Councilmember objects to changes made by city manager
By Charles Sercombe There’s a new city manager in town, and now a new way to conduct city council business. And so far, Councilmember Anam Miah is not…
City takes a hit in crime stats
By Charles Sercombe First the bad news. According to a ranking of 186 Michigan cities, Hamtramck has the seventh worst crime rate. That’s the result of a study performed by…
Judge tosses out defamation lawsuit against Review
By Charles Sercombe A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has thrown out a libel/slander lawsuit filed against The Review newspaper and Publisher John Ulaj. Omar Nakash, the owner of Platinum…
City’s financial board begins its job of overseeing finances
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s transition advisory board held its first meeting this week. The TAB will be overlooking all financial decisions over $10,000 made by the city for what…
Coming soon: House values re-assessed
By Charles Sercombe Since the 1960s it appears there has never been a citywide re-assessment of Hamtramck property values. There have been new assessments given as housing values…
One tree’s removal sparks an old debate in the city
By Charles Sercombe There is a well-known philosophical question that asks: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make…
City cracking down on parking space savers
By Charles Sercombe One of Hamtramck’s cherished traditions is coming under scrutiny from the city administration. Residents who use old chairs, buckets, cones – you name it – to…
City to do the ‘tighten up’
By Charles Sercombe An unknown weakness in Hamtramck’s landlord law was discovered last week. Essentially, it has no power of enforcement. Last Friday there was a WXYZ Channel…
Police seek information in shooting
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck has its first homicide of the year. Last Friday at about 1 p.m., the family of a 34-year-old man living in the 3900 block of Prescott…
Potholes appear early in the season but city is making repairs
By Charles Sercombe Winter is not even a month old and potholes have already appeared in Hamtramck. Or wait, are those potholes left over from last year? Who knows…
