By Greg Kowalski War was on the horizon in November, 1940, as the people of Hamtramck were preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving. Of course, the whole nation looked ahead with apprehension as the situation deteriorated in Europe. But Hamtramckans had a special feeling for the events happening overseas. Just little more than a year before, many [...]
Charles Sercombe Former Councilmember Kazi Miah’s replacement didn’t waste any time taking over his position. The next highest vote-getter from the Nov. 8 General Election, Abdul Algazali, was sworn into office last week, following Miah’s sudden resignation, and was already on the job at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Algazali’s swift move into the council raises [...]
By Charles Sercombe Channel 7 news investigator Scott Lewis is not putting the brakes on his recent story about Hamtramck’s speed trap. On Tuesday night, Lewis did a follow up on his original story that aired over a week ago. Lewis trained his camera on the I-75 service drive, particularly the portion between Holbrook and [...]
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe We left off last week part way through the Nov. 10 council meeting. Here’s part two. After finishing up a discussion on whether to appoint Lt. Ron Mathias as Police Chief, which the council [...]
By Alan R. Madeleine Who she is … Roxann Lee-Fiorello Busch is a former Hamtramck native, now living in Duisburg, Germany, who has just self-published her first novel, entitled “The Christmas Angel.” A 1989 grad of Hamtramck High, she attended Northern Michigan University and then Wayne State University as well. She also worked at Detroit [...]
A couple of years ago we reported that Hamtramck’s speeding laws were on shaky legal ground. A relatively new state law requires communities to first perform a traffic study before establishing how fast motorists can legally travel. Hamtramck wasn’t alone back then in not having performed the study. To this date, the city still hasn’t [...]
By Charles Sercombe Veterans Day in Hamtramck is always a mix of solemn remembrance and celebrating the joy of camaraderie. At PLAV Post 10 last Friday, it was another year to remember those who served and gave their lives for our freedom, and an old-fashioned get-together to raise a toast to each other. Add in [...]
By Charles Sercombe It took two years, but finally someone noticed. Back in 2009, The Review was the first to break a story that Hamtramck’s authority to enforce speeding laws was on shaky ground. The city had not, and has still not, performed traffic studies to determine what the traffic speeds should be – especially [...]
By Charles Sercombe Councilmember Kazi Miah’s sudden resignation has ushered in someone familiar to the local political scene. Perennial candidate Abdul Algazali will fill it the remainder of Miah’s term, which has another two years to go. Algazali is actually no stranger to the council. He sat on it for one term before seeking to [...]
By Charles Sercombe It figures. At the moment the City Council was on the verge to adopt a zoning law regulating where medical marijuana can be grown, the state attorney general ruled that police officers can seize medical marijuana. Even if the person holding it is a card-carrying medical marijuana patient. Attorney General Bill Schuette’s [...]
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