteers and served over 50 households. This is…
Labor Day Festival shines a light on city
Once again, Hamtramck put on another successful Labor Day Festival this past weekend. And once again, the festival made Hamtramck proud. The three-day festival provided a diverse offering of live…
Parking meters should be customer-friendly
Last week, we published a guest editorial urging city officials not to renew their contract with the city’s parking meter contractor. While the writer of the editorial focused on privacy…
Guest Editorial … Why Hamtramck should get rid of its parking meters
By Angela Schöpke-Gonzalez When the City of Hamtramck (City) entered into a contract with Municipal Parking Services (MPS) for the provision of parking services through MPS’ Sentry System, the system…
It’s time to hold HPS boardmembers accountable
We have talked about the prolonged absences of two city councilmembers and the hardship it had created for the four remaining councilmembers to carry on city business. The city has…
Guest Editorial: Why is the mayor silent on alleged election law violations?
By Scott Klein The dark forces of American politics paid a visit to Hamtramck to have a look around. It wasn’t the first visit, and undoubtedly it will not be…
To serve Hamtramck, remain hyper-local
We say this as a matter of caution. The mayor and city council struck out twice with respect to who they supported in the Democratic Primary Election for who will…
Guest Editorial: Building on Hamtramck’s past …
By Greg Kowalski I had a chance meeting recently with Will Mundel, one of the owners of the new Florian East Lagers & Ales brewery opening soon on Jos. Campau.…
In this school board election, choose wisely
For a change, Hamtramck voters have a wide selection of candidates to choose from in the upcoming school board election in November. There are six candidates vying for two seats…
New police chief ushers in a new era
From our perspective, Hamtramck’s new police chief, Jamiel Altaheri, is making all the right moves. For the past couple of months, the chief has been getting out in the community,…
