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Jan 6 12Parents are increasingly becoming involved in their schools »
By Charles Sercombe The word is getting out. School is the place to be. For parents. A new group of parents have formed a Parent Teacher Association in the public and charter schools, and are seeking to get more parents involved. So far, 50 members…
Jan 27 12 / No Comment / Read More »City budget is tip top, for last year »
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s finances look really good. Well, for the fiscal year of 2011 — which ended last June 30 — that is. That was the word from the city’s audit company, Alan C. Young & Associates. Jay Wilds, who represented the company, met…
Jan 27 12 / No Comment / Read More »Let’s take a look ahead at the next 12 months »
By Charles Sercombe We are now three weeks into the New Year, and it’s time to polish our crystal ball and take a look into the year ahead. What do we have to look forward to in 2012? Well, the big story of 2011 was…
Jan 20 12 / No Comment / Read More »Hamtramck’s future tied with HP? »
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s financial survival may depend on two key things: Providing police and fire services to Highland Park, and getting retired public employees to agree to a less expensive health insurance and/or kick in co-pays. Those topics were among several options and issues…
Jan 20 12 / 3 Comments / Read More »New coffee house offers a cup of ‘courage’ »
By Alan R. Madeleine Reverend Chilly Chilton and his “Real Church” are probably well-known to you, if you walk the downtown stretch of Caniff Street…
Jan 20 12 / 1 Comment / Read More »Hamtramck’s Census shows an ever-changing face »
By Alan R. Madeleine Is Hamtramck still Michigan’s “Little Poland”? Or does it seem like it’s becoming “Asia West”? Or some combination of both? The…
Jan 13 12 / No Comment / Read More »Christmas past much like today »
By Greg Kowalski Christmas 75 years ago was surprisingly similar to Christmas today. The world was in a simmering turmoil, with people looking at a…
Dec 23 11 / No Comment / Read More »Rats! Hamtramck still has a rodent problem »
By Charles Sercombe Is Hamtramck indeed “Rat City”? Well, brace yourselves. According to a poll of 200 Detroit area residents, Hamtramck is the fourth “rattiest”…
Dec 9 11 / No Comment / Read More »Between the Lines … »
Between the Lines is a column that looks at the story behind the stories and people we come across. By Charles Sercombe We zig, we…
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