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Art Gallery Collective Buys Hamtramck ‘Disneyland’ Display
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ/AP) – A backyard installation of folk art known as “Hamtramck’s Disneyland” has been purchased by an art gallery collective. The installation and the two houses on Klinger Street have...
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Detroit City FC Ready To Show Off Renovations To Stadium
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ/AP) – A semi-professional soccer team is ready to show off its efforts to restore an old stadium in the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck. Alex Wright, one of Detroit City Football Club’s...
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Police Search For Gunman After 2 Teens Shot In Hamtramck
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) – Two teens are recovering after being shot overnight in Hamtramck. Police confirmed that a fight broke out around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 12000-block of Grand Haven St. near I-75 and...
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New Yorker Dubbed ‘Emily Appleseed’ Plants Orchard In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – Emily Staugaitis had what sounds like an idyllic childhood. “I grew up in a farmhouse in upstate New York on a couple of acres. So pretty much in the summers, I was just outside. My mom...
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Police Investigate Bomb Threat At Hamtramck High School; Students, Staff Sent...
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) – Students and staff at Hamtramck High School have been dismissed for the day because the school was the apparent target of a bomb threat. Officials say someone phoned in the threat...
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Police Respond To Possible Hit-And-Run Accident In Hamtramck
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) — Police are investigating after an apparent hit-and-run accident in Hamtramck involving a pedestrian on Saturday night. The Hamtramck Police Department would only confirm to WWJ...
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Sterling Heights Woman Charged After Wild Police Chase Through Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Sterling Heights woman who led police on a wild, televised chase Tuesday through Detroit and Hamtramck could face up to five years in prison. Valerie Margaret Mathews, 28, was...
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Police: Unknown Man Tried To Lure Child Into Car With Candy
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) – Hamtramck police are looking for tips to find a man who tried to lure a child into his car with candy. Police said the student was walking to school in the area of Brombach and...
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Black Victims Of Decades-Old Discrimination Fight Tax Bills
By ED WHITE/Associated Press HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) – A judge has suspended property tax bills at dozens of homes near Detroit in the latest round of a decades-old lawsuit over the destruction of black...
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Two Suspects Involved In Hamtramck Hit-And-Run Were Arraigned Wednesday
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) — Two suspects were arraigned in court Wednesday for their involvement in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend in Hamtramck. Police say the driver and passenger are facing several...
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Fire Destroys Two Homes In Detroit; No Injuries Reported
DETROIT (WWJ) – Two homes were destroyed overnight in Detroit after the blaze spread from one house to another. Detroit firefighters say the fire broke out shortly before midnight in a home on Casmere...
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2 Detroit Men Charged In Kidnapping, Rape Of Bicyclists
DETROIT (WWJ) – Two young men have been charged in connection with assaults on three women as they were riding their bicycles in and around Detroit. Aaron Rashard Stewart, 22, and Quentin Davon...
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Charges Dismissed Against 2 Men In 1 Of 3 Sex Assaults On Bicyclists
HIGHLAND PARK (WWJ/AP) – Criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping charges have been dropped in Highland Park against two young men charged in similar cases in Detroit and Hamtramck. Aaron Rashard...
View ArticleHamtramck Released From Receivership
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) – The state of Michigan says the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck has been released from receivership after improvements in its finances. The state Treasury Department announced...
View ArticleHamtramck Released From Receivership
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WWJ) – The City of Hamtramck has regained full control of its operations and finances after spending more than three years under the Hamtramack Receivership Advisory Board. The board...
View ArticleFelony Charges For Man Who Cut Dog’s Leg Off With Garden Shears
HAMTRAMCK – A Hamtramck man is now facing charges after he reportedly used a steak knife and garden shears to amputate his dog’s leg at home last spring. Charles Wofford was arrested this week and...
View ArticleAn $800K Grant Awarded To Help Create Master Plan For Hamtramck Park
HAMTRAMCK (AP) — More than $800,000 has been awarded to help beautify and restore a Detroit area park. The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation grant has been awarded to the Veteran’s Memorial Park campus in...
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Four of the Best American & Mediterranean Food Spots in Detroit
Slows Bar BQ | Credit: Ya Y. In search of a new favorite traditional American spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find some of the top American spots around Detroit including one Middle Eastern...
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The 4 Best Halal Spots in Detroit
Yemen Cafe | Credit: Steve T. In search of a new favorite halal spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top halal spots around Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce...
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3 Spots for Bangladeshi Food
Credit: Bonoful Sweets Looking for a delicious Bangladeshi meal near you? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Bangladeshi restaurants around Detroit, using both Yelp data and our...
View ArticleGM To Invest $2.2B In Hamtramck Plant, Launch Electric Hummer
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – General Motors is eyeing Detroit for their new electric Hummer and says it plans on bringing 2,200 jobs with it. The automaker wants to start building a 1,000...
