Councilman owes $3,000 in campaign fines
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan’s campaign to become a State Representative has run into potential trouble. According to campaign records from the Wayne County Elections Division, Hassan owes…
Fourth person charged with illegal handling of absentee ballots
By Charles Sercombe Criminal prosecution against four Hamtramck men charged with illegally handling absentee ballots last year has been postponed. Armani Asad, 33, Salim Ahmed, 50, Russell Mohammed, 32 and…
School supporters rally for millage
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to Hamtramck’s public schools, you couldn’t ask for a more passionate booster than Steve Hughes. He and his wife, Anne,…
City manager search narrows down to two candidates
By Charles Sercombe City officials got a chance to weigh in on who should be the next city manager. But instead of focusing on the two candidates,…
City weeks away from adopting marijuana dispensary law
By Charles Sercombe Hold on there all of you would-be marijuana dispensary operators. After last week’s story in The Review about a proposed dispensary being targeted by…
Letter from the Publisher …
By John Ulaj It’s amazing how quickly time passes. Time: a precious commodity, a finite resource. As we grow wiser (and certainly, older) time is truly the most precious…
Site of proposed marijuana dispensary is no easy roll out
By Charles Sercombe A former Hamtramck DARE officer who played his guitar while he sang anti-drug messages to school kids is singing a slightly different tune these days. Mark Kalinowski,…
Mayor questions if city got a snow job this winter
By Charles Sercombe Not only was this winter brutally cold, it was expensive. For the City of Hamtramck, it was very costly. During the months of December through…
For now, it’ll be a bumpy ride before street repairs
By Charles Sercombe Just how bad are Hamtramck’s streets? As everyone has experienced by now, just about every street has potholes. But if you need further proof that winter’s ice…
Rolling out the school millage message
By Charles Sercombe Supporters of the upcoming school tax millage couldn’t have picked a better place last Thursday to underscore the need for school repairs. Inside the Hamtramck High…
