By Alan R. Madeleine Hamtramck has long been a shining example of America’s melting pot. If the folks at Model D, an online Detroit-based media company, have their way, the entire greater metro Detroit region will follow in our fair city’s footsteps to achieve the same reputation. In a well-attended meeting this past Tuesday evening, [...]
By Charles Sercombe There’s been a lot of talk lately of merging Michigan communities and/or their services as a way to save money. At least Gov. Rick Snyder is urging communities to look at those options, and he plans to reward communities that heed his call with more state revenue sharing. That’s a fancy way [...]
By Charles Sercombe If Hamtramck – and this is a big “if” – goes broke and is in need of an emergency financial manager, the governor won’t have to look far for one. City Councilmember Tom Jankowski, although initially reluctant to confirm this, said he has indeed taken state-sponsored training to become an emergency financial [...]
By Charles Sercombe The jams were spinning on Record Store Day two Saturdays ago. In observance of Record Store Day, Hamtramck’s two independent record stores, Record Graveyard and Detroit Threads, each held a party in celebration of all things vinyl. At Record Graveyard, owner Jeff Garbus manned the turntables himself and spun records for several [...]
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the scoop and the highlights – as well as the lowlights – of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe The City Council met on April 26, and all councilmembers were present. The meeting ran for two hours and was followed by a closed [...]
By Charles Sercombe American Axle & Manufacturing is demolishing part of its sprawling plant, but that doesn’t mean more will be demolished, a company official said. The part coming down is known as the “Stack Building,” a seven-story structure that once housed parts. Chris Son, Director of Investor, Corporate Communication and Marketing, said the building [...]
The cost of stabilizing Hamtramck’s financial picture is going to be steep, if some or all of the solutions outlined by the city manager is any indication. And the people who will pay the highest price are city employees, especially police officers and firefighters. According to the severest plan laid out recently by City Manager [...]
By Greg Kowalski Special to The Review “Once more the Christian world falls silent – once more humanity pauses in its daily task to stand in mute and reverent contemplation before the profound and earth-shaking mysteries of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.” For years, those words appeared religiously in a front page story on the [...]
By Charles Sercombe There’s one thing Hamtramck residents don’t have to worry about. The city’s public library won’t be on the budget chopping block any time soon. That’s because the library is self-sustained through its own special tax millage. Voters OK’d two types of special taxes, both of which run indefinitely. The library taxes bring [...]
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