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Seen In Detroit: Hamtramck Paczki Run
The annual Hamtramck Paczki Run commenced this past weekend, rewarding 5k runners with a fresh paczki in celebration of the upcoming Fat Tuesday. Taking over downtown Hamtramck, the 5k winds through...
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Better Bags Making For A Better Life
Hamtramck MI, (CBS Detroit) – Any mom knows carrying around a bunch of diapers can be a tough task. Better Life Bags owner Rebecca Smith is helping to solve that problem, while at the same time giving...
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Metro Detroit City Named One Of The Nation’s Up & Coming Housing Market
(CBS DETROIT) – The website Insurify just released a list of the up and coming cities across the country who have the most promise for home values. The city in Michigan that made the list you might...
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Hamtramck Disneyland: Add This Metro Detroit Destination To Your Summer...
(CBS DETROIT) – Metro Detroit has a wide variety of great activities to offer, including Hamtramck Disneyland, filled with bright, colorful art structures. Hamtramck Disneyland is one of the hidden...
View ArticleHamtramck Will Provide Ballots In Bengali Language
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A small, diverse Detroit-area community has agreed to provide election ballots in the Bengali language. A federal judge signed off on a settlement between Hamtramck and lawyers...
View ArticleHistoric Negro League Ballpark In Hamtramck To Undergo $2.6 Million Renovation
(CBS DETROIT)- 1 of only 5 remaining Negro League baseball fields is located in the Hamtramck Stadium. After being in disarray for several years, the ballpark will soon undergo a complete renovation....
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Hamtramck Labor Day Fest Canoe Race Supports Local Businesses
(CBS DETROIT)– After being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival went on this year. Visitors enjoyed music, food, carnival rides and the highlight of the Fest. “We have...
View ArticleCity Of Hamtramck Passes Out Free Water Filters To Residents Following...
(CBS DETROIT)– First Flint and Benton Harbor, now residents in Hamtramck dealing with lead in the water system. “We’ll of course yeah we’re concerned,” said Hamtramck Resident Tawfiq Jobah. On...
View ArticleHamtramck: The Latest Michigan City Facing Lead In Water
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Another Michigan city is giving filters to residents as a result of high lead results in some drinking water samples. Hamtramck, in the Detroit area, is a 2-square-mile...
View ArticleCity Of Hamtramck To Handout Water Filters On Oct. 26
(CBS DETROIT) – More lead filters are on the way to Hamtramck as the city scrambles to help everyone affected by high lead levels in their water. If you need a filter, you can stop by the Hamtramck...
View ArticleCity Of Hamtramck Distributes More Water Filters To Residents, Announce...
(CBS DETROIT)– A week after lead was detected in drinking water in Hamtramck, city officials say they’re doing all they can to make sure the problem is fixed. “We want our water to be safe and clean...
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Hamtramck Gets Ready To Inaugurate All-Muslim Government
(CNN) — For decades, Hamtramck was known as Michigan’s “Little Warsaw,” a city of just two square miles of tightly-packed houses and factories, spitting distance from downtown Detroit. The Polish...
View ArticleHamtramck Judge Shames 72-Year-Old Cancer Patient For Not Maintaining Lawn
(CBS DETROIT) – A cancer patient has had a difficult time maintaining his lawn since being diagnosed, but a Hamtramck judge showed no sympathy. In a Zoom court hearing, Burhan Chowdhury, the...
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Hamtramck Judge Apologizes After Shaming Cancer Patient For Weedy Yard
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area judge has apologized for wishing that she could send a 72-year-old immigrant with cancer to jail for a weedy property. Judge Alexis G. Krot | Credit: 31st...
View ArticleFree Community Health Screenings, Food Pantry In Hamtramck
(CBS DETROIT) – Hamtramck is a small Detroit suburb with a large immigrant community. A community Ali Ali of Muslim Family Services says is underinsured, uninsured and in need of access to resources....
View ArticleFormer Hamtramck Police Officer Charged, Accused Of Taking Bribe From Towing...
(CBS Detroit) — A former officer with the Hamtramck Police Department is facing a bribery charge after he was accused of taking cash and a vehicle from a towing company operator in exchange for...
View ArticleDonations For Ukrainians Pour Into Metro Detroit Warehouse
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Donations intended to assist those both defending and fleeing Ukraine are pouring into a Metro Detroit warehouse. Dozens of volunteers have been sorting, packing and shipping...
View ArticleMSP Investigate I-75 Shooting In Hamtramck
(CBS DETROIT) – Michigan State Police are investigating after a man was shot while traveling on I-75 in Hamtramck. Troopers responded to a call from Henry Ford Hospital about a walk-in gunshot victim...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Pointing Laser At Michigan State Police Helicopter
(CBS DETROIT) – An 18-year-old man has been arrested after pointing a laser at a Michigan State Police helicopter on Friday. At about 12:10 a.m. Trooper 2 was on air patrol over Wayne County when they...
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