You could say that Councilmember Cathie Gordon has a point. And that point is the city administration needs to run a tighter ship when it comes to keeping track of contractors and the work they bill the city for. And the administration needs to make sure that if City Council authorization is first needed to [...]
(Editor’s note: Our “cub” reporter, Alan Madeleine, has a degree in English and also has a master’s degree in something. He owns not only a dictionary, but also a thesaurus. In his spare time you can find him on stage at Planet Ant.) By Alan Madeleine The assignment, a seemingly simple one: experience Hamtramck’s version [...]
By Alan Madeleine That Man in the Paczki Suit (you would almost certainly have seen him wandering the streets of Hamtramck on Tuesday) has a name: Tex. And he wants to be your Mr. Paczki next year too. And forever. The apparent brainchild of Eve Doster Knepp (the city’s Special Events Coordinator), Mr. Paczki was [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter You don’t have to have a home to be hospitable. Just ask Hamtramck’s Knights of Columbus. Despite losing their hall on Conant St., the Knights of Columbus have not lost their willingness to help out. The organization continues to remain active in charitable work throughout the Hamtramck and Detroit communities. [...]
By Ian Perrotta Who is he? Alex Maysura is no stranger to Hamtramck. For over four decades he was a resident of different locations in and around the city, and for several years he operated a small printing business at various sites. Now, Maysura is a Master of Social Work intern from Wayne State University [...]
By Charles Sercombe Imagine if Hamtramck was packed all day long, with long lines out the bakeries and the bars full of happy people listening to bands and the traffic down Jos. Campau was impossible to get through. And imagine that this went on from early in the morning to late at night. Well, that [...]
By Charles Sercombe The last part of the city’s financial survival puzzle has been put into place. Hamtramck’s firefighters’ union has agreed to changes in their contract and also agreed to not take a 3 percent pay raise to prevent the layoff of up to 16 firefighters this year. The deal will save the city [...]
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Cathie Gordon said there’s been an unholy alliance between the city and a Christian non-profit agency. Gordon has called for the state police to step in and investigate if there has been criminal wrongdoing in the hiring of Acts 29 Fellowship to cut and maintain empty lots and other blight [...]
By Charles Sercombe How many books can you write about on Hamtramck? For author Greg Kowalski, it appears there is no final chapter on this subject – a subject he knows near and dear. Kowalski, an editor for the O & E newspaper chain and chairman of Hamtramck’s Historical Commission, has written his fourth book [...]
Here are some photos of Hamtramck’s Paczki Day 2010.
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