Things are getting a little overheated in City Hall these days. By the accounts of some city officials, you’d think the city was on the brink of a financial collapse. Can we say something? Calm down folks, and let’s put our heads together instead of pointing fingers and looking for someone to blame. What seems [...]
By David Piestrzynski If you’ve watched Hamtramck’s football team play this season, then you’ve probably seen Jonathan Blanding. On the field he was pretty much everywhere. Blanding, the team’s senior captain this season, starred for the Cosmos on both sides of the ball at running back and linebacker. This season, Blanding had 108 tackles and [...]
By David Piestrzynski This season didn’t go as planned for the Hamtramck’s football team. Its final game last Friday against Southfield Bradford Academy served as another disappointing loss for the Cosmos. They lost 30-8 in a game filled with missed opportunities on offense. Hamtramck threw five interceptions during the game, including three in the end [...]
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The City Council met on Oct. 26 with only Councilmember Kazi Miah absent. The meeting ran for over two hours. Do we want the highlights now or later? Oh, let’s get to the “good [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine The federal grant that the city received to help tear down, renovate or build houses is already paying dividends to one group of builders who had a different idea. Business partners Steve Hughes, 44, and Kevin Lynn, 39, are builders who run their own company, Hughes & Lynn Building & Renovation. [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Public Schools can breathe a huge sigh of relief. The district was bracing for a loss of 110 students this school year because of the opening of a new charter school building. A brand newly constructed school building that is. As in, modern. But instead of wringing their wrists over what [...]
By Charles Sercombe Is there a financial meltdown in Hamtramck City Hall? If you were at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, that would be the impression you were left with. According to what was said at the meeting, and to our sources, here’s the latest dilemma facing the city: Because a key Water Department employee fell [...]
By Charles Sercombe Here’s more proof that Hamtramck’s Bengali community is a major voting bloc. The federal government is now requiring the city to print all election material, including ballots and candidate nominating petitions, in the Bangladeshi language as well as in English. That’s because, according to the U.S. Census, the Bangladeshi community is sizeable [...]
By Charles Sercombe Well here’s a twist no one saw coming in this year’s election for City Council. Candidate Steve Shaya is asking voters to not vote for him because he has taken a job with the city. Shaya has been appointed as a consultant to help run the Department of Public Works, and there [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine They rolled out the barrel — of Polish food. Then, they had a barrel of fun. This past Saturday night, Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church held a Polish dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. in the basement of the church, located on Pulaski at Fleming. By 6 p.m., the place [...]
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