Guest Editorial: Fire Prevention Month focuses on safe cooking
By Matthew Wyszczelski Hamtramck Fire Chief October is Fire Prevention Month, and, to kick things off, the National Fire Protection Agency and the Hamtramck Fire Department will be teaming up…
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…
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…
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…
City council should clean up its own act
Recently, the city council agreed to limit the time allotted for public comment at council meetings. The new rule allows for only 30 minutes, total, for the public to have…
A hardy ‘thanks’ to all of the festival volunteers
We can’t praise Hamtramck Labor Day Festival organizers and volunteers enough for their service this past weekend. Hamtramck once again racked up another successful festival weekend, and in fact it…
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…
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.…
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…
Failure of school millage only punishes our students
Hamtramck voters have spoken, and have resoundingly rejected a public school millage request. What a shame. The only ones who will be hurt by this cruel thumbs-down are the school…
