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Crime Log… 3/6/15

By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Feb. 24-March 2. Tuesday, February 24 At about 1 a.m. a driver was arrested for being wanted on a Hamtramck felony warrant…

Those against school millage are in special need of an education

It’s understandable that many of us are cynical when it comes to elections. We expect people to lie and exaggerate. But when it hits home in Hamtramck, elections are more…

City parks will never look the same after this year

City parks will never look the same after this year

  By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s three city-owned parks are about to get a half million dollar makeover. Plans for the park improvements were unveiled last week at a special city…

Election investigation underway

Election investigation underway

    By Charles Sercombe Last Tuesday’s school millage election is now a crime scene. City Clerk August Gitschlag turned over anonymous campaign literature distributed to what appears to be…

City prepares to plug delinquent water bills

City prepares to plug delinquent water bills

  By Charles Sercombe Behind in paying your water bill? If so, you better get a payment plan in place with the City of Hamtramck. The city is aiming to…

Crime Log… 2/27/15

By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Feb. 16-23. Monday, February 16 At 12:30 a.m. a Harper Woods resident was arrested on Caniff for calling 911 without a reason.…

Music festival tunes up for next week’s celebration

Music festival tunes up for next week’s celebration

  By Mike Murphy Special to The Review Ten-dollar wristbands are now on sale for the Second Annual Hamtramck Music Festival, which with 150 bands playing at 17 Hamtramck venues…

City needs to take ownership of Paczki Day and be a better host

We hate to repeat ourselves on this issue, but it’s still worth mentioning. Paczki Day has once again come and gone, and the town was filled with visitors and there…

School millage proposal gets voted down by voters

School millage proposal gets voted down by voters

By Charles Sercombe A last-minute stealth – and possibly illegal – campaign against the public school district’s millage proposal election paid off. The millage proposal, which was voted on Tuesday,…

Breaking news … School millage defeated

By Charles Sercombe A last-minute stealth – and possibly illegal – campaign against the public school district’s millage renewal election paid off. The millage proposal, which was voted on Tuesday,…