Hamtramck News

The Gipper giveth, state GOP taketh away Republicans find a tax break they don't like.

Al-Ameer 12710 W. Warren Ave., Dearborn, 313-582-8185; 27346 Ford Rd., Dearborn Heights; 313-565-9600; alameerrestaurant.com: This Lebanese fare isn't Americanized factory food.

Detroit's Night Market: Detroit's Night Market is a fleeting convergence of art, music and trucks on a desolate post-industrial lot near New Center.

Firefighters work to put out a fire Saturday at the abandoned Hotel Granwood in Highland Park.

He's currently locked up in the Dickerson jail in Hamtramck, awaiting a preliminary hearing that is set for June .

Hamtramck police are investigating a suspicious package that was found at the Huntington Bank at Holbrook and Joseph Campau streets.

A judge is expected to decide whether five men will stand trial in the kidnappings and murder of two Detroit-area women.

Kennedy students got a special tour of Downtown Ferndale as part of learning about history from a hands-on approach.A The second and third graders took a bus to the Ferndale Public Library where they did research about historic locations in Ferndale and Detroit.

A big scare Tuesday evening just outside the cell block at one of the city's police substations.

As part of the Library of Michigan's 2012 Notable Authors Tour, the Southfield Public Library will present a program featuring Bruce Allen Kopytek, author of "Jacobson's: I Miss It So!" Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room.

The Detroit Beautification Project continues in Hamtramck, with new murals seemingly going up every week.

Akio Toyoda's leadership and love of cars is rapidly ushering in a new era of design at Toyota, the... In this July 27, 2011 photo, assembly line worker Edward Houie moves a door into position for a Chevrolet Volt at the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck.

The co-owner of a Hamtramck physical therapy company is sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for Medicare fraud.

Sometimes, it takes a traveling group like Cirque du Soleil to fully appreciate what you have in your own backyard.

If you would like to read the longer version of this article that was featured in the Blog last Friday please go here It all started with an innovative plan to bring more art to metro Detroit.

Satori Circus and his gleaming grease-painted skull form a ubiquitous presence in Detroit's art scene.

Metro Times associate editor and ace blogger Michael Jackman nails this illustrative report on all the visually exciting stuff going on in Hamtown and how some locals are debating the very definition of art.

She wants to attend a top-performing private high school that will prepare her for college, but her family can't afford it.A An honor student serving as student council president at Hamtramck Academy, Humaira won the National Heritage Academies scholarship judged on financial need, community involvement and academic achievement.

It all started with an innovative plan to beautify Detroit and Hamtramck. Tom Thewes, the guy who directed CPOP Gallery in Detroit for 10 years, spearhead the project through his new effort, Contra Projects , intended to showcase international artists through art fairs and mural projects.

So before crews took down an abandoned, 102-year-old house on Hamtramck's Carpenter Street, members of the WARM Training Center removed wood for use as shelves, trim and floors in other buildings.