By Charles Sercombe Mayor Ameer Ghalib has found himself on the defensive about a comment he made as to the qualifications for one to be the next city manager.…
By Charles Sercombe It’s hard to believe but one week from now, the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival will return. This year promises to be bigger and better. Last year, because…
By Charles Sercombe Three candidates for the Hamtramck Public School District Board of Education won’t have to campaign to win a seat on the board. That’s because they are all…
By Charles Sercombe The abrupt resignations of City Manager Kathy Angerer and City Attorney James Allen recently left the mayor and some councilmembers a bit confused. A few weeks…
By Charles Sercombe A prominent community activist is once again being charged with sexually assaulting of a special education high school student. Two years ago, Ibrahim Aljahim was faced…
By Charles Sercombe There is going to be a shake-up in the city’s Human Relations Commission, the mayor has said. The commission became embroiled in a controversy about displaying…
By Charles Sercombe Updating the city’s animal ordinance has turned out to be no ordinary task. An issue arose when some in the city’s Muslim community noticed that, in a…
By Charles Sercombe State Rep. Abraham Aiyash of Hamtramck has easily cruised to a second term. And that’s thanks to Hamtramck voters who gave him a huge boost…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck 31st District Court Judge Alexis Krot will not face disciplinary measures from the way she treated an elderly cancer patient several months ago. That decision…
The following is a letter, released by the Michigan Judicial Commission to Hamtramck 31st District Court Judge Alexis Krot, about her treatment of an elderly man who had received a…