Crime Log… 7/3/15
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers June 23-29. Tuesday, Jun 23 Two Detroit residents and a Windsor resident were arrested for possession of cocaine, open intoxicants and obstruction...
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By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers June 30-July 6. Tuesday, June 30 A man was arrested following a traffic stop for being wanted on a Hamtramck warrant. Detroit investigators notified...
View ArticleCrime Log… 7/17/15
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers July 7-13. Tuesday, July 7 A resident in the 9300 block of Dubois reported someone shattered a window in their house. At 10:30 p.m. a resident was...
View ArticleCrime Log… 7/24/15
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime covers July 14-20. Tuesday, July 14 A man was arrested in the 2200 block of Faber after threatening another man with a knife. A house break-in was reported in the...
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Out on the street, be alert
Street crime has been a constant threat this summer. By Charles Sercombe Heads-up, drivers. There were two carjackings that occurred in the past week. The first one involved a trick commonly used:...
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Hamtown’s movers and shakers …
Kim Kozlowski introduces her project called Detroit Little Libraries at a recent gathering of the Hamtramck SOUP organization. Her group plans to set up boxes filled with books in town in which...
View ArticleObjecting to sewer repair costs is pointless
Like it or not, we are going to pay for sewer repairs. There are certain people in town who are complaining that the city’s repair project is too little, too late and that residents can’t afford it....
View ArticleHousing lawsuit still haunts city and property owners
Will it ever end? That’s something we imagine a number of residents were thinking recently when it was reported that a housing discrimination lawsuit filed against the city over 40 years ago has yet to...
View ArticleVoters did the right thing by supporting school millage
Voters did themselves a huge favor by supporting the school millage on Aug. 4. And campaign supporters of the millage deserve a big hand in sending the message out. We have said this before, but it’s...
View ArticleCrime Log… 8/21/15
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Aug. 11-17. Tuesday, August 11 At 2 a.m. a break-in occurred through the rear door to a business in the 9200 block of Jos. Campau. At 2:30 a.m. someone...
View ArticleSuspected carjackers nabbed
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck police have apparently busted a carjacking network. Last week two carjackings occurred involving three armed suspects. On Wednesday an auto theft unit called C.O.B.R.A....
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County executive urges state lawmakers to fund road repairs
Above: Wayne County Executive Warren Evans was in Hamtramck Wednesday to talk with reporters about the need for road repair funding. Hamtramck City Manager Katrina Powell is on the right. By Charles...
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Labor Day Festival is ready to roll out the fun
The 36th Annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival will return Sept. 5-7.The Polish Day Parade, held on Monday (Sept. 7) is a highlight of the weekend. The parade starts at 1:30 p.m. By Charles Sercombe...
View ArticleFighting crime begins with the help of residents
Hamtramck has always enjoyed a reputation of being a safe city. But we are smack dab in the middle of Detroit and we do have crime. Lately, there has been a little too much of it in the form of street...
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Handling of AV ballots investigated
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s Primary Election went off without a hitch earlier this month. But something odd has popped up since then. Three weeks ago two voters made a police report saying that...
View ArticleIn Hamtramck, we know how to survive and have fun
To the many visitors who are here for the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, welcome. This is the 36th year the festival is taking place, and as you’d expect it’s had plenty of ups and downs during that...
View ArticleCrime Log … 9/4/15
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Aug. 25-31. Tuesday, August 25 At a little after 11 p.m. officers were alerted to an erratic driver, who officers found at Nagel and Commor. The driver...
View ArticleCity Life … An introduction
City Life … 8/28/15 By Walter Wasacz Hello Hamtramck, please allow me to reintroduce myself. I’m the guy who walks your streets and alleys, eats in your restaurants, drinks in your bars, finds art and...
View ArticleCity Life … Tea in Berlin
City Life … 9/11/15 By Walter Wasacz As he stepped up to her, Emjou Hillary thought the man with long straight hair and floral print jacket looked familiar. She was serving tea — lots of it — in the...
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