Radio station report revisits call to prayer issue
By Charles Sercombe Last week Detroit public radio station WDET-FM ran a series of stories on Hamtramck. One of the stories was about the Islamic call to prayer, and how…
City real estate up for sale
By Charles Sercombe In the past few months the city has been in the real estate business. Recently, about six dilapidated houses were sold off, ranging from $3,000 each to…
School building tax passes by slim majority in low voter turnout
By Charles Sercombe Let the repairs begin. The Hamtramck Public School District’s millage won by 22 votes on Tuesday. The millage will bring in $750,000 a year for the district…
Push is on for school building repair millage
By Charles Sercombe The election season is coming a little early this year in Hamtramck. The public school district is asking voters to approve a 4-mill tax proposal next…
Councilman owes $3,000 in campaign fines
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan’s campaign to become a State Representative has run into potential trouble. According to campaign records from the Wayne County Elections Division, Hassan owes…
Fourth person charged with illegal handling of absentee ballots
By Charles Sercombe Criminal prosecution against four Hamtramck men charged with illegally handling absentee ballots last year has been postponed. Armani Asad, 33, Salim Ahmed, 50, Russell Mohammed, 32 and…
School supporters rally for millage
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to Hamtramck’s public schools, you couldn’t ask for a more passionate booster than Steve Hughes. He and his wife, Anne,…
City manager search narrows down to two candidates
By Charles Sercombe City officials got a chance to weigh in on who should be the next city manager. But instead of focusing on the two candidates,…
City weeks away from adopting marijuana dispensary law
By Charles Sercombe Hold on there all of you would-be marijuana dispensary operators. After last week’s story in The Review about a proposed dispensary being targeted by…
Letter from the Publisher …
By John Ulaj It’s amazing how quickly time passes. Time: a precious commodity, a finite resource. As we grow wiser (and certainly, older) time is truly the most precious…
