Murder suspect has record of drugs and violent behavior
By Charles Sercombe A 27-year-old man charged with beating his girlfriend to death in the Hamtramck Senior Plaza apartments has also admitted to an unsolved Detroit homicide, police say. Benjamin…
Council does about-face on state loan
By Charles Sercombe After weeks of haggling and passionate debate, the City Council agreed to apply for a $2.5 million emergency state loan in a special council meeting Wednesday evening.…
Poletown tax dispute may soon be settled
By Charles Sercombe Detroit is not exactly whipping out a checkbook yet, but there is a good chance that Hamtramck’s tax dispute with the city will be settled in the…
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…
