By Charles Sercombe If things go according to plan, those curious about how the city spends its budget can view it online as of today (Friday, Sept. 23). Gov. Rick Snyder is requiring all communities to create an online “dashboard” of their finances in a move to make government spending more transparent. There is also [...]
We’re expanding. The Hamtramck Review company has opened a weekly newspaper to serve Ferndale. The paper is, for now, available only online at ferndalereview.com. Ferndale and Hamtramck have much in common. Both cities have a population of around 20,000, and both communities have a diverse population. The Ferndale Review will be published every Wednesday. The [...]
When it comes to good food and great times, Hamtramck has plenty to offer. In this column, we’ll talk about what’s happening at our bars, restaurants and other events that can be found throughout the city. By Alan R. Madeleine How about a little garage for that New Dodge? Garage rock, that is. This Saturday [...]
One of the red flags in city government that we have seen over and over again is when someone makes a big dollar proposal that must be decided on right away. Those agreements have repeatedly come back to bite the city — and taxpayers – in the rear. The City Council was faced with a [...]
By Charles Sercombe In the next few months, there’s going to be a big change underway in Hamtramck. We’re talking major. Especially for the city’s blighted southend. Thanks to a $15 million grant through the Obama stimulus plan, Hamtramck will be able to demolish dozens of dilapidated houses and fix up many more. There will [...]
By Charles Sercombe And the new police chief is … ah, no one. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a proposed appointment of Lt. Ron Mathias to become Hamtramck’s next police chief met a resounding wall of … silence. As in, no one on council even offered a motion to accept the appointment, which was proposed [...]
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 Sept. 13, with only Councilmember Kazi Miah absent. The meeting ran for over two-and-a-half hours, which also included a [...]
By Charles Sercombe You win one, you lose one. Hamtramck was able to save the state’s Department of Human Services office, but now it’s losing the local office for Social Security services. The Hamtramck office is closing Sept. 16 and is moving to an office in Highland Park. Carmen Moreno, a spokesperson for Social Security, [...]
Vacant school buildings likely to come back again By David Piestrzynski Special to The Review Two Hamtramck parishes now have empty school buildings on their hands. As reported previously, the public school district moved out of the St. Lad’s school building, consolidating classes within other school buildings the district owns. That move will save the [...]
“Hall of Shame” presents some of the worst cases of blight in the city in the hopes that someone from City Hall will take note. Well, one can only hope. By Charles Sercombe First off, a big thanks goes to the folks who have e-mailed and phoned us with tips. We promise we’ll get to [...]
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