Crime Log …4/26/13
By Ian Perrotta This week’s Crime Log covers Thursday, April 18 through Tuesday, April 23. Thursday, April 18 · At 12:22 a.m. officers responded to an animal complaint. · …
Elected officials fail to see big picture in business development
Maybe we have beaten this issue to death, but it bears repeating once more, just in case any city official is reading this. At Tuesday’s meeting the…
Friday night and it’s time to ‘Blowout’
By Charles Sercombe Music fans swarmed into Hamtramck on Friday night for the 16th annual Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout. We here at The Review got off…
Hamtramck’s emerging industry: Industrial recycling. Is that a good thing?
By Charles Sercombe “Are we going to be the recycling center of the state?” That’s a question City Councilmember Robert Zwolak recently posed about the…
City inches closer to state intervention
By Charles Sercombe It’s official: A state review team will look into Hamtramck’s financial situation. Hmmmm … sound familiar? Indeed. Last fall city officials…
Sometimes a little caution goes a long way in development
City Councilmember Robert Zwolak has every right to be concerned about a recent influx of recycling facilities opening here or proposing to do so. He’s been around long…
Record Store Day celebrates all things that spin around
By Charles Sercombe Record lovers, tomorrow is your day. And Hamtramck is well stocked for the annual worldwide Record Day celebration taking place everywhere that there…
City offers an adopt-a-lot program for the summer
By Ian Perrotta This summer there is a “lot” for you to do in Hamtramck Not as in activities, but as in a parcel of land that you…
Hamtramck Mini-World’s Fair is a giant success
By Ian Perrotta You didn’t need 80 days to take a trip around the world last Saturday (April 6). All you had to do was visit the…
City skirts by payless payday but financial crisis is far from over
City employees dodged a bullet last week, but we don’t blame them if they remain skeptical. It was announced last week that it was likely that employees…
