City needs a loan or it will go broke
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck officials are crossing their fingers that a bank will loan the city $2 million within the next several weeks. If no bank is willing to offer…
Breaking news … Bodies of missing Hamtramck women have been found
March 26, 3:30 p.m. By Charles Sercombe The case of two missing Hamtramck women has turned into a matter of homicide. Police discovered the bodies of the two missing women,…
Community shows it won’t tolerate violence against women
By Charles Sercombe “We need to stand together tonight in defiance,” said Mayor Karen Majewski at a gathering of about 200 people last Friday evening. And defiance indeed was in…
Labor Day Festival is up in the air
By Charles Sercombe This year’s Labor Day Festival will truly take a major work of labor to make it happen. In order for it to occur, the Downtown Development Authority,…
In these needy times, soup kitchen’s return is a blessing
By Alan Madeleine Well, it’s not all bad news for the poor and needy. In spite of what may seem, here and around the country, something like a war on…
City council splits on vote to fire and hire new city manager
Update: March 19, 2001. We erroneously reported that the city council split on the vote to hire Erik Tungate as Hamtramck’s new Acting City Manager. The vote was actually 3-2,…
City Hall Insider …
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The city council met on March 13, and all…
City officials hold a discussion on replacing the city manager
By Charles Sercombe Last Friday, the city council held a special meeting to consider hiring Hamtramck’s former Director of Community & Economic Development, Eric Tungate, as Acting City Manager. However,…
City faces a financial meltdown
UPDATE, March 9, 2012: In a not an unexpected move, the city council and Mayor Karen Majewski fired City Manager Bill Cooper at a special meeting on Wednesday evening. The…
‘Hamtramck Blowout’ still captures the best of Detroit’s music scene
By Alan Madeleine The Blowout has blown through once again. Marred this year, after closing time on Friday evening, by a truly ugly incident (see separate story, below) involving three…
