New playscape ready to be unveiled
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly revamped playscape in the front portion of Veterans Park is getting the grand treatment this Saturday morning. That’s when the city’s Parks Conservancy will…
City officials call for divestment and boycott of Israel, a first in the state
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck made history last week. As it was widely reported in local media, Hamtramck’s mayor and city council passed a resolution calling for the city to…
City pays for political snub
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib has joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in endorsing Detroit City Councilmember Mary Waters for her run for congress. Waters is challenging current first-term…
Veterans Park will see a number of improvements this summer
By Charles Sercombe It’s been about 10 years since the city installed playground equipment in the front section of Veterans Park, and that equipment has seen some hard use…
It’s batter-up for Juneteenth celebration
By Alan Madlane Juneteenth is coming up soon, and once again, Hamtramck aims to hit it out of the park in celebration. We’re referring to the 3rd Annual Hamtramck Stadium…
St. Ladislaus will soon be saying its last prayers
By Charles Sercombe For the past several years, the St. Ladislaus Parish has been existing on borrowed time. That time is now up. Recently, Fr. Tomasz Pietrzak of St. Florian…
State grant will go for new fire gear
By Charles Sercombe The grants keep pouring into Hamtramck. The latest is one worth $88,651, and it goes to the fire department. The money is earmarked for the purchase…
Charges dropped for former city councilmember
By Charles Sercombe Former city councilmember Ian Perrotta is no longer facing criminal charges. Last July, both Ian and his twin brother, Andrew, who are 38, were charged with felonies…
Bang the drum slowly for Keyworth Stadium’s loss of the DCFC
By Charles Sercombe As many already know, the Detroit City Football Club (DCFC), also known affectionately as LeRouge, will soon have a new home field in Detroit’s fabled Corktown.…
New HPS school chief steps up – again
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Public School District’s game of musical chairs over who will be the next acting superintendent continues. A few weeks ago, the board bid goodbye…
