Charles Sercombe Former Councilmember Kazi Miah’s replacement didn’t waste any time taking over his position. The next highest vote-getter from the Nov. 8 General Election, Abdul Algazali, was sworn into…
By Charles Sercombe Channel 7 news investigator Scott Lewis is not putting the brakes on his recent story about Hamtramck’s speed trap. On Tuesday night, Lewis did a follow up…
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe We left off last week part way through the…
By Alan R. Madeleine Who she is … Roxann Lee-Fiorello Busch is a former Hamtramck native, now living in Duisburg, Germany, who has just self-published her first novel, entitled “The…
A couple of years ago we reported that Hamtramck’s speeding laws were on shaky legal ground. A relatively new state law requires communities to first perform a traffic study before…
By Charles Sercombe Veterans Day in Hamtramck is always a mix of solemn remembrance and celebrating the joy of camaraderie. At PLAV Post 10 last Friday, it was another year…
By Charles Sercombe It took two years, but finally someone noticed. Back in 2009, The Review was the first to break a story that Hamtramck’s authority to enforce speeding laws…
By Charles Sercombe Councilmember Kazi Miah’s sudden resignation has ushered in someone familiar to the local political scene. Perennial candidate Abdul Algazali will fill it the remainder of Miah’s term,…
By Charles Sercombe It figures. At the moment the City Council was on the verge to adopt a zoning law regulating where medical marijuana can be grown, the state attorney…
By Charles Sercombe Move over Detroit. You had your moment in the national spotlight. Now, it’s Hamtramck’s turn to wow the television viewing audience of the NFL Super Bowl that’s…