By Charles Sercombe It’s been six months since the Al Islah Mosque was given the go-ahead to fix up their new location at the northeast corner…
By Charles Sercombe Last week the Hamtramck School Board split on a decision to privatize the work of custodians and bus drivers. But early this week there…
By Charles Sercombe Yes, there will be a Metro Times Blowout in Hamtramck. But for the second year in a row, there will also be a Blowout…
By Charles Sercombe In 2012 The Review published a portion of billings from the city’s largest contractors, except one: City Attorney James Allen. At the…
By Charles Sercombe For two years at least, Hamtramck has peace among its labor unions. All four city employee unions, which includes the…
By Charles Sercombe It’s Plan B for how to get rid of a city-owned loft development. There were no bids submitted for a two-story building on…
By Charles Sercombe An omen of things to come or just a bad start? That seems to be the question in the air after the very…
By Charles Sercombe Winter was barely three weeks old when it suddenly came blasting into Hamtramck, as well as almost the entire country. Starting on Sunday night and…
By Charles Sercombe This week’s dumping of about a foot of snow raised an old debate in town. To plow, or not to plow (side…
By Charles Sercombe The New Year in Hamtramck started with the usual celebrations and also uniquely to Hamtramck, the inauguration of newly elected officials. This election…