By Ian Perrotta Hung over yet? If your answer is no, you’ve got some work to do – there are only two nights left of the Hamtramck Blowout. Now in…
By Charles Sercombe If Republican lawmakers in Lansing have their way – and it looks like they will – the days of iron-clad union contracts will become a thing of…
By Ian Perrotta Instead of checking out books last Saturday (Feb. 19) at the library, Hamtramckans had the chance to check out a gospel concert in celebration of Black History…
By Charles Sercombe Months of surveillance paid off for Hamtramck police investigators – and for residents as well. In the last three weeks, investigators busted two break-in crews that are…
By Charles Sercombe Getting some money back from your taxes? You might want to keep it to yourself. Last Saturday (Feb. 19), at 9:50 p.m. on the 11000 block of…
By Charles Sercombe You’d think with the record amount of snow this year, Hamtramck would be just about out of money to do any more plowing. Guess again. “We’re doing…
By Charles Sercombe A 27-year-old man charged with beating his girlfriend to death in the Hamtramck Senior Plaza apartments has also admitted to an unsolved Detroit homicide, police say. Benjamin…
By Charles Sercombe After weeks of haggling and passionate debate, the City Council agreed to apply for a $2.5 million emergency state loan in a special council meeting Wednesday evening.…
By Charles Sercombe Detroit is not exactly whipping out a checkbook yet, but there is a good chance that Hamtramck’s tax dispute with the city will be settled in the…
By Charles Sercombe The downsizing of Hamtramck’s public schools is taking shape. At last week’s School Board meeting, Superintendent Tom Niczay made available a one-page outline of what is going…