Hamtramck Festival provides a rocking end to summer
By Charles Sercombe By all accounts, it looks like the annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival was another successful weekend. Although overshadowed by Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats…
Former Citizen publisher was a pioneer in newspaper industry
By Charles Sercombe In an industry dominated by men, Karen Spang stood out as the publisher of Hamtramck’s former newspaper of record, The Citizen. She came…
Friday night rains cause massive flood throughout city
By Charles Sercombe Can anyone say “lawsuit”? That’s what some residents might be talking about after last Friday night’s torrential rainfall that likely flooded hundreds of…
Hamtramck Labor Day Festival returns even bigger and better
By Charles Sercombe Hard to believe that summer has flown by. How do we know it’s getting to be around the end of summer? This weekend…
City officials reject EM’s financial fix
By Charles Sercombe What does the mayor and a majority of city councilmembers have to say about the financial recovery plan that was proposed by the emergency…
Hamtramck’s election controversies gets attention of local media
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s election controversies have grown legs. Last Saturday the Detroit News ran a story on leading mayoral candidate Abdul Algazali possibly being thrown out…
Emergency manager lays out plan for financial recovery
By Charles Sercombe City Council Chambers is usually a place where some residents come to vent, rant and yell. Curiously, that was anything but the case…
City lot clean-ups raise questions
By Charles Sercombe City lot clean-ups and grass cutting is back in business after a temporary spending freeze was lifted by Emergency Manager Cathy Square. …
EM releases financial plan for recovery
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck city employees and property owners are going to have to give up a little to turn the city’s financial situation around. Emergency…
Tax delinquency may come back to bite mayoral hopeful
By Charles Sercombe This could be a potential game changer in the mayoral election. On Friday (Aug. 9), three days after Tuesday’s Primary Election, it came…
