Now comes the hard part in creating city’s historical museum
It won’t be long before Hamtramckans get a special look into their history. On Sept. 30 the city, in conjunction with the Hamtramck Historical Commission, completed a deal to buy…
HARVEST FEST!
Here are some video highlights and a slideshow from The Polish Art Center. Be sure to check out our Photo Gallery as well for more images!…
For every season, there’s a time to give
By Charles Sercombe Last Saturday’s sunny and summer-like temperatures made it a picture perfect day for just about anything. For a group of mostly Muslim youths, it was a day…
Plant’s closing is costly to the city
By Charles Sercombe Not only did about 2,000 union workers lose their jobs at American Axle & Manufacturing two years ago, Hamtramck also lost out. The city lost out, that…
A ripe weekend for a party
By Ian Perrotta If ideas are like seeds, then it only took six weeks for the Hamtramck Harvest Fest to bloom into fruition. This weekend (Oct. 16 and 17) the…
Sidewalk repair stalled over dispute
By Charles Sercombe Don’t look for any immediate repairs to the sidewalks at the Caniff-Gallagher intersection. And no one is more frustrated by that than Martin Ladd, the city’s Director…
A shopping trip that’s worth every penny
By Ian Perrotta The Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan is at it again. Last year, the non-profit organization out of Rochester donated six $1,000 mini-grants to teachers in the Hamtramck…
Hamtramck finally gets an answer
By Charles Sercombe After waiting months for an audit report from Detroit officials about a long-simmering dispute over shared tax revenues from GM’s Poletown plant, Hamtramck finally got an answer.…
‘Harvest Fest’ will offer something for everyone plus a whole lot of fun
By Ian Perrotta It’s just a week away – the first (of hopefully many) Hamtramck Harvest Fest. For anyone who hasn’t heard, with the success of this year’s Labor Day…
City’s dumping site sends out a confusing message
By Charles Sercombe Call it a mixed message. A so-called non-dumping site on the southend has become a dumping site for the city. Confused? You can only imagine what passersby…
