Hamtown Movers and Shakers
By Alan R. Madeleine Who he is: John Rostek, a teacher at Hamtramck High School who is holding a unique fundraiser for the school district. Let’s drop in on John…
Street Life:During spring, Hamtramck jumps into action
By Walter Wasacz A lot goes on in a typical week in Hamtramck. Expand the range of activity over a month, and the city reaches a point close to bursting…
Easter service guide for Holy week …
Church of Transfiguration 5838 Simon K, 892-1310 Holy Saturday: Blessing of Easter baskets: 11, 11:30 a.m., noon; Easter Vigil and Mass, 6 p.m. Easter Sunday: Resurrection Mass (in Polish), 8:…
Students load up on health and physical fitness
By Charles Sercombe When you tell someone to “go take a hike,” well, that’s generally not considered a good thing. But on Saturday morning, if you said that to the…
Hamtown Mover and Shaker …
By Alan R. Madeleine Who she is: Tamara Sochacka is the Director of the Hamtramck Public Library. Since she was so wonderfully thorough in her responses, in spite of not…
The ‘Legend of Pinky Deras’ keeps growing
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Little League pitcher and legend Art “Pinky” Deras has been enjoying a perfect game the last couple of years. Deras was recently the subject of a…
Talk Back …
Ever wonder about the story behind the story in Hamtramck? It’s not often we get a chance to pull the curtain back and let our readers in on some of…
School arts festival takes on an edgier side
By Charles Sercombe Is Hamtramck High School getting … ah … avant-garde? Judging by Tuesday evening’s arts festival at the community center, you might walk away from the event thinking…
Yemeni community rallies to support its homeland
By Charles Sercombe Libya may be getting all the media attention lately because of U.S. attacks on the government, but there is another Arab country also undergoing a revolt. And…
Gas leak likely led to a huge house explosion
By Charles Sercombe Thinking about fixing your gas stove any time soon? Unless you really know what you are doing, you might want to hire out that work. Hamtramck fire…
