For African-Americans, it’s been a long road to city council
By Charles Sercombe Last Tuesday’s city council election was a historical moment for Hamtramck. It’s been 91 years since the last African-American (Dr. James Henderson) was elected…
Ambassador to Bangladesh is the toast of town
By Charles Sercombe It was a whirlwind weekend for Dan Mozena, the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh. Mozena attended several events in his honor in Hamtramck, all…
Mayor Majewski wins a third term
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Karen Majewski once again beat challenger Abdul Algazali in a tight race. Algazali trailed Majewski by 98 votes. In the city council race for the…
Election Day tidbits ….
By Charles Sercombe TV and newspaper reporters are swarming Hamtramck. Well, maybe “swarming” is overstating it, but several reporters were in town trying to find…
Election is already heating up in city hall
By Charles Sercombe Voters wasted no time casting their ballots in Hamtramck. On Monday, a day before election day, dozens of voters took care of two…
Sunday evening fire leads to death of a woman and three injured
By Charles Sercombe It’s not official, but it appears that a woman who fell asleep smoking in bed set a house on fire on Belmont St. Sunday night.…
Community garden project going to the auction block
“They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell By Charles Sercombe Fear not garden lovers. The Hamtown Farms will…
Candidates give their last shot
By Charles Sercombe There were no attacks, no bombshells or outlandish promises at last Thursday’s Meet the Candidates Night. In fact, it seemed more…
Assault victim getting better, but will likely never be the same
By Charles Sercombe In a rare move, one of the teens accused of severely beating a southend resident has agreed to an early plea deal and will…
Frustration grows over election charges and lack of ‘sensitivity’
By Charles Sercombe The Bangladeshi-American community rallied last Friday in protest to three members of that community facing a felony charge of illegally handling absentee ballots in…
