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This year’s MLK Day celebration’s theme: building bridges

This year’s MLK Day celebration’s theme: building bridges

By Charles Sercombe Despite the frigid single-digit temperature, Hamtramck’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day on Monday carried on. Last year’s event was postponed because of even worse winter…

Hamtramck veterans still carry on the Veterans Day tradition

Hamtramck veterans still carry on the Veterans Day tradition

  By Charles Sercombe Veterans Day ceremonies in Hamtramck may be mere shadows of former years, but the spirit is still strong. In recent years, the number of veterans who…

Student authors have a health message for people of color

Student authors have a health message for people of color

  By Alan Madlane It’s no secret that Hamtramck has some talented youth at work, and in a wide variety of academic, athletic and practical areas. Two such, Mst Labone…

Neighborhood Arts Festival once again opens it doors and yards

Neighborhood Arts Festival once again opens it doors and yards

  By Alan Madlane Get ready for another spectacular day of local art and music making. The Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival, or HNAF, is having its 14th annual event on…

Police chief jumps into action to help a neighbor out

Police chief jumps into action to help a neighbor out

By Charles Sercombe There are good neighbors, and then there are really good neighbors. You can put Hamtramck Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri in the “really good” category. How’s that? Recently,…

Muralist talks about his latest project in Veterans Park

Muralist talks about his latest project in Veterans Park

  By Charles Sercombe At age 80, Dennis Orlowski may be retired, but he is one busy guy. He is known locally for his many murals around town, as well…

Former city official on a mission to clean up this town

Former city official on a mission to clean up this town

  By Alan Madlane Maybe you’ve noticed that a street you’re walking, biking, driving down in Hamtramck looks a little bit tidier than the last time you saw it. If…

Two years later, Hamtramck TV is thriving and growing

Two years later, Hamtramck TV is thriving and growing

By Alan Madlane Hamtramck’s very own cable channel, 19 on your local Comcast network, has been active for just about two years now, having gone live around late June of…

Confessions of a St. Lad’s crosstown parish rival

Confessions of a St. Lad’s crosstown parish rival

  By Dave Uchalik Special to The Review If you had told pretty much anyone attending high school at Hamtramck’s St. Florian in the early 1970s that St. Ladislaus Church…

A final salute to Hamtramck’s war dead

A final salute to Hamtramck’s war dead

By Charles Sercombe The last time a Memorial Day ceremony was held at Veterans Park was two years ago. At that time, there was a rededication of the gravesite of…

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