Hamtramck News

Six journalists from the eastern European country of Georgia visited the Birmingham and Detroit area recently as part of the Open World Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S. Congress to promote understanding for emerging leaders of participating countries and their U.S. counterparts.

AMBASSADOR BRIDGE LAUREN. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? IN THIS MORNING'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE SEGMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE REVEREND GLORIA.

The programs offer an opportunity for individuals to settle their old debts with the court while allowing the courts to clear up a backlog of files without substantial additional costs.

Family-owned Hamtramck bar Capo shuttered its doors four years ago, but reopened in January under its old moniker at the corner of Jos.

THERE'S A LINE in Kurt Vonnegut's classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five that reads, "He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next." Members of the Vonneguts can probably relate.

Members of the Paint Lake CCC camp near Gibbs City are shown in this photo from 1933.

The city of Hamtramck is offering people the chance to pay overdue bills and fines without penalty throughout the month of May as part of an amnesty program.

Blowout was held in both Hamtramck and Ferndale for the first time ever, and each city had an entirely different scene.

Up on the rooftops - There's a new venue in downtown Detroit. It's called Sticks & Bones , and it's atop Music Hall, where the rooftop restaurant is joined by 3Fifty Terrace, a new entertainment space.

The 16th annual Metro Times Blowout got underway Thursday, April 25 with an action-packed launch party at the Magic Stick in Detroit.

A 2012 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle is parked at the solar-powered electric charging station at General Motors Co's assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich.

Chevrolet's flagship Impala for 2014 comes with handsome new styling, seating for five adults and a choice of three engines.

Local music festival Blowout continues this weekend in Ferndale, along with the Michigan International Women's Show in Novi.

This is a bit more ambitious than our usual monthly music series . The Metro Times Blowout asked the Ferndale Public Library to participate as a host venue for its annual local music festival , which expanded to two weekends and three cities .

On the show, the bad-boy chef and culinary raconteur explores the food, culture, history and 'parts unknown' of a different location each week.

MATHIAS ADUKE AND the Bobby Electric have been waiting to play Blowout since the band formed in 2010.

DON'T MAKE THE mistake of typecasting Carolyn Striho. At first glance she appears to be one of the many female singer-songwriters this city is blessed with.

Have bench warrants, traffic citations, parking tickets, overdue income or personal property taxes, unpaid water bills? Is there a building permit, pet or business license you haven't filed or paid for, an unregistered rental property you own? Hamtramck City Hall and the 31st District Court in Hamtramck are offering individuals and businesses the ... (more)

A carefully planned, masterfully executed theme is a given for the Barbara Ann Karmanos Annual Dinner, and this year was no exception.

Michigan State Police on Monday identified the man killed last week in a freeway accident in Madison Heights as 31-year-old Enis Kahrimanovic of Hamtramck.