City manager gets three-year contract
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s new city manager now has a contract. At last week’s city council meeting, Kathy Angerer was awarded a three-year employment contract with a yearly…
Between the lines … When the Pope came to Hamtramck
By Charles Sercombe It was 31 years ago this past week when former Pope John Paul II visited Hamtramck. The Sept. 18, 1987 visit has been duly noted…
Le Detroit Macaron celebrates a sweet one-year anniversary
By Sam Corey Review Special Writer The room inside Le Detroit Macaron is covered with cream-filled eggshells and, on this particular day, a lot of packaging. Ribbons, small miniature boxes…
Complete streets now: lives depend on it
By Walter Wasacz A comprehensive strategic transportation and urban mobility plan was published earlier this month by the City of Detroit. Using Complete Streets principles — rapidly gaining traction…
Is it time for the city to invest in the Labor Day Festival ?
Now that this year’s annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has wrapped up, it’s time to once again ponder its future. First of all, the lead organizers of the festival, Shannon…
Expanded alley repair program gets the green light
By Charles Sercombe The city’s alley repaving project is getting an extra boost. City officials found some extra money from savings in the budget and also dipped into the city’s…
City settles ex-department head lawsuit
By Charles Sercombe The city has settled a four-year lawsuit filed by a former director of public services. The final part of a two-part settlement was reached several weeks…
Despite hot, rainy weather, Labor Day Festival remains a ‘people’s festival’
By Charles Sercombe (Sept. 7, 2018) One thing you can say about this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, it had its ups and downs, and ins and outs.…
Thanks to dough from Domino’s pizza company, potholes get filled
By Alan Madlane Hamtramck, get ready to stop being so cheesed off about local potholes. You likely won’t need to avoid that void that used to rattle your adenoids…
Hamtramck now has a new city manager
By Charles Sercombe City officials gave it one more shot to vote on whether to hire a city manager last Friday evening. City Councilmember Fadel Al-Marsoumi called for a…
