By Ian Perrotta The spirit of Thanksgiving was thick in the air this past week. It started last Friday with a Thanksgiving dinner at People’s Community Services (PCS). A group of Hamtramck residents who call themselves the Melanics organized the meal as a way to give back to the community they live in. Each year, [...]
Topic: How to fix city’s finances By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck has once again found itself in the eye of a media storm. The city made national headlines last week, and may well have become the national poster child for financially distressed cities. Hamtramck stunned folks from here and to there for boldly asking permission from [...]
By Charles Sercombe It now appears Peoples State Bank has taken a turn for the worse, financially-speaking. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. )FDIC) has downgraded the bank from “significantly undercapitalized” to “critically undercapitalized.” A call to the bank for comment was not returned. The FDIC had previously ordered the bank to merge with another bank, [...]
By Charles Sercombe An owner of a Jeep wasn’t about to let a carjacker get away on Monday afternoon. A man returning from Peoples State Bank saw another man in his parked car swinging a hammer at the Jeep’s steering column, said auto theft investigator Greg Collins. The Jeep’s owner approached the man and tried [...]
By Ian Perrotta It may be the world’s oldest sport, but this year’s Cosmos wrestlers are relatively young and inexperienced. No matter – they’re always up for a challenge. Although the first match of the season isn’t until Dec. 2, when Hamtramck goes on the road to take on Warren Lincoln High School, the team [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Whenever Public Pool, the high-quality art and performance space on Caniff, has an opening reception or a special event, it’s a party. We mean a real good party, where the music flows, kids of all ages break out spontaneous dance moves, [...]
By Charles Sercombe The City Council met on Nov. 23 with all councilmembers in attendance. The meeting ran for over two-and-a-half hours. Whoa. Did someone spike the water cooler? The meeting descended into a ball of confusion almost from the get-go, but more on that later. First up was a moment for the public to [...]
Get a loan or go bankrupt. Those are the two choices facing Hamtramck. Gov. Jennifer Granholm doesn’t want Hamtramck to file for bankruptcy because it would likely open the floodgate for hundreds of other financially distressed communities in the state to do the same. Hamtramck officials don’t want a loan, saying it only puts off [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine Mike Kapusniak has seen plenty of Hamtramck’s recent history. Born at St. Francis Hospital (now the City Hall building) here in town; a grad of the old Hamtramck High (now the Glory Market complex), Class of ’66; a former member of the Charter Commission; the city still courses through him, even [...]
By Ian Perrotta The internet may have been down in Hamtramck this week, but at the Horizon Adult/Alternative Education Center the computers were up-and-running. On Tuesday (Nov. 16) the school celebrated the grand opening of its brand new computer lab. Thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, Horizon was [...]
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