School millage is not over
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck school officials aren’t taking “no” for an answer. At last week’s Public School Board meeting, boardmembers vowed to ask voters a second time to renew a…
Cause of fatal fire unknown
By Charles Sercombe Investigators say they cannot pinpoint the cause of a house fire that killed a family of four on Feb. 17. But one possibility has been ruled out:…
City parks will never look the same after this year
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s three city-owned parks are about to get a half million dollar makeover. Plans for the park improvements were unveiled last week at a special city…
Election investigation underway
By Charles Sercombe Last Tuesday’s school millage election is now a crime scene. City Clerk August Gitschlag turned over anonymous campaign literature distributed to what appears to be…
City prepares to plug delinquent water bills
By Charles Sercombe Behind in paying your water bill? If so, you better get a payment plan in place with the City of Hamtramck. The city is aiming to…
School millage proposal gets voted down by voters
By Charles Sercombe A last-minute stealth – and possibly illegal – campaign against the public school district’s millage proposal election paid off. The millage proposal, which was voted on Tuesday,…
Breaking news … School millage defeated
By Charles Sercombe A last-minute stealth – and possibly illegal – campaign against the public school district’s millage renewal election paid off. The millage proposal, which was voted on Tuesday,…
Family of four trapped in a house fire die
By Charles Sercombe Paczki Day got off to a tragic start early Tuesday morning. Shortly before 2 a.m. a fierce fire broke out in a home in the…
School millage on Tuesday’s ballot
By Charles Sercombe Maybe you have seen a few yellow and black lawn signs around town saying: “Vote yes for the non-homestead millage renewal.” Or maybe you can’t see…
City on a roll in grants
By Charles Sercombe Sometimes, it pays to be a city in financial trouble. Hamtramck is one of 11 financially-distressed communities to receive part of an $8 million grant from…
