Cost to renovate historic baseball stadium is not cheap
By Charles Sercombe The price tag is in for how much it will cost to renovate the historic Hamtramck Stadium. Prepare for a sticker shock. The cost is…
Road repair to begin on Holbrook
By Charles Sercombe The good news is that Holbrook will be totally reconstructed and repaved, from Jos. Campau to Conant, starting this Monday (July 23). The bad news is…
Schools superintendent says this will be his last year on the job
By Charles Sercombe After 40 years serving the Hamtramck Public Schools District, Superintendent Tom Niczay announced he will retire at the end of this upcoming school year. “I started…
ICE denies it made a sweep
By Charles Sercombe According to the Muslim civil rights advocacy group CAIR, federal agents with the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency have been active in Hamtramck looking for…
Deadline approaches for recycling
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s monthly recycling program is close to being trashed. Volunteers are needed to take over the drop-off center on Caniff in the city-owned parking lot…
City budget sets the stage for debate on future Fire Department funding
By Charles Sercombe City officials recently adopted their new budget for the city but there is already a financial bump in the road. The coming budget year, which…
Summer crime watch: trash cans and carjackings
By Charles Sercombe What in the heck is it with people stealing city-issued trash cans? Once again there has been a rash – three so far – of…
City lot sale under investigation
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Anam Miah is asking the city administration to look into the sale of a Caniff lot to a local developer. The lot,…
Historic baseball stadium scores big with Comerica Bank
By Alan Madlane You can’t keep a good stadium down. Just before Christmas last year, we wrote about Hamtramck Stadium getting a formal review done on its restoration.…
Alley repairs pick up where they left off from last year
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s alley repair program has begun its second year. Last week work began on ripping up and repaving the alley on the west side of…
