By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck drivers, you can ease up … a little. A backlog of traffic tickets has led to putting the brakes on the Police Department’s overtime traffic patrol…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s reliance on traffic ticket fines is nothing new. And the fallout from it is a case of “déjà-vu all over again” (sorry Yogi Berra). Oh, where…
There’s a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Let’s go strollin’. There’s a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Whose heart I’ve stolen. There’s a moon out tonight, (Whoa-oh-oh ooo.) Let’s…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck city officials say they have no other options left to save the city money. They are now looking into the cost-savings of outsourcing police, fire and…
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to the patrons of the Shadow Bar who get into fights and shootings, City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan has this solution for police officers called…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s School Board has elected to go into a new direction. The board has changed leaders by deciding not to elect Titus Walters as president of the…
By Ian Perrotta By now you’ve probably seen it on TV or heard about it from someone else, but that doesn’t mean last Thursday’s (Jan. 6) Town Hall meeting is…
By Ian Perrotta “I’m not willing to pay any more taxes.” – Former City Councilmember Dr. Abdul Algazali, as he denounced the council and accused them of not making necessary…
By Charles Sercombe It looks like Hamtramck will head straight into being broke by March. Four City Councilmembers formed a majority vote to reject applying for a $2.5 million state…
By Charles Sercombe We don’t know about you, but for many folks the year 2010 just flat out sucked. The economy was still in the crapper, more people lost their…