Crime Log… 12/5/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Nov. 25-Dec. 1. Tuesday, November 25 A Macomb man was arrested at Caniff and Sobieski for assault after an argument. A Yemans…
Appearance of Ford pickup trucks prompts questions
By Charles Sercombe Is American Axle back into local auto production? For a second, it appeared that way, when a few hundred Ford F-150 pickup trucks mysteriously began to appear…
Hamtramck Goodfellows need your help in this year’s food drive
This week’s issue of The Review is dedicated to the Hamtramck Goodfellows. The group has been around for over 80 years and has been dedicated to helping the needy during…
Street naming hits a dead end (or does it?)
By Charles Sercombe It has not been an easy ride for city officials to come up with a policy for granting honorary names to city streets. The city council has…
Councilmember’s attendance raises concerns over health
By Charles Sercombe For those who have been keeping tabs, City Councilmember Titus Walters has missed a lot of meetings in recent months. Since the beginning of his term in…
New DPW director explains water bill confusion
By Charles Sercombe Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the city’s water bills. For a recent two-month stretch the city fell behind in sending out monthly…
Hamtown’s movers and shakers …Meet Omar Thabet 11/28/14
By Charles Sercombe Meet Omar Thabet. He’s a 22-year-old Yemeni-American who recently graduated from Michigan State University where he studied journalism. He lives in Hamtramck and has just written a…
Hamtramck businesses get a boost from grant awards
By Mike Murphy Special to The Review Three Hamtramck small businesses got a big boost recently as winners of NEIdeas $10,000 grants for having great ideas about how to grow…
Crime Log.. 11/28/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Nov. 18-24. Tuesday, November 18 At 1:30 a.m. a man was arrested for breaking out a car window in the 9400 block…
Hamtramck has plenty to be thankful for this holiday season
Is Hamtramck ready to retake local control? That’s a question many will be asking as the last few weeks go by before Emergency Manager Cathy Square leaves. A city manager…
