By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Hamtramck High’s boys’ basketball team has played the first two games of the 2009-10 season. While they both resulted in losses, there was plenty to cheer about. The Cosmos (0-2) played their first game last Tuesday (Dec. 8), losing 75-62 to Bishop Foley. Despite the loss, Head Coach Mark Nezich [...]
By Charles Sercombe If there was snow on the ground here in Hamtramck and you threw a snowball, chances are no matter where it lands something Christmassy happened there or was about to. Maybe it’s a reaction to the harsh economic times we are all suffering through because it seems the holiday spirit has been [...]
By Charles Sercombe It may not have been the largest vigil Hamtramck has seen, but a gathering last Saturday evening packed a meaningful punch. About 20 people took part of a vigil at Zussman Park to encourage world leaders to adopt a “real deal” on ending global warming. Hamtramck’s vigil was part of a worldwide [...]
By Alan Madeleine If you’re a fan of fast-paced fare with a Jewish flair, from Marx Brothers to Mel Brooks comedies on down, you’re the target audience for “The Hebrew Hammer,” the frantic and often funny new offering at Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Theater. Stomping un-PC on stereotypes both Jew and goy (and black, and elf, [...]
By Ian Perrotta Who is he? Aaron Kochut, 19, grew up on the southend of Hamtramck on Wyandotte St., and has lived here his whole life. This artistic Polish-and-Ukrainian-American loves listening to music and right now is enrolled at Macomb Community College, majoring in Advertisement Design. One of Hamtramck’s youngest movers and shakers, Kochut is [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Public Schools are facing a few years of financial crisis, but at least there’s a plan to get the budget balanced. In fact, it’s a five-year plan. The School Board agreed last week to adopt a deficit reduction plan that was proposed by the district’s director of finance, Glenn Pasternak. Pasternak [...]
By Charles Sercombe A labor dispute in the Hamtramck Public Schools has the potential to tarnish the political future of School Board President Titus Walters. The Hamtramck Public Schools teacher union has filed a labor complaint with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission alleging that Walters cursed at union president Bo Karpinsky in a closed meeting [...]
Former Hamtramck City Councilmember Nick Frontczak has been named one of the top 40 attorneys in the metro area for the year 2010. Detroit’s premier business magazine, D Business, recently made the announcement of Frontczak being given a rating of “AV Pre-eminent,” the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standard. The award was [...]
Atlas Bar: One of the last neighborhood bars, come shoot pool. $1 domestic beer specials until 7 p.m. and $1 Black Label & Schlitz until 8 p.m. 2363 Yemans. Baker Streetcar Bar: 9817 Joseph Campau (313) 873-8296 Belmont Bar: Sundays – Sunday Bloody (Mary) Sunday and movie night w/ TaitNucleus. $3 mix your own Bloody [...]
Here’s a list of what can be recycled: o Cardboard and paper bags (no wax-coated cardboard) o Paperboard (no wax-coated paperboard) o Magazine and catalogs (any size) o Junk mail (envelopes, flyers, brochures, postcards, etc.) o Office paper (all types and sizes) o Phone books (all types and sizes) o Newspaper (remove bag strings and [...]
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