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 of council…
Paczki Day unites our community in many ways
By Aida Mandic Special to The Review Pączki Day is a wonderful memory from my childhood. My family would watch the movies “The Goonies” and “Jumanji” and snack on…
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 last week’s monthly Board of Education meeting, Interim Superintendent James Larson-Shidler said the district may…
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 — and those…
City Hall insider … 1/13/26
By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Jan. 13, and all councilmembers, except for Nayeem Choudhury, were in attendance. The council was informed about an upcoming auction of properties…
Meet the new city manager and police chief
By Charles Sercombe If you’d like to meet the city’s new city manager and police chief, don’t get too cozy Sunday (Feb. 15) evening. That’s when Hamtramck’s newly-elected Mayor…
In Our Opinion … Adults could learn a lesson from our students
Listen to our students. There are some adults in this community who think Hamtramck is immune from ICE agents coming here and terrorizing our immigrant communities. At best, how naïve.…
City adopts new street sign rule: Only those who contributed to the community
By Charles Sercombe The city council has a new rule about granting honorific street names: Only people who have a direct connection to the city will be considered. It was…
HHS student protest put on ice
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck High School students had planned to join in on what hundreds of other students have done across the country, and protest against ICE agents’ aggressive arrests…
This year’s charity basketball game features mayors from three cities
By Alan Madlane Omar Thabet works for the City of Hamtramck as its Administrative Officer, but his work for the community doesn’t stop there. For the past several years,…
