Crime Log… 6/27/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers June 17-23. Tuesday, June 17 At 11:15 p.m. officers checked out an open door at a vacant house in the 2300 block…
City can’t afford to delay opening up of dispensaries
Why the wait? That’s the question we have for Emergency Manager Cathy Square when it comes to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to open up and operate. Square has put the…
What once used to be is now blight to neighbors
By Charles Sercombe For the past three years, or so, Albert Andrus of Trowbridge St. has been trying to get the city’s attention. He’s called and filled out complaint forms,…
Official’s lawsuit expands
By Charles Sercombe The Whistleblower lawsuit filed by Department of Public Works Director Steve Shaya keeps growing. Shaya has added two amendments to his original lawsuit filed last April. The…
Chickens may not be allowed to come home to roost after all
By Charles Sercombe Don’t count your chickens yet. Three City Councilmembers have had second thoughts about allowing the raising of chickens in Hamtramck and have set the wheels in motion…
Marijuana dispensary is one toke over the line
By Charles Sercombe A would-be medical marijuana dispensary operator jumped the gun too soon. Waaay too soon. On Tuesday afternoon, Hamtramck police shut down a business called Go Green at…
Bankruptcy is now an option for city
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s finances are not as rosy as thought. Just a few weeks ago Emergency Manager Cathy Square said she had a sound budget for this year and…
Former city manager settles for $142,000 for firing
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck property owners will be on the hook for paying a lawsuit settlement with former City Manager William Cooper. Cooper accused the city of breach of…
Front yards are no longer just for grass
By Charles Sercombe First it was chickens, and now it’s front yard vegetable gardens. The city council has been on a tear recently in updating various ordinances. A few weeks…
Southend now has its own hardware store to call its own
By Alan Madeleine Special to The Review Nothing revitalizes an old city like a new business. Even if that business is, well, an old-fashioned kind. The southend is now…
