By Charles Sercombe Ready for some water fun, kids? The Recreation Department’s new splash pad is up and running … but there’s a catch. It’s only open from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Sunday hours have yet to be determined. A call to Recreation [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s Historical Commission can now celebrate a historical moment of its own. On Tuesday, after a lengthy and tedious discussion, the City Council OK’d the purchase of the former Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 1 Hall on Holbrook. While the commission could theoretically immediately open a museum right after closing the [...]
By Charles Sercombe Been hacking and wheezing a bit? Besides battling seasonal allergies at this time of the year, Hamtramck residents face a more serious health threat: air pollution. According to statistics compiled by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of toxic levels in all of the state’s postal zip codes (which were made available through [...]
By Ian Perrotta It was all about the men and women behind the shield on Wednesday (June 21) at Under the Eagle. The police department held an awards ceremony to commemorate its top officers over the past two years. The event was conceived by Police Chief Mark Kalinowski, who took over the department last year [...]
By Ian Perrotta On Tuesday, Hamtramck’s venerable watering hole Whiskey in the Jar went to the dogs. About two dozen mutts, pups and picture-perfect purebreds showed up with their owners to the Yemans St. bar to partake in “Drinking with Dogs.” The event was hosted by Detroit-based pet care company Canine to Five. It was [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Earlier this month, I went to Montreal for a weekend of music, fun and urban adventure. Mutek, one of the top electronic music events in the world, drew me there. I wrote about it in a previous column in The Review [...]
For many of our readers this will sound like inside baseball kind of stuff. But it is yet another example of these hard financial times and how when things get tough, Hamtramck pulls together. With just three days until layoffs take effect in City Hall, the union representing those workers agreed to contract concessions. The [...]
This is a little late but the acknowledgment of the participation on Memorial Day is in order. Ceremonies were attended by Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski and most of the City Council. Also in attendance were a group of veterans that are residents of Hamilton Nursing home in Detroit. Many residents came to honor the fallen [...]
By Ian Perrotta Conant Ave. is getting a temporary makeover. This weekend it will host the 9th Annual North American Bangladesh Festival. It’s only the second time that the event, which is put on by the Bangladesh Association of Michigan, will be held on Hamtramck’s streets. Last year was the first time that the aptly-named [...]
By Ian Perrotta If only education was celebrated every day like it was last Friday (June 11) night. After 12 years of school – that’s 2,160 school days – the Hamtramck High class of 2010 held its graduation ceremony at Keyworth Stadium before a packed crowd which filled the stands. The warm and sunny weather [...]
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