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Former bakery comes back to life to service unemployed
Developer Bashra Imam is turning the former Oaza Bakery on the northend Jos. Campau into an office building that will host a job resource company. By Charles Sercombe Where once bakers...
View ArticleLand is cheap in Hamtramck and ideal for creative thinking
What’s going on people? The city is having a fire sale on city-owned lots and hardly anyone is interested, judging by the first round of auctions. We were mystified why...
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At this cup cake shop, anything goes
Faness Allen has opened a new business in town that specializes in cup cakes. Not surprisingly, it’s called Cupcak’n. Tanni Deb Special to The Review What if you can design your own cupcake without...
View ArticleCrime Log…12/13/13
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Dec. 4-10. Wednesday, Dec. 4 At almost 2:30 a.m. a man was arrested at Caniff and Gallagher for driving drunk. His blood alcohol...
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The Lore of Hamtramck: Raising a glass to Prohibition
This genuine illegal still was found in a building in Hamtramck. It’s on display at the new Hamtramck historical Museum. By Greg Kowalski Last week marked the 80th anniversary of the repeal of...
View ArticlePagan ceremony gets the OK for Pope Park
By Charles Sercombe Last month the city council agreed to allow a nativity scene be set up in Pope Park. Since then, no one has come forward to erect a creche. But a...
View ArticleNew year means new health plan
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck public employee retirees are getting a new healthcare insurance plan, and it’s going to cost them more. Just how much more is not entirely clear, and...
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School Board once again faces filling a vacancy
The Hamtramck School Board interviews a candidate to fill a vacant seat. By Charles Sercombe For the second time in two years, a Hamtramck Public School Boardmember has resigned....
View ArticleThis holiday season help out our less fortunate
The holiday season is upon us, and we wish our readers health and happiness. This has been a trying year for Hamtramck since it came under the control of a state-appointed...
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Letter from the publisher: Celebrating the Joy of His birth!
By John Ulaj Our Office Manager, Jean, asked me a question out of the blue: “What do you want for Christmas?” I replied: “I want the most important person in my life to live a long life: my mother.”...
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Letter from the publisher … What a party!
By John Ulaj The Review just held its 5th annual Christmas blowout! As the publisher, I am honored to have served our many wonderful guests, and to have helped make this another memorable...
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It’s a wrap: Let’s take a stroll back through 2013
The Zoning Board of Appeals allowed this building at Jos. Campau and Caniff to be turned into a mosque, the third one on this block. By Charles Sercombe With the year 2013 about to bow...
View ArticleThe New Year for Hamtramck looks promising and financially sound
Happy New Year! In this issue of The Review we begin our look back at the last 12 months. What a journey it’s been. Hamtramck sure packs in a lot of news for a small city, which is one...
View ArticleCrime Log …12/27/13
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Dec. 12-20 Thursday, Dec. 12 A woman reported that a woman she knows removed a water tank from a house in the 2200 block of Danforth St....
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The Year in Review: The second half of 2013 …
Emergency Manager Cathy Square unveiled her financial recovery plan for the city. State officials, however, shot down one key proposal that called for a tax increase to fund the city’s retirement fund....
View ArticleIt’s time to get creative about city’s development possibilities
With a new city council term about to begin and three new members joining, we have high hopes for the coming year. The previous council composition, for whatever reason, often...
View ArticleCrime Log …1/3/14
By Charles Sercombe This week’s Crime Log covers Dec. 21-28. Saturday, Dec. 21 At 12:50 a.m. in the 9400 block of Jos. Campa officers arrested a person for being disorderly. A...
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New council and mayor take the oath of office
Newly elected City Councilmembers Abu Musa, Andrea Karpinski, Mohammed Hassan and titus Walters take the oath of office. By Charles Sercombe The New Year in Hamtramck started with the...
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Dumping of snow raises an old thorny issue
How do you deal with a major snowstorm? For some residents, they don’t bother to dig out their cars, but for others there is no option. By Charles Sercombe This week’s dumping of...
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Winter comes roaring in and just as quickly leaves
Although Monday’s dumping of about a foot of snow was an inconvenience to many, for kids it was a great time to get in some sledding on makeshift “hills,” like this one behind Immaculate Conception...
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