School district unveils plan to close down Dickinson West
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…
Heavy snow doesn’t stop these girls from having a ball
By Ian Perrotta Snowflakes were falling last Saturday night (Feb. 5), but that didn’t cause the young girls of Hamtramck to flake out. Despite some terrible weather, the community’s fifth…
Council may take one more vote on loan
By Charles Sercombe The possibility of applying for an emergency state loan is not totally off the table for Hamtramck. The City Council held a heated debate over the merits…
Baseball stadium takes another step closer towards historical designation
By Ian Perrotta The baseball stadium at Veterans Park is seeking approval, and so far it’s getting it. In late December, the committee working to save the stadium received word…
Winter comes in with a mighty blast and a lot of TV hysteria
By Charles Sercombe There’s a word that wiseacres have coined for the overblown TV weather hype of snowstorms: “Snowpacolypse.” It makes fun of the over-the-top hysteria of weathercasters who might…
City hopes state settles Detroit dispute
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck officials took their dispute with Detroit to Lansing on Thursday. Unfortunately, they didn’t get back in town before we went to press that afternoon. City Manager…
Traffic tickets cause backlog for court
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…
Traffic patrol program has a familiar ring to it
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…
The new year already promises to be a page-turner
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…
Could outsourcing save the city?
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…
