By Ian Perrotta Something strange happened at last Tuesday (July 13) night’s city council meeting – everyone agreed on something. At least, that seemed to be the sentiment after an informational presentation was given by baseball author and historian Gary Gillette concerning the grandstands at Veterans Park. What everyone appeared to agree upon was the [...]
By Charles Sercombe You might say it’s a David versus Goliath showdown. In this case David is the City of Hamtramck and Goliath is Detroit. Hamtramck city officials are withholding monthly payments to Detroit for water and sewer service. It’s a pretty amazing sum of money at stake: Approximately $230,000 a month. City Manager Bill [...]
By Charles Sercombe Police say three teens hired a prostitute in Hamtramck and after being sexually pleasured, they allegedly pulled out a gun and robbed her. Detective Michael Szymanski said the incident took place at around 2:30 a.m. on July 15 in the Carpenter-Conant area. Ibrahim Zabed, 18, of Hamtramck, Abdul Samad, 17, of Detroit [...]
By Charles Sercombe A Hamtramck officer’s check on three suspicious looking men resulted in a life-threatening moment. Last Friday (July 18), an officer was patrolling near the city parking lot behind the former Shoppers World building in an attempt to check out three men sitting in a car. By the time the officer could pull [...]
By Charles Sercombe This year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival needs all the help it can get. The city was so broke this year it had to lay off the special events coordinator. That left two options for the city: cancel the festival or seek out volunteers to organize it. Well, two residents have stepped forward, [...]
By Alan Madeleine Who they are: Kathleen Bittner and Rachel Renee Srodek … Well, if anyone in this town qualifies as a mover and/or a shaker these days, it has to be these two hometown gals, who have jumped into the void left by the budget-related elimination of Eve Doster’s position as the city’s Events [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz If this column has a mission other than to regale you with tales of Hamtramck life from ground level it’s to make vital connections with doers and makers in our midst. There are plenty of them, doing pretty remarkable things, getting [...]
By Omar Thabet Special to The Review There’s an interesting and exciting new program to stop family domestic abuse. It’s aimed at the Bangladeshi-American community and uses a youth theater group to promote peer education. Youths between 15 and 19 will be meeting in the coming week to talk about domestic violence and perform in [...]
By Ian Perrotta What do you get when you cross a retired Detroit police officer and former elementary school teacher with a current State Representative? State Senate candidate Bettie C. Scott. This week, Rep. Scott was in town to meet and greet her potential constituents and spread the word of her candidacy. And though she [...]
You have to hand it to city officials for having the courage to stand up to Detroit. Last week, the City Council withheld payment to Detroit for water and sewer service. It’s a tit for tat situation since Detroit is withholding a $3 million payment that Hamtramck insists is owed. The dispute is about a [...]
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