in Our Opinion … Mayor calls for a change in city seal/logo design
Mayor Adam Alharbi has been moving fast to establish his identity, and how he views the office of mayor, and the city. He wasted no time in announcing a wish…
What’s in store for 2026? Let’s take a look
By Charles Sercombe For regular readers of The Review, this is the time of the year where we go out on a limb and make some predictions for the…
Former mayor announces new job
By Charles Sercombe Former mayor Amer Ghalib is moving on to a new job. As he has predicted for the past few months, Ghalib is now working for President Trump’s…
Mayor moves quick to begin city rebranding effort
By Charles Sercombe In a move that surprised a number of residents, newly-elected mayor Adam Alharbi introduced new city logo designs. And this was done in the first few…
In Our Opinion … Will city taxpayers be hit with a hefty bill?
Hamtramck, like a number of other communities, is about to get screwed by Republican state legislators. That’s because they went to court to block roughly $5 million that had been…
Toast of the Town … Celebrating a mover and shaker and honoring MLK
By Charles Sercombe Winter’s icy, bitter cold couldn’t keep Hamtramck home this past Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, Toast bundled up and braved Hamtramck’s slippery sidewalks and alleys to very…
Court puts a halt to state grant payouts
By Charles Sercombe For a moment, it looked like Hamtramck would be off the hook for funding a new fire truck and other items amounting to about $5 million. But…
City Hall Insider … 1/6/26
By Charles Sercombe The city council met on Jan. 6, and all councilmembers were in attendance. This was the yearly organizational meeting, held at the beginning of the year to…
In our opinion … Hamtramck has no need to honor foreign politicians
It’s a new political era, but what we saw at the last city council meeting left us wondering if this young council is already in a state of dysfunction. Specifically,…
‘Newsmaker of the Year’ changed city politics
By Charles Sercombe As usual, trying to figure out who – or what – is our Newsmaker of the Year offers too many options. Should it be the firing…
