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By Alan Madlane The Hamtramck Historical Museum recently began…

Later, gator: A close encounter on Detroit’s Belle Isle

By Alan Madlane Lynn Blasey is well-known around…

An alley is reborn and Hamtramck throws a party

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck might be the only city…

Bugging out in Veterans Park …

By Charles Sercombe Things got awfully buggy last week…

Bengali-American headlines fundraiser for community-based cause

By Alan Madlane Like to have a good laugh,…

Historical Museum gets nearly $100,000 in state grant

By Alan Madeleine The State of Michigan recently announced…

Editorials

Sending out an SOS to state officials to act

As it turns out, the mess over the election results from last Tuesday is even worse than we feared. We’re not talking here about who won or lost,…

November 14, 20252 CommentsRead More

A new start politically – but, for many, doubts

Hamtramck’s election is now over, and we have new members on city council and a new mayor. Or do we? This election is now under a cloud of…

November 7, 20251 CommentRead More

News

Breaking news … Mayoral election is still a close one but is it over?

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck mayor-election Adam Alharbi is still the winner of the mayoral election.…

November 18, 2025No CommentRead More

City council calls for special meeting

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s city council is holding a special meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 18…

November 17, 2025No CommentRead More

Police chief says he never got city’s letter firing him

By Charles Sercombe Former Hamtramck Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri has been insisting that news…

November 14, 20251 CommentRead More

On the campaign trail … Tidbits of this and that from the election

By Charles Sercombe This year’s election is now fodder for various media outlets, and…

November 14, 2025No CommentRead More

Crime Log

Business

‘Discover Hamtramck’ spreads the message of development in the city

By Alan Madlane Hamtramck has a very active platform for self-promotion working out of city hall these days. They are called Discover Hamtramck, and we wanted to…

February 7, 2025No CommentRead More

It’s all in the family for this new Laundromat

By Charles Sercombe Finally, the northend of town has a much-needed service available. We’re talking about the need for a laundromat, one of which just opened at…

December 21, 2024No CommentRead More

Florian East offers a refreshing take on crafting beer

By Charles Sercombe For the first time in perhaps decades, Hamtramck has its own brewery. During the past week, Florian East, at 9350 Jos. Campau, has had…

August 30, 20241 CommentRead More

Photo Gallery

Vintage baseball comes to Hamtramck Stadium

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium came full circle last Saturday. When the stadium was first built, as…

May 24, 20191 CommentRead More

HHS Cosmos reach for the stars this season

By The Hamtramck Public School District As March…

Cosmos varsity basketball team is on a roll

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck High School Cosmos boys…

Cosmos basketball team is racking up impressive wins

By Alan Madlane The Hamtramck High School boys’ varsity…

Cosmos football team needs one more win for the history books

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck High School varsity…

Toast of the Town … Hamtramck delivers one last summery blast of fun

By Charles Sercombe Once again, Hamtramck served up…

Toast of the Town … ‘Desi Nights’ highlights the Bangladesh community

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Bangladesh community was in…

Toast of the Town … A message of unity, coney dogs and a celebration

By Charles Sercombe Last Saturday was one of…

Toast of the Town … A weekend of good health and celebrating a legend

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck had another busy weekend,…

City Hall Insider … 10/17/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Sept.…

City Hall Insider … 9/9/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Sept.…

City Hall Insider … 8/26/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Aug.…

City Hall Insider … 8/12/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Aug.…

News

‘Deadline Detroit’ podcast focuses on mayor’s Senate hearing

By Charles Sercombe Veteran Detroit journalists, and others, have weighed in on Mayor Amer Ghalib and his chances of being confirmed by the U.S. Senate for…

November 14, 2025No Comment

Features

Blowout: the streets were alive with the sound of music

By Charles Sercombe When it comes to the annual Hamtramck Blowout and weather traditions, this year was no different. And one of those traditions is this:…

March 28, 20252 Comments