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…
Group provides Hamtramck students with a little ‘assistance’
By Ian Perrotta Last week’s “Operation School Bell” was a ringing success. As part of one of its many yearly service projects, the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan (ALSM)…
Even with firefighter grant the city still needs concessions
Hooray, yes, the city won a federal grant that will cover the salaries of firefighters for the next two years. But, honestly, there’s not much to celebrate about. City officials…
Crime Log …10/5/12
By Ian Perrotta This week’s daily crime reports go from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3. Thursday, Sept. 27 • Officers responded to an alarm at a business at Conant and…
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…
Contract impasse is a lose-lose for the city
It’s a fair assumption that everyone can agree that the recent layoff of 12 firefighters is not a good thing. But as one newscaster said, the layoffs were self-inflicted by…
