This Monday Hamtramck will celebrate a historic milestone. Not only is it Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s the 40th anniversary of a settlement deal between the city and a group of African-American residents whose houses were targeted long ago in the 1960s for demolition under the guise of “urban renewal.” It sounds funny to [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Why is a tattoo better than money? The answer, according to tattoo artist Timm Nowakowski, is simple: “A good tattoo will get you through bad times with no money better than times with money and no tattoos.” With that in mind, maybe it’s time to take a closer look at [...]
By Charles Sercombe Call him the casual bank robber. On Wednesday (Jan. 13) at about 11 a.m. a man went into Best Bank inside Glory Foods, walked up to a teller, implied he had a gun and demanded money. After receiving money, which investigators declined to say how much was stolen, the suspect left on [...]
By Greg Kowalski What to make of these new immigrants taking over political control of the town? What’s going to happen to the rest of us? Those questions were being asked all over Hamtramck — 90 years ago. At that time the incumbent German population was rapidly being overwhelmed by the new Polish immigrants who [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter It looks like Mother Nature finally got the memo and winter has arrived. Fortunately for Detroit’s homeless, the Burners without Borders organization was already here. What exactly does that mean? It means that thanks to the organization, over 100 of the local homeless population will be provided with a survival [...]
By Charles Sercombe Despite a housing market that is in the dumps, new housing is coming to Hamtramck. But the real good news is that the 65 units coming our way will be the next to the last step toward putting an end to a long-standing housing discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit, commonly referred to by [...]
By Charles Sercombe All right all of you Hamtramck political junkies out there. It’s now the second week Hamtramck’s newly elected City Council and mayor have met face-to-face. So, is it still all hugs and goodwill like it was during the inauguration ceremony on New Year’s Day weekend? Well, yes … mostly. Two weeks of [...]
By Charles Sercombe The dust has not settled over the controversial election of a gay rights ordinance from 2008. Last August we printed a story on the contributors of those who opposed Hamtramck’s proposal. Those election reports showed that the American Family Association of Tupelo, Mississippi was a major donator to the committee opposed to [...]
By Charles Sercombe Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said members of the metro-Detroit Bangladeshi community jumped to conclusions about the circumstances surrounding the death of a Bengali man being held in jail. Last Friday (Jan. 8), Macomb County Jail officials found the body of Mohammed Abdul-Fazal Chowdhury in his jail cell. Chowdhury’s throat had been [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter If you haven’t seen the Koscuiszko Middle School Basketball Team play yet this season, be sure to check them out tonight (Jan. at the Hamtramck Community Center. As of press time, the Cougars are undefeated and boasted a 5-0 record. However, they played a game yesterday (Jan. 7), after The [...]
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