Fire department is all fired up for centennial celebration
By Mike Murphy Special to The Review It’s beyond the rumor stage that firefighters know how to throw a bash, so don’t be shocked if the entire city feels…
Police chief on his way to Bangladesh for diversity training
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Police Chief Max Garbarino is going half way around the world to better get to know the city’s growing Bangladeshi community. Garbarino and a Hamtramck…
A frequent flyer lands to spread a message about respect
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me” “Respect” by Otis Redding By Charles Sercombe Many in Hamtramck know him as Al Ulman, or maybe professionally as “Al the Only.”…
Ah, the sights of a city festival is always the fun part
By Charles Sercombe Every Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has its oddities. This year was no exception. We were introduced to what will surely be the next drinking man’s –…
Stadium marker is a reminder of a divided America
By Charles Sercombe It was a packed house, so to speak, at last Thursday’s unveiling of a historical marker in Veterans Memorial Park. That’s when the public got its first…
Historical marker installed at famed Hamtramck Stadium
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Stadium is one step closer to hitting a home run. On Thursday afternoon, city and state officials gathered near the stadium with a host of other…
City’s cultural variety will be on display this weekend
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is going to be hopping this Saturday (Aug. 16). There will be four events going on, but if you plan right, you can go to all…
Back in 1997, the Fourth of July wasn’t so festive
By Charles Sercombe Seventeen years ago, there was little to celebrate during the July Fourth holiday. That’s because in the late afternoon of July 2 in 1997, a tornado —…
Front yards are no longer just for grass
By Charles Sercombe First it was chickens, and now it’s front yard vegetable gardens. The city council has been on a tear recently in updating various ordinances. A few weeks…
Actor scores lead role in indie sci-fi take on ‘Arabian Nights’
By Alan Madeleine Special to The Review A current article in a major local daily newspaper gives census figures that would seem to indicate that the Arabic population has…
