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Street Life…Hamtramck will be in full spin this Saturday

(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck. A version of this article first appeared in modeldmedia.com) By Walter Wasacz Bet you one of your dusty old…

In Hamtramck, it is indeed a small world

By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter For most days in this city, a trip around the block is a trip around the world. But next Saturday (April 24) you can get…

City makes one more push for the Census

By Charles Sercombe Volunteers gave it one more shot at promoting the Census on Saturday. This week is the deadline to return Census forms. Last Saturday, a group of high…

Out-of-state students spruce up city during Spring Break

By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter For most college students, Spring Break is a time to relax. But a few weeks ago, for 38 students it was a time to get…

Street Life: Police auction offers plenty of good deals

Street Life: Police auction offers plenty of good deals

(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz The timing couldn’t be better. I needed a bicycle, had been thinking about where to get…

Music community drums up support for one of its own

By Alan Madeliene Hamtramck has long had a reputation as a giving and charitable town. That rep will be put to the test once again this coming Saturday, when the…

Street Life…No stuffy art opening in this town

Street Life…No stuffy art opening in this town

(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz It’s always nice to enter a room full of people busy doing nothing — nothing, that…

You’ve got friends at Whiskey in the Jar

By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter If you’re looking for a Friday night fight, go down the street to Shadow Bar – at Whiskey in the Jar it’s all about the…

At HHS, students learn the power of the spoken word

At HHS, students learn the power of the spoken word

By Alan Madeliene “Let’s Take it to the Stage!” Well, that immortal phrase popularized by the Funkadelic might be one way of saying it. In any case, that’s just what…

Street Life: A passing of the torch …

(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz In 2001, when my mother decided to close her shop — Edwin Beauty Salon — after…