By Charles Sercombe Pop the champagne corks and call off Saturday’s rally to save Hamtramck’s post office. Hamtramck’s post office has been saved. No ifs, ands or buts about it. Russ Gordon, the chairman of the Committee to Save the Hamtramck Post Office, said he received word from the Detroit Postmaster that the Hamtramck branch [...]
By Greg Kowalski Special to The Review A lot of noise was made in Hamtramck to save the post office on Caniff. And for good reason, not only does the city need access to a post office, the post office is a great link to the city’s history. The post office on Caniff was completed [...]
By Charles Sercombe Well, the gloves finally came off at last Thursday’s “Meet the Candidates Night.” Sort of. In what has been a pretty tame election year, candidates for City Council and mayor sharpened their words just a tad and took some verbal jabs. The turnout for the forum was lower than usual for this [...]
By Charles Sercombe Pop the champagne corks and call off Saturday’s rally to save Hamtramck’s post office. Hamtramck’s post office has been saved. No ifs, ands or buts about it. Russ Gordon, the chairman of the Committee to Save the Hamtramck Post Office, said he received word from the Detroit Postmaster that the Hamtramck branch [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter As if the news about the recently passed K-12 budget that cut per-pupil aid by $165 wasn’t bad enough, it now seems another $127-per-student cut may be in the works. On Oct. 22, Gov. Jennifer Granholm challenged legislators to come up with additional revenue to aid the struggling school system. [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Though the official count isn’t until 2010, it’s not too early to prepare for the U.S Census. The census is a tradition that dates back to 1790. Since then, every 10 years the country has undergone a headcount to apportion Congressional seats, determine electoral votes, and, most importantly, allocate federal [...]
Who he is: Born at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Ronald Konopka lived at 5523 Prescott for decades before moving away in the mid 1970s. However, to this day he still has fond memories from the 1950s of his parent’s flower shop that used to be near the corner of Commor and Jos. Campau. An [...]
By Greg Kowalski Special to The Review Vowing to fight to keep the Hamtramck Post Office open, a group of Hamtramckans has formed a committee to save the historical building. And they will take their message to the street at a community rally at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in front of the post office [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Last Wednesday (Oct. 14), Hamtramck’s School Board discussed the sobering news concerning recent budget cuts made by the State of Michigan. Two weeks ago, state legislators passed a K-12 budget that cut per-pupil-spending by $165. While the figure may seem insignificant, when each of Hamtramck’s 3,078 students is factored in, [...]
By Charles Sercombe Did you know that in the time it takes you to read this sentence, a professional car thief could have already unlocked your car door and would also by now be driving away? Yes, that’s all the time it takes a pro to steal your vehicle. That was just one among dozens [...]
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