By Charles Sercombe In less than a week, a woman in her 20s who had just moved into Hamtramck received a rude welcome. The Review is not printing her name…
By Charles Sercombe In the next couple of months Hamtramck’s sewer system will be greatly improved. Since April the city has taken the first steps toward updating its entire…
By Charles Sercombe It’s a mystery. For some reason, one location in the center of the city has been a magnet over the years as a place for illegal…
By Charles Sercombe A former city department head was dealt a potentially fatal setback in his Whistle Blower Protection Act lawsuit against the city. A magistrate judge recently submitted a…
By Charles Sercombe After 26 years on the bench, Hamtramck 31st District Court Judge Paul Paruk is stepping down, according to sources. The Review was unable to reach Paruk…
You’d think that when 6,000 people are coming to visit your town local officials would welcome them. Not so in Hamtramck. Last Monday a group called Slow Roll, a…
By Charles Sercombe One thing is for certain in the coming months: City officials need to have a serious discussion on how to fund the Fire Department. The city’s…
By Charles Sercombe A city contractor’s libel lawsuit against The Review Publisher John Ulaj and the newspaper was thrown out twice, once in Wayne County Circuit Court and again…
By Charles Sercombe For several years there has been a water meter at the Wayne County Jail in Hamtramck unused and rotting away. The city has either not collected a…
By Charles Sercombe The future of St. Ladislaus Church is still up in the air. In recent months the Pope Paul II Parish Council voted to close down the…