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Paczki Day unites our community in many ways

By Aida Mandic Special to The Review Pączki Day…

This year’s charity basketball game features mayors from three cities

By Alan Madlane Omar Thabet works for the City…

Read all news(papers), at the Hamtramck Historical Museum

By Alan Madlane The Hamtramck Historical Museum recently began…

Later, gator: A close encounter on Detroit’s Belle Isle

By Alan Madlane Lynn Blasey is well-known around…

An alley is reborn and Hamtramck throws a party

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck might be the only city…

Bugging out in Veterans Park …

By Charles Sercombe Things got awfully buggy last week…

Editorials

School district’s finances are setting off alarms

Heads up, taxpayers — and if you haven’t done this already, keep an eye on your Hamtramck Public School District. There should be concern over the financial goings-on…

February 27, 2026No CommentRead More

City Council is eroding public trust

The city council just can’t stop it. By “it,” we mean the council’s habit of inserting items into their meeting agendas at the last minute, at the beginning…

February 20, 20261 CommentRead More

News

Former state rep is now eyeing shot at senate seat

By Charles Sercombe Former State Rep. Abraham Aiyash’s political career is far from over. Although…

February 27, 2026No CommentRead More

HPS District forced to seek new state payment

By Charles Sercombe Financial woes continue to haunt the Hamtramck Public School district. Two weeks…

February 20, 2026No CommentRead More

Hamtramck’s new city manager and police chief preview their plans

By Charles Sercombe Residents were introduced to the city’s new city manager and police…

February 20, 20261 CommentRead More

School district applies for $15.5 million state loan to pay bills

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Public School District has run into a financial crunch. At…

February 13, 2026No CommentRead More

Crime Log

Business

‘Discover Hamtramck’ spreads the message of development in the city

By Alan Madlane Hamtramck has a very active platform for self-promotion working out of city hall these days. They are called Discover Hamtramck, and we wanted to…

February 7, 2025No CommentRead More

It’s all in the family for this new Laundromat

By Charles Sercombe Finally, the northend of town has a much-needed service available. We’re talking about the need for a laundromat, one of which just opened at…

December 21, 2024No CommentRead More

Florian East offers a refreshing take on crafting beer

By Charles Sercombe For the first time in perhaps decades, Hamtramck has its own brewery. During the past week, Florian East, at 9350 Jos. Campau, has had…

August 30, 20241 CommentRead More

Photo Gallery

Vintage baseball comes to Hamtramck Stadium

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium came full circle last Saturday. When the stadium was first built, as…

May 24, 20191 CommentRead More

HHS Cosmos reach for the stars this season

By The Hamtramck Public School District As March…

Cosmos varsity basketball team is on a roll

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck High School Cosmos boys…

Cosmos basketball team is racking up impressive wins

By Alan Madlane The Hamtramck High School boys’ varsity…

Cosmos football team needs one more win for the history books

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck High School varsity…

Toast of the Town … Celebrating a mover and shaker and honoring MLK

By Charles Sercombe Winter’s icy, bitter cold couldn’t keep…

Toast of the Town … Hamtramck delivers one last summery blast of fun

By Charles Sercombe Once again, Hamtramck served up…

Toast of the Town … ‘Desi Nights’ highlights the Bangladesh community

By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Bangladesh community was in…

Toast of the Town … A message of unity, coney dogs and a celebration

By Charles Sercombe Last Saturday was one of…

City Hall insider … 1/13/26

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Jan.…

City Hall Insider … 1/6/26

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Jan.…

City Hall Insider … 12/16/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Dec.…

City Hall Insider … 11/25/25

By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Nov.…

News

Roll out the paczki celebrations

By Charles Sercombe Ah…Can you hear it? Listen closely, and you can hear the siren call of paczki – yes, multiple paczki. And every year, Hamtramck…

February 13, 2026No Comment

Features

Bengali-American headlines fundraiser for community-based cause

By Alan Madlane Like to have a good laugh, while helping a worthy cause? Progress Michigan bills itself as a communications team and media hub for…

September 12, 2025No Comment