School district applies for $15.5 million state loan to pay bills
By Charles Sercombe The Hamtramck Public School District has run into a financial crunch. At last week’s monthly Board of Education meeting, Interim Superintendent James Larson-Shidler said the district may…
Roll out the paczki celebrations
By Charles Sercombe Ah…Can you hear it? Listen closely, and you can hear the siren call of paczki – yes, multiple paczki. And every year, Hamtramck — and those…
Meet the new city manager and police chief
By Charles Sercombe If you’d like to meet the city’s new city manager and police chief, don’t get too cozy Sunday (Feb. 15) evening. That’s when Hamtramck’s newly-elected Mayor…
City adopts new street sign rule: Only those who contributed to the community
By Charles Sercombe The city council has a new rule about granting honorific street names: Only people who have a direct connection to the city will be considered. It was…
HHS student protest put on ice
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck High School students had planned to join in on what hundreds of other students have done across the country, and protest against ICE agents’ aggressive arrests…
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…
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…
‘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…
