Baseball historian looking for ‘smoking gun’ to help save the grandstands
By Ian Perrotta It looks like the initiative to restore the grandstands at Veterans Park is beginning to pick up some steam. Three weeks ago, The Review reported that members…
Tax hike rejected one more time
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Catrina Stackpoole gave it one more try to convince her colleagues to pass a property tax increase. And again, it went nowhere. At Tuesday’s council…
Three teens face life sentence in home invasion charge
By Charles Sercombe The talk in Hamtramck 31st District Court on Tuesday afternoon was the shock in how young they looked. Too young, court observers said, to have possibly committed…
Cosmos teams can high-five for the season
By Ian Perrotta The final whistle has blown for Hamtramck’s spring sports teams. In its first season under new coach Lauren Ealba, the girls’ soccer team went an impressive 6-10…
A celebration of ethnic diversity through song and dance
By Ian Perrotta Hamtramck’s ethnic diversity was on full display last Thursday at Dickinson East Elementary School’s 13th Annual Multicultural Celebration and Ice Cream Social. Over 800 people attended the…
We could learn a lesson on city planning from Montreal
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Last weekend, I got lucky. Not only was I in Montreal to write about at an…
City should have committed to festival months ago
We hate to be party poopers, but it looks like trying to organize this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival is a bust. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a lengthy debate…
At Russell Bazaar, start-up businesses get inexpensive chance to succeed
By Alan Madeleine While sitting in the spacious, Albert Khan-designed Russell Street complex, once owned by the notorious hotelier Leona Helmsley, the conversation rolls easily out of General Manager Jim…
Contractor defends splash pad
By Charles Sercombe Finally, someone has spoken up about the Recreation Department’s splash pad that is about to be opened. In the most recent School Board meeting, Recreation Director Craig…
Public school students on the road to bridge the ‘digital divide’
By Charles Sercombe When many of Hamtramck public school students return to school next fall, the classroom experience will never be the same. Thanks to a multi-million dollar federal stimulus…
