By Charles Sercombe The days are numbered for tossing flyers onto Hamtramck porches and yards. The City Council took the first step to adopt a new law that will require whoever wishes to distribute flyers to pull a business license with the city, identify to the police department who will be distributing the material and [...]
By Charles Sercombe So, just what is a splash pad? More and more cities are installing them as an alternative to public pools. Some come in elaborate designs and offer a variety of fun water equipment to play with. Just what Hamtramck’s splash pad will feature is not immediately known. The public school’s recreation director, [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Last Thursday (April 15) was a memorable day for the Hamtramck High girls’ soccer team. For the first time in four years, the lady Cosmos won a game. They beat University Prep 2-1. Playing at home, Hamtramck controlled the Panthers throughout much of the game. After taking the lead early [...]
At the time we went to print on Thursday, city officials were working to find a way out of a financial hole. Hamtramck officials have known the city is facing a budget deficit. That fact hasn’t changed but what has is the severity. The city needs to find a way to plug a $2 million [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck. A version of this article first appeared in modeldmedia.com) By Walter Wasacz When I was at The Citizen newspaper, we launched a couple of occasional columns that dealt with some important issues of the day. One was called “Eye on Culture,” which focused on [...]
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Hamtramck certainly loves its foods. In February, the city celebrated all things paczki. Next weekend, the strawberry takes center stage. On May 1 and 2, the annual Strawberry Festival will be hosted by St. Florian’s Parish. Now in its 42nd year, the event promises to be fun for the whole [...]
Artist Tim Hailey’s large-mural-on-Tyvek show “Take A Chance on Rock & Roll” made a huge splash at its March opening at Hamtramck’s new gallery space Public Pool. This Friday (April 23), an assortment of Detroit rocker chicks from the Gore Gore Girls, Swamp Sisters, Sunshine Doray, the Sirens, the Come Ons and more will dive [...]
(Freelance writer Lisa Robertson will be spotlighting the various social service organizations that serve Hamtramck in the next several weeks.) By Lisa Robertson Special to The Review Hamtramck’s People’s Community Services has a vast array of programs to help you, specializing in the needs of children and families the organization provides training in parenting and [...]
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Housing Commission received the kind of surprise most of us would die for. In a routine review of its financial holdings, the commission discovered it had an extra $1 million. Turns out it came from the federal government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Thanks to the government’s largess, the commission [...]
By Charles Sercombe The worst fear of residents living near the Shawdow Bar came true last Friday morning. The bar has been the scene of numerous fights and gunplay. At 1:35 a.m. last Friday, a Detroit man, Gregory Nezbitt, 22, was shot three times in the upper torso as he was walking to his car. [...]
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