There is no ‘good humor’ for this ice cream truck driver
By Charles Sercombe Remember the childhood chant: “You scream, I scream, We all scream for ice cream”? Well, an ice cream truck driver got a not-so-innocent modern day version of…
This Labor Day weekend will be a party after all
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s annual Labor Day weekend festival looks like a go this year. The fate of this year’s festival had been up in the air for the past…
Baseball historian looking for ‘smoking gun’ to help save the grandstands
By Ian Perrotta It looks like the initiative to restore the grandstands at Veterans Park is beginning to pick up some steam. Three weeks ago, The Review reported that members…
Tax hike rejected one more time
By Charles Sercombe City Councilmember Catrina Stackpoole gave it one more try to convince her colleagues to pass a property tax increase. And again, it went nowhere. At Tuesday’s council…
Three teens face life sentence in home invasion charge
By Charles Sercombe The talk in Hamtramck 31st District Court on Tuesday afternoon was the shock in how young they looked. Too young, court observers said, to have possibly committed…
Cosmos teams can high-five for the season
By Ian Perrotta The final whistle has blown for Hamtramck’s spring sports teams. In its first season under new coach Lauren Ealba, the girls’ soccer team went an impressive 6-10…
Contractor defends splash pad
By Charles Sercombe Finally, someone has spoken up about the Recreation Department’s splash pad that is about to be opened. In the most recent School Board meeting, Recreation Director Craig…
Public school students on the road to bridge the ‘digital divide’
By Charles Sercombe When many of Hamtramck public school students return to school next fall, the classroom experience will never be the same. Thanks to a multi-million dollar federal stimulus…
New addition to development department glad to be part of a ‘happening’ city
By Ian Perrotta If you’ve been to City Hall lately, you might have noticed a new face. In April, the city hired Susie Stec to be the Community and Economic…
In Hamtramck, we don’t forget about the importance of our vets
By Ian Perrotta Monday was Memorial Day, and Hamtramck didn’t forget. As they do every year at this time, the Hamtramck Allied Veterans Council converged on Veterans Memorial Park for…
