It’s a waiting game for the mayor
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib will have to wait for the U.S. Senate to come back from their summer break before his hearing is scheduled to confirm his…
Breaking news … Two councilmembers charged with election fraud
By Charles Sercombe After a couple of years of speculation and investigation, two Hamtramck city councilmembers were charged Monday (Aug. 10), with felony election fraud and ballot harvesting in…
The Review starts a new chapter
By Charles Sercombe For the second time in The Review’s 16 years of publishing, a new owner has taken over operations. Michigan Independent Media Group, based in Grand Rapids,…
Festival month begins this weekend
By Charles Sercombe August is going to be a huge party month on Jos. Campau. The activities for this weekend alone include a Bengali festival that will feature performers and…
Hamtramck election results are in …
By Charles Sercombe As expected, mayoral candidate Adam Alharbi came out on top in the primary election. He finished with 1,931 votes. The runner-up in the mayoral election is…
Mayor tells police to stop house visits during election
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Amer Ghalib is demanding that Hamtramck police officers stop going to residents’ houses in their investigations during the few days leading up to Tuesday’s August Primary…
Mayor’s biography of immigrating here at 17 to work raises a question
By Charles Sercombe The U.S. State Department’s biography of Mayor Amer Ghalib raises some questions about how he legally immigrated here. The State Department recently put together a short…
For now, pride flag dispute is not quite over
By Charles Sercombe As expected, the fight over whether the city can ban the display of pride flags on public property is not over. The attorney for the two former…
Election day is around the corner
By Charles Sercombe Get ready to vote this coming Tuesday, Aug. 5. In fact, a number of local voters have already gotten head starts — by voting absentee. If you…
Federal judge rules in favor of the city’s pride flag ban
By Charles Sercombe Last week, a federal judge likely dealt a death blow to those seeking to have the pride flag displayed again on a city flagpole. Federal Judge David…
