By Charles Sercombe All right, Hamtramck fans of recycling. We’ve got another chance to make this thing work, financially-speaking. Although the city can no longer afford to keep the program…
By Charles Sercombe Every year the Hamtramck Goodfellows manage to scrape up enough money to feed a few thousand needy families. Some years, the Goodfellows have to dip into their…
Charles Sercombe No means no – at least when it comes to the state Treasury officials’ answer to Hamtramck’s ongoing request to file for bankruptcy. City and state officials met…
By Ian Perrotta The spirit of Thanksgiving was thick in the air this past week. It started last Friday with a Thanksgiving dinner at People’s Community Services (PCS). A group…
Topic: How to fix city’s finances By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck has once again found itself in the eye of a media storm. The city made national headlines last week, and…
By Charles Sercombe It now appears Peoples State Bank has taken a turn for the worse, financially-speaking. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. )FDIC) has downgraded the bank from “significantly undercapitalized”…
By Charles Sercombe An owner of a Jeep wasn’t about to let a carjacker get away on Monday afternoon. A man returning from Peoples State Bank saw another man in…
By Ian Perrotta It may be the world’s oldest sport, but this year’s Cosmos wrestlers are relatively young and inexperienced. No matter – they’re always up for a challenge. Although…
By Ian Perrotta The internet may have been down in Hamtramck this week, but at the Horizon Adult/Alternative Education Center the computers were up-and-running. On Tuesday (Nov. 16) the school…
By Charles Sercombe It’s a no go for the city’s request to file for bankruptcy. In late-breaking news, a representative from the state Treasury Department said the state will not…