By Charles Sercombe Nearly six months after a fuel tank blew up at the Sterling Oil plant, the company is seeking a fast-track approval to erect eight new tanks. But the City Council on Tuesday said the company will first have to address several safety issues. That didn’t sit well with one of the owners [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter What’s worse than a trip to the Post Office? Maybe a trip to the Secretary of State building – but not for long. Coming soon, the Hamtramck Secretary of State building will merge with the Highland Park facility to create the Hamtramck Area PLUS Office. Beginning March 1, the Hamtramck [...]
By Charles Sercombe While other public school districts are eliminating or privatizing bus service, Hamtramck will stay on course with its own buses. But that could change. Recently, Detroit announced it was privatizing its bus service and Royal Oak announced that it is cutting out its service. Both school districts are facing multi-million dollar deficits. [...]
By Charles Sercombe You’d think it would be a bad time to rob a store on busy Jos. Campau during Paczki Day. But for three bandits, it turned to be perfect timing at Game Stop last Tuesday (Feb. 16). Hamtramck police say three black men, at about 6 feet tall and wearing jeans, hoodies and [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Last Sunday’s (Feb. 21) civic engagement meeting may have been sparsely attended, but that didn’t prevent it from engaging its participants. The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm ways to get the community to become civically involved. Organized by Alex Maysura, a Masters of Social Work Intern from Wayne [...]
Get ready for some upcoming coverage of the Cosmos spring sports teams.
Enough already. Hamtramck’s City Council has taken an inquiry into a $13,000 payment made to Acts 29 for work performed in 2009 to an absurd level. The council met in a special meeting last week, and also has a work session scheduled for next Monday and a special meeting next Thursday dedicated to this subject. [...]
By Charles Sercombe For the second week in a row, Hamtramck was walloped with a snowfall of several inches. And as usual, Hamtramckans slogged through the wet mush without much notice. This time around, the city’s newest snow removal company took over clearing the major streets and according to City Manager Bill Cooper, they did [...]
By Alan Madeleine Review Staffwriter And no, we’re not talking here about the norovirus that’s making digestive systems empty from here all the way to Rhode Island. We’re referring to that renowned Hamtramck rock ‘n’ roll jambalaya, the Hamtramck Blowout — and it’s almost that time once again. Perhaps you’ve noticed those early March weekends [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter The Hamtramck High boys’ basketball team broke a four-game losing streak with a resounding win over Frontier Academy. Last Friday (Feb. 12) the Cosmos beat the Knights 76-60. Despite the final score, the game was much closer throughout. The Knights were led by Salah Alawadi, who had 33 points, and [...]
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