The year 2011 might go down in Hamtramck’s history as the last year of a budget surplus. That year ended with $2.7 million in the black, thanks to a settlement with the City of Detroit over a tax dispute involving the GM Poletown plant. At the end of the current fiscal year, which will be [...]
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 new housing development, and that issue will still dominate the [...]
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 raised in a budget work session for city council on [...]
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 east of Jos. Campau. They’ve been there for over six years, and their boldly lettered sign is a beacon for the many Hamtramck-area teens, and others, who frequent the building. [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine This week’s Hamtramck Crime Log is compiled from police reports from Wednesday, Jan. 4 through Sunday, Jan. 8. From Wednesday Jan. 4: During the day shift, a man was arrested in the 3200 block of Trowbridge on a domestic violence charge after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend over something to [...]
Hamtramck and Highland Park. Like it or not, the fate of these two neighboring cities have apparently become intertwined. At least that’s the impression you get from what some folks have been saying. Earlier in the week, there was a proposal floated out there for Hamtramck to absorb Highland Park Public School students because Highland [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine This week’s Hamtramck Crime Log is compiled from police reports from Friday, Dec. 30 through Jan. 3. From Friday, Dec. 30: (At 8:25 p.m. Thurs. eve.) A man reported being assaulted in the 3400 block of Caniff by another man who was previously known to him. (At 9:28 p.m. Thurs. eve.) [...]
By Charles Sercombe and Alan R. Madeleine Let’s all kiss the year 2011 good-bye and say good riddance. It’s now a new year that’s worthy of a new attitude. In with sunny optimism, and out with cranky cynicism. Yes, it’s time once again to take a look at what to welcome in and what to [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police officers may be the first group of Michigan public employees to challenge a new state law. Officers here got a Wayne County Circuit Court injunction, from Judge Robert Ziolkowski, to temporarily halt a city health insurance plan. The new plan calls for officers to carry most of the weight of [...]
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 Jan. 10 with only Mayor Karen Majewski absent. The meeting ran for two hours. Councilmember Abdul Algazali took over chairing the meeting until the council agreed on a mayor [...]
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