Hamtramck News

Spotlight on Hamtramck neighborhoods A lazy morning to just get out and drive. What better way to spend the day enjoying the nice weather we are having in this part of Michigan.

Benjamin Todd Jealous pulls in front of the prison compound, passes through the only unlocked door in the building and surrenders his BlackBerry and driver's license to guards.

Every few months, Ron Bellisario drives more than 30 miles from his home in Macomb County to Detroit to eat at the Ivanhoe Cafe, in an old neighborhood near Hamtramck.

After Tuesday's election, Muslims are to make up half of the city council members in Hamtramck, a percentage believed by advocates to be the highest Muslim representation in a municipality in the United States.

I have done my very best to make sure that the information is accurate, but corrections are absolutely welcome.

Age 68, of Brighton passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2009 after a brief illness.

Hamtramck -- The Detroit postmaster has decided to keep the Hamtramck post office open after initially looking to close the branch.

Here are just a few of the reasons the Belmont in Hamtramck has prospered to celebrate its seventh anniversary this weekend: reasonable prices, assorted entertainment and VIP treatment of everyone who walks through the doors.

Mrs. Sunhee Kim,owner, models a coat from her collection. Spotlight Days Fashions winter furs' Days Fashions 9450 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, Michigan 48212 875-5275. Fax 875-2503 Day's Fashions presents their fur collection just in time for the chilly weather ahead.

The trial of a Hamtramck man accused of having an illegal sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl was called to an immediate halt today because of testimony about his connection to a missing girl.

Hamtramck -- Thousands seeking the first wave of southeast Michigan's public doses of the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine flooded clinic sites in Oakland and Wayne counties Saturday morning.

A stellar lineup of local sounds tops the music bill at the 2009 installment of Theatre Bizarre, the annual dusk-to-dawn outdoor celebration of all things freakish.

As a bar owner -- I'm a partner at Small's Bar in Hamtramck -- as someone who writes about bars, and as someone who was born and bred in Michigan, I find this to be a fantastic idea for multiple reasons.

The Wayne County Treasurer's Office is holding a massive property auction of seized homes.

A tiny house made from parts of abandoned homes is part of an art installation traveling the Detroit area.

Instead, the extended-range electric vehicle would reportedly be shipped over from America where the Ampera would presumably be built alongside the Chevy Volt at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan .

Hamtramck eliminated a $2.5-million deficit and got out from under a state-appointed emergency financial manager two years ago.

Hamtramck police said they have one man in custody but continue to look for a second in connection with a string of robberies that all have a similar element -- the victims have all been women who were walking in pairs at night.

Michael William Chupa, a former Warren City Councilman, retired teacher and leader in the Ukrainian community, died this morning in his sleep, friends and family members said.

The Chevrolet Volt moved significantly closer to America's driveways as the last pre-production version of the extended-range electric vehicle rolled out of General Motors' test-assembly facility in Warren Friday.