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Spring sports season to start soon for Hamtramck

Spring sports season to start soon for Hamtramck

Get ready for some upcoming coverage of the Cosmos spring sports teams.…

Council takes wasting time to a brand new level

Council takes wasting time to a brand new level

Enough already. Hamtramck’s City Council has taken an inquiry into a $13,000 payment made to Acts 29 for work performed in 2009 to an absurd level. The council met in…

Snow, snow everywhere but where are the kids?

Snow, snow everywhere but where are the kids?

By Charles Sercombe For the second week in a row, Hamtramck was walloped with a snowfall of several inches. And as usual, Hamtramckans slogged through the wet mush without much…

Get ready to be ‘blown out’

By Alan Madeleine Review Staffwriter And no, we’re not talking here about the norovirus that’s making digestive systems empty from here all the way to Rhode Island. We’re referring to…

Cosmos break winless streak

Cosmos break winless streak

By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter The Hamtramck High boys’ basketball team broke a four-game losing streak with a resounding win over Frontier Academy. Last Friday (Feb. 12) the Cosmos beat…

A waste of time for City Council

A waste of time for City Council

You could say that Councilmember Cathie Gordon has a point. And that point is the city administration needs to run a tighter ship when it comes to keeping track of…

New Orleans can have Mardi Gras, we’ve got paczki

New Orleans can have Mardi Gras, we’ve got paczki

(Editor’s note: Our “cub” reporter, Alan Madeleine, has a degree in English and also has a master’s degree in something. He owns not only a dictionary, but also a thesaurus.…

Hamtramck’s ‘Tex’ rolls in the dough

By Alan Madeleine That Man in the Paczki Suit (you would almost certainly have seen him wandering the streets of Hamtramck on Tuesday) has a name: Tex. And he wants…

Knights of Columbus prove home is where the heart is

By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter You don’t have to have a home to be hospitable. Just ask Hamtramck’s Knights of Columbus. Despite losing their hall on Conant St., the Knights…

Hamtown movers and shakers …

Hamtown movers and shakers …

By Ian Perrotta Who is he? Alex Maysura is no stranger to Hamtramck. For over four decades he was a resident of different locations in and around the city, and…