Get out the birthday candles, Fire Department is 100 years old
By Tanni Deb Special to The Review The year 2014 marks the Hamtramck Fire Department’s 100th anniversary of serving the city’s residents. Founded on Nov. 16, 1914, the…
Hamtown’s movers and shakers …
By Charles Sercombe Meet August Gitschlag, who for the last several months has been Hamtramck’s Acting City Clerk. Last week, he received a promotion from…
Crime Log…2/7/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Jan. 28-Feb. 3. Tuesday, Jan. 28 At 3 a.m. a man attempted to sexually assault a woman leaving…
State education officials need a lesson about economics
For a bunch of smart folks running the Michigan Department of Education, they need to learn a few lessons about the business of education. Namely, they…
EM looks to second half of contract
By Charles Sercombe Six months down, six months to go. Hamtramck Emergency Manager Cathy Square has just finished up the first half of her employment…
Crime Log… 1/31/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Jan. 21-27. Tuesday, Jan. 21 A resident reported losing $850 in a Green Dot card scam. Officers…
As funding for schools get slashed, so do our local jobs
It wasn’t an easy decision last week by a majority of Hamtramck School Boardmembers to contract out the jobs of custodians. These district employees live here…
Freezing weather forces schools to close
By Charles Sercombe How do you beat the cold when temps hit the single digits and the wind chill goes into minus zero territory? Keep dancing, said…
Adding in the poverty factor
By Charles Sercombe For the second year in a row, Hamtramck’s public school district is doing better than the Michigan Department of Education says. According to…
School Board reconsiders decision to privatize jobs
By Charles Sercombe As expected, a majority of Hamtramck School Boardmembers voted to outsource the jobs of custodians and bus drivers. In a special meeting…
