Attorney’s tale of overcoming challenges is a message of believing
By Charles Sercombe There are motivational speakers, and then there is attorney Richard Bernstein. Yes, that Richard Bernstein you see in television ads. Bernstein met with Hamtramck Public Schools…
If it’s a Hamtramck arts festival, don’t expect the ordinary
By Mike Murphy Special to The Review The Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival may be becoming best known for what it’s not. It is not held on a few streets…
In Hamtramck, police gear is not a subject of debate
By Charles Sercombe It’s a subject the media has been talking a lot about lately. Police militarization. Following the recent clash between the public and the Ferguson Police Department in…
Pope Park will soon get a divine intervention
By Charles Sercombe A new look is coming to Pope Park. Talk of renovating the park has been in motion for over a year now, as well as…
On Sunday, St. Florian to be invaded by a ‘Mass Mob’
By Mike Murphy Special to The Review For some, the thought of a mob descending on a Catholic church might evoke images of destruction and anti-clerical fervor, but St.…
Fire department is all fired up for centennial celebration
By Mike Murphy Special to The Review It’s beyond the rumor stage that firefighters know how to throw a bash, so don’t be shocked if the entire city feels…
Police chief on his way to Bangladesh for diversity training
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Police Chief Max Garbarino is going half way around the world to better get to know the city’s growing Bangladeshi community. Garbarino and a Hamtramck…
A frequent flyer lands to spread a message about respect
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me” “Respect” by Otis Redding By Charles Sercombe Many in Hamtramck know him as Al Ulman, or maybe professionally as “Al the Only.”…
Ah, the sights of a city festival is always the fun part
By Charles Sercombe Every Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has its oddities. This year was no exception. We were introduced to what will surely be the next drinking man’s –…
Stadium marker is a reminder of a divided America
By Charles Sercombe It was a packed house, so to speak, at last Thursday’s unveiling of a historical marker in Veterans Memorial Park. That’s when the public got its first…
