Financial meltdown looms for city
By Charles Sercombe As if it were even possible, Hamtramck’s financial picture looks a lot worse than it did a month ago. It was previously thought that the city…
Two recent fires lead to injuries to firefighters
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck firefighters have had some bad luck in two recent fires. A few weeks ago while battling a house fire, one firefighter received burns on…
As election nears, the party faithful show their support
By Syed Musharraf Ali Special to The Review It was a festive evening on Sunday. Democratic Party supporters and candidates made Hamtramck the place to be that evening…
Council refuses to rebid contracts
By Charles Sercombe Acting City Manager Kyle Tertzag was told a few weeks ago that if he wanted to rebid city contracts he could come to the council and…
FBI wastes no time on request
By Charles Sercombe That didn’t take long. After about only two weeks from when the city council asked the FBI to investigate the invoices of contractors, agents…
IT contractor earns over half million in seven years
By Charles Sercombe In our third and final installment of a look at the invoices of four major contractors with the city, this week we review ADR Consultants. The company…
City splits on fire grant
By Charles Sercombe That was a short layoff. Just a week after laying off 12 firefighters, the city has called all of them back. That’s because the…
City paid $2 million for street and water line repairs
By Charles Sercombe Last week The Review published the invoices submitted by city contractor Platinum Landscaping. We ran into Hamtramck Director of Public Works Steve Shaya in…
City will ask FBI to look at contractors’ billings
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Common Councilmembers gave Acting City Manager Kyle Tertzag a mixed message at Tuesday’s council meeting. On the one hand, a bare majority of the council rejected…
Contractor was paid a hefty sum for snow plowing and lot clean-ups
By Charles Sercombe For the past four years, the city has relied on one company to plow and salt emergency route streets when it snows, and to do lot clean-ups.…
