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.…
City Hall Insider10/5/12
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe We last left off with the city council meeting…
Long election ballot will mean long voter lines
By Charles Sercombe Get ready to spend some extra time filling out the Nov. 6 election ballot. Hamtramck’s ballot is two pages long and features not only a slew of…
Will layoff of firefighters save the city money? Only time will tell
Updated Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. By Charles Sercombe The talk of the town on Monday was about the layoff of 12 firefighters, which is nearly half of the department. According…
CM search gets a reboot
By Charles Sercombe The search is on. After a number of starts and stops, the city council agreed to renew the search for a permanent city manager. At Tuesday’s city…
Hamtramck’s loss turns out to be Novi’s gain
By Charles Sercombe It didn’t take Finance Director Nevrus Nazarko long to land a new job. Just a few days after announcing his sudden resignation as Hamtramck’s Finance Director, the…
Bengali voter awareness ramps up for election
By Musharraf Ali Special to The Review Bangladeshi-American voters in the Hamtramck and metro area are getting special attention this election season. The Michigan Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus (MI-BADC) has…
Festival was not only fun, it was a money-maker
By Charles Sercombe Here’s something we can all celebrate. Oh wait, we kind of already did that during Labor Day weekend, but what the heck, let’s crack open a beer…
