Tom Stackpoole put it best when it comes to graffiti, or make that trying to remove it. “It’s easier putting it on that taking it off,” he said as he used his elbow grease to remove some markings on a building in the Jos. Campau alley. Saturday’s graffiti cleanup was organized by Heather Martin, who [...]
By Bonnie Caprara Review Special Writer While Detroit firefighters have to struggle with ongoing fires breaking out in vacant commercial buildings, Hamtramck has been spared – so far. Just recently Detroit firefighters were called once again to put out fires at the defunct Packard plant near Mt. Eliott and I-94 the night of Sunday, June [...]
By Charles Sercombe Get your walking shoes on. Dan Burden, a nationally-known expert on making communities more walkable, is hiking into town. Burden and the City Of Hamtramck are hosting a walk around the city on Thursday, July 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. To join the walk, meet at City Hall. “He’s the guru [...]
By Charles Sercombe The fate of Hamtramck’s Post Office and branches across the country has hit the national press. In recent weeks, a rumor has swept though Hamtramck that the Post Office here is going to close. That rumor has been partly fueled by local carriers. A spokesman for the Detroit area Postal Service denied [...]
By Charles Sercombe While Hamtramck prepares for the 2010 Census, here’s a preview of what’s to come. Although the national population count happens only once every 10 years, the Census Bureau stays busy during that in-between time taking sample surveys of communities. The sample collection, however, is not as accurate as the decentennial paper survey. [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck, said Mayor Karen Majewski, is a “poster child of diversity.” And that’s what the challenge is when it comes to getting an accurate population count during next year’s official Census. The once-every-10-year national population head count takes off in March with a mass mailing of a short survey. In the months [...]
Here’s a reminder: the green revolution has come to Hamtramck. The city has been setting up a recycling dumpster on the last Saturday of each month and will contine through September at the city-owned parking lot located on Caniff at McDougall. Here’s a list of what can be recycled: Cardboard and paper bags (no wax-coated [...]
Last week we reported that GM is seeking an 80 percent reduction on the property taxes it pays on the Poletown Plant. Hamtramck receives about $2 million a year from the plant in a complicated formula it shares with Detroit that results in a sliding amount of money received each year. Some years Hamtramck collects [...]
Does the addition of surveillance cameras on Jos. Campau mean the end of crime? Hardly. But they are worth the purchase that City Council approved last week. Four cameras will be stationed on Jos. Campau from Holbrook to Caniff, including one to be stationed overlooking a city parking lot behind the former Shoppers World (long [...]
The federal housing agency, HUD, has been floating the idea of banning smoking inside the apartments they subsidize. It may seem like an intrusive move, but there is a sound reason backing it up. Mainly, it’s about the health and well-being of kids living with adults who smoke. The effects of second-hand smoke are well [...]
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