It’s take two for Holbrook
By Charles Sercombe The Holbrook repair project is back on the road. The intersection at Holbrook and Gallagher is now closed off, as workers begin to tear up the street…
Hamtramck might be small, but it’s not small-town minded
Recently, a good friend of Hamtramck, journalist Michael Jackman, posted on his Facebook page an article he wrote a couple of years ago that got us thinking. Jackman is a…
Ron Sweed ‘The Ghoul’ dead at age 70
By Eric Villa Special to The Review On April 1, 2019 Hamtramck lost a good friend. Ron “The Ghoul” Sweed passed away, five months after suffering a heart attack;…
Did GM refuse an offer for its Poletown Plant?
By Charles Sercombe GM didn’t have to close down its Poletown Plant. According to Crain’s Detroit Business publication, officials from Fiat Chrysler approached GM to purchase the plant. The…
With fingers crossed, good things are happening at the old ball park
A huge thanks is due to the good folks at The Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium and the Piast Institute. They recently sponsored an ambitious online fundraising campaign to replace…
Toast of the Town … Introducing Hamtramck’s newest addition to the club scene
By Charles Sercombe A couple of weeks ago in this column we reminisced about the not-so-long-ago days when there were still “old geezer” bars that opened early in…
Fundraiser for baseball stadium reaches its goal
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s historic baseball stadium scored a big win. The online fundraising effort to raise $50,000 was met on Wednesday – a week before the fundraiser was…
Budget woes deepen
By Charles Sercombe Are Hamtramck’s police and fire departments too big? Too small? As city officials tackle the upcoming budget shortfalls, the state told City Manager Kathy Angerer it will…
State marijuana sales racking up millions in revenue
By Charles Sercombe A bare majority of city councilmembers are still expected to outlaw the sale or production of recreational marijuana. The same councilmembers, Anam Miah, Abu Musa, Saad Almasmari…
Hamtramck will have to face likelihood of losing GM plant
At this point it appears General Motors really has no plan to keep the Poletown Plant open. At a town hall meeting last Saturday, Mayor Karen Majewski basically said so.…
