A day to toast our veterans and say thanks
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s annual toast to veterans on Veterans Day was, perhaps, bittersweet. As the years go by, fewer and fewer vets are here to celebrate their day. But…
Hamtown’s movers and shakers
By Ian Perrotta Who is he? After working with non-profit community-based social services for the last several years, Tommie Brown is the new Youth Coach for the Hamtramck Weed and…
Here’s A Dozen Reasons To Visit Design 99
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Need a little art in your November? Check out Design 99’s latest show, “Work and Tumble: Photocopier as Illuminator.” Put together by local artists Nina…
The Long Route Of The Hamtramck Post Office
By Greg Kowalski Special to The Review A lot of noise was made in Hamtramck to save the post office on Caniff. And for good reason, not only does the…
Hamtown’s Movers And Shakers
Who he is: Born at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Ronald Konopka lived at 5523 Prescott for decades before moving away in the mid 1970s. However, to this day he…
Big Bikes And Even Bigger Hearts
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter When most people think of bikers, they picture mean guys with nasty attitudes. But that stereotype only makes up a fraction of motorcycle riders. The…
City Officials Have No Sweet Tooth For Ice Cream Trucks
By Charles Sercombe Remember that childhood ditty that went, “You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream”? Well, city officials are singing a slightly different tune, but it…
With Award Money, Poet Vievee Plans To Finish Manuscript
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Poetry comes from the details of life. Poets come from all over – including Hamtramck. For the past 15 years, Vievee Francis has lived and…
To Join This Club, Just Jog Alongside
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter The mayor might be in charge of Hamtramck, but once a week the crew from the Detroit Threads Running Team runs this town. Every Wednesday…
A Party Like No Other…
By Charles Sercombe This year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival was, with apologies to baseball legend Yogi Berra, like a 1980s déjà vu all over again. (Editor’s note: Who’s Yogi Berra…
