With less than two months to go, EM has plenty left to do
By Charles Sercombe It’s been about a month since city officials interviewed two finalists for the city manager job. It’s now up to Emergency Manager Cathy Square to decide who…
Councilmember makes a payment on fine, but still owes campaign reports
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan said it’s a “lie” that he owes a $3,000 fine for not filing campaign reports for his unsuccessful run for state representative in…
Radio station report revisits call to prayer issue
By Charles Sercombe Last week Detroit public radio station WDET-FM ran a series of stories on Hamtramck. One of the stories was about the Islamic call to prayer, and how…
City real estate up for sale
By Charles Sercombe In the past few months the city has been in the real estate business. Recently, about six dilapidated houses were sold off, ranging from $3,000 each to…
School building tax passes by slim majority in low voter turnout
By Charles Sercombe Let the repairs begin. The Hamtramck Public School District’s millage won by 22 votes on Tuesday. The millage will bring in $750,000 a year for the district…
Push is on for school building repair millage
By Charles Sercombe The election season is coming a little early this year in Hamtramck. The public school district is asking voters to approve a 4-mill tax proposal next…
Councilman owes $3,000 in campaign fines
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan’s campaign to become a State Representative has run into potential trouble. According to campaign records from the Wayne County Elections Division, Hassan owes…
Fourth person charged with illegal handling of absentee ballots
By Charles Sercombe Criminal prosecution against four Hamtramck men charged with illegally handling absentee ballots last year has been postponed. Armani Asad, 33, Salim Ahmed, 50, Russell Mohammed, 32 and…
School supporters rally for millage
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to Hamtramck’s public schools, you couldn’t ask for a more passionate booster than Steve Hughes. He and his wife, Anne,…
City manager search narrows down to two candidates
By Charles Sercombe City officials got a chance to weigh in on who should be the next city manager. But instead of focusing on the two candidates,…
