In these needy times, soup kitchen’s return is a blessing
By Alan Madeleine Well, it’s not all bad news for the poor and needy. In spite of what may seem, here and around the country, something like a war on…
City council splits on vote to fire and hire new city manager
Update: March 19, 2001. We erroneously reported that the city council split on the vote to hire Erik Tungate as Hamtramck’s new Acting City Manager. The vote was actually 3-2,…
City Hall Insider …
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The city council met on March 13, and all…
City officials hold a discussion on replacing the city manager
By Charles Sercombe Last Friday, the city council held a special meeting to consider hiring Hamtramck’s former Director of Community & Economic Development, Eric Tungate, as Acting City Manager. However,…
City faces a financial meltdown
UPDATE, March 9, 2012: In a not an unexpected move, the city council and Mayor Karen Majewski fired City Manager Bill Cooper at a special meeting on Wednesday evening. The…
‘Hamtramck Blowout’ still captures the best of Detroit’s music scene
By Alan Madeleine The Blowout has blown through once again. Marred this year, after closing time on Friday evening, by a truly ugly incident (see separate story, below) involving three…
21-year-old man carjacks and sexually assaults three women, police say
By Charles Sercombe UPDATE: (March 5, 2012) Tonio David Dace, 21, was arraigned today in Hamtramck 31st District Court on 11 felony counts in connection with the carjacking of four…
Finally, a southend eyesore will now come down
By Charles Sercombe It’s been a year since three houses on the end of Faber St. burned. The cause of the fire is not known, but the damage that took…
Search goes on for two women
UPDATE: On Friday, it was learned through police sources that investigators are searching vacant houses somewhere on the west side of Detroit where a vehicle matching the description of the…
Voters go for Santorum in Tuesday’s election
By Charles Sercombe You could hardly tell there was an election on Tuesday in Hamtramck, but indeed there was one. And what a weird one it was. A paltry 645…
