Paczki Day is Hamtramck’s version of Mardi Gras
By Charles Sercombe On Thursday as we were getting ready to go to press, you could almost smell it in the air. Paczki Day. Yes, it’s that time…
ZBA rejects mosque design
By Charles Sercombe It’s back to the drawing board for those wishing to open a mosque at the northwest corner of Jos. Campau and Caniff. At the Zoning Board…
City officials agree on plan to eliminate budget deficit
By Charles Sercombe City officials found a way to eliminate the city’s budget deficit and guess who’s going to be hit up? Chances are, it will be you. The city…
New business zone will open up industrial site
By Charles Sercombe An area that was once strictly zoned for industrial activity may be opened up for other types of businesses. The Plan Commission will consider at its…
New study ranks Hamtramck Pubic Schools much higher than state does
By Charles Sercombe If you factor in the effects of Hamtramck’s nearly 50 percent poverty rate, the public school district here is performing fairly well. That’s the finding of…
Wife shoots husband to death while arguing
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s first homicide of the year was the result of an argument between a husband and his wife. Police investigators could not go into details of…
School district’s health center gets a shot in the arm
By Ian Perrotta Right in the nick of time, the Hamtramck School-Based Health Center (HSBHC) has received a grant that will allow it to continue providing its current level…
Federal law played a role in city’s zoning law
By Charles Sercombe So, just how did a mosque get permission to take over one of the city’s largest commercial buildings located in the heart of the business…
Police arrest suspected crime crew
By Charles Sercombe A major crime wave has apparently come to an abrupt halt. For the past few weeks, over a dozen street robberies have occurred throughout the city,…
Disturbance at medical clinic opened door to shutting it down
By Charles Sercombe June 4, 2012 was probably the day that sealed the fate of Dr. Basil Qandil, whose Jos. Campau medical clinic was shut down last week following…
