Let the Paczki Day festivities begin: Hamtramck will be party city
Breaking news … An arctic blast is coming Paczki Day is going to be bitter cold this Tuesday. According to weather forecasts, the high on Tuesday will be about…
Poletown gets an extension
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s financial picture brightened a little bit this past week. But don’t get your hopes too high. Last week it was announced that GM won’t shut down…
A familiar problem faces the city
By Charles Sercombe The City of Hamtramck is once again facing a financial challenge. Scratch that. It’s a crisis. At last week’s city council meeting, City Manager Kathy Angerer…
Students and cars, a lethal mix
By Charles Sercombe For the past year, an after-school ritual has played out in the neighborhood of Brombach near Evaline. At about 3 p.m. some male students leaving…
For some clubgoers, a night out isn’t complete without whippets
By Charles Sercombe You’ve probably have noticed those little silver cannisters on the ground, maybe at the curb or in parking lots. For those who cook, you will know…
So far, no takers on police offer
By Charles Sercombe It’s been a couple of months now since the city OK’d a new police officers’ contract that pays officers to cross-train as firefighters. Despite the offer…
Poletown Plant’s future? GM is not saying
By Charles Sercombe If production at the GM Poletown Plant does shut down for good this June, what exactly will happen to the site? That’s a question city officials…
Brrrr … Need we say more?
By Charles Sercombe If you are reading this, you survived. Survived, that is, the polar vortex that caused a historic deep freeze for the past few days. How…
Mayor sees a much bigger problem among councilmembers
By Charles Sercombe The worst problem confronting the city council is not whether councilmembers are assaulting each other. Instead, said Mayor Karen Majewski at last Tuesday’s emotional council…
Breaking news … During extreme cold, Hamtramck warming centers are open to the public
By Charles Sercombe During this bitter cold spell, the city is opening its doors for those without heat at home, or who are homeless, or just suddenly cold. Hamtramck…
