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By Charles SercombeIt’s a mystery.For some reason, one

location in the center ofthe city has been a mag-net over the years as aplace for illegal dump-ings.It’s in the alley on the

east side of Jos. Cam-pau at Caniff. On mostdays you can see loosegarbage and large itemsdeposited there – usu-ally pieces of furniture.This past week was no

exception. Two couchesand a large pile of trashwere dumped at the site.Kathy Angerer, the Di-

rector of Community &Economic Developmentand head of the city’scode enforcement, saidshe has been aware ofthis hotspot.She says the dump-

ings happen at nightwhen few people are

around to witness it.“Catching illegal dump-

ing after-hours is hard,”Angerer said.No matter how the

trash gets there, it’s upto the building’s owner toremove it. Angerer said

her office works withowners who are the vic-tim of illegal dumpings,but ultimately they haveto clean it up.“They need to monitor

their property,” she said.There are other hot

spots in the city as well.Angerer said dumpers

often target the outskirtsof the city, such as onHamtramck Dr., Denton,Conant and empty lots.“We try to stay on top

By Charles SercombeA former city depart-

ment head was dealt apotentially fatal setbackin his Whistle BlowerProtection Act lawsuitagainst the city.A magistrate judge re-

cently submitted a rec-ommendation to afederal district courtjudge hearing the caseto have the lawsuit dis-missed.

Former Public WorksDepartment DirectorSteve Shaya accusedseveral city employeesand department headsof using ethnic slurs re-garding his Chaldeanheritage and retaliatingagainst him after hemade several accusa-tions of wrongdoing.Shaya was fired two

years ago by formerEmergency ManagerCathy Square afterShaya admitted he wasthe uncle of a contractorwho did work for the cityand whom he super-

By Charles SercombeHamtramck’s role in a

major movie about theDetroit 1967 riot hasnow been scaled back.A few weeks ago it was

announced that a por-tion of Jos. Campau wasgoing to receive amakeover to resemble abusiness district in De-troit from that era. That was also going to

include eliminating thepedestrian sidewalk

bump-outs.All of this was going to

start in July.Well, thanks to tax in-

centives that Massachu-setts offers, much ofthat filming will takeplace in Boston instead.But there will still be

some filming in Ham-tramck, which has beenpushed back to Septem-ber.“It’s been scaled way

Under cover of darkness,blight festers in the city

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Major film projectpushed back forHamtramck’s role

Continued on page 4

Majorlawsuitdealt ablow

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The alley on the east side of Jos. Campau near Caniff has been a favorite spot for il-legal dumping. The city has been battling this problem for a number of years. Ulti-mately, though, it’s the responsibility of the building owner to clean up the dumping.

Steve Shaya

Hollywood is still coming to Hamtramck this summerto film a recreation of the 1967 Detroit riot on partof Jos. Campau. Hamtramck’s role, though, has be-come smaller.

vised and authorizedbillings to the city.His relationship with

the contractor had notbeen known.At the time of Shaya’s

firing Square declined toreveal her reason fortaking that action.The contractor related

to Shaya is OmarNakash, who owns Plat-inum Landscaping, Inc,and who still performswork for the city.The magistrate’s rec-

ommendation for thelawsuit’s dismissal isjust that, a recommen-dation. The judge in thecase can decide to over-ride the recommenda-tion and allow the caseto move forward in itsentirety or in part.If the federal judge ac-

cepts the recommenda-tions, Shaya’s lawsuitwill be over.City Attorney Travis Mi-

helick said that in gen-eral recommendationsfrom a magistrate arefollowed.“It’s a significant opin-

ion, but it’s not final,” Mi-helick said.Those accused of cre-

ating a hostile work envi-ronment included formerPolice Chief Max Gar-barino, former City Man-ager Eric Tungate, formercity administrator KyleTertzag and various cityemployees.The magistrate judge,

David Grand, noted thatnone of Shaya’s allega-tions of ethnic slurs orother comments and ac-tions failed “to rise tothe level he perceivesthem to be.”Citing case law, the

magistrate said Shaya“has simply failed toshow conduct ‘so outra-geous in character, andso extreme in degree, asto go beyond all possiblebounds of decency andto be regarded as atro-cious and utterly intoler-able in a civilizedcommunity.’”In one instance he

was allegedly called an“Arab prince,” in anotherhe was called “ghetto,”and in another he waschastised for being “toobusy with your sandmeetings.”The magistrate said

the comments – if theywere truly made -- were“mere insults, indigni-ties, threats, annoy-ances, pettyoppressions, or othertrivialities”Shaya’s lawsuit also in-

cluded allegations of re-taliations for actions hetook.In one instance he al-

leged that two water de-partment employeesshut off water service tohis sister, who at thetime lived in the city, inresponse to his allega-tion that one of themcommitted water billingfraud.As it turned out, Shaya

admitted in a depositionthat his sister had beenbehind in paying herwater bill at the time.This is the second

time in recent weeksthat a member ofShaya’s family had a law-suit involving a Ham-tramck entity tossed outof court.A few weeks ago a

Michigan Appeals Courtrejected Shaya’snephew’s libel lawsuitfiled against The Review.

His nephew, OmarNakash, alleged that Re-view Publisher John Ulajdefamed him by com-ments he made whilerunning for mayor threeyears ago regardingNakash’s billings to thecity.Nakash owns and op-

erates Platinum Land-

scaping, Inc., which stillperforms work for thecity.Like Shaya’s claims,

the judges noted thatNakash failed to showhe was harmed by Ulaj’scomments. The courtalso upheld that Ulaj’scomments were pro-tected speech.

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of it but it’s not easy,”Angerer said.This is where the pub-

lic comes in. Angererstressed that anyonewho witnesses illegaldumpings needs to im-mediately call the policedepartment.Officers, too, are part

of the eyes and ears ofthe community who areon the lookout for illegaldumpings, and occasion-ally some dumperscaught by officers on pa-trol.Those apprehensions,

however, are far and fewbetween.

Under cover of darkness,blight festers in the cityContinued from front page

Major lawsuit dealt a blowContinued from front page

By Charles SercombeThe city council met in

a special session onJune 7 and in a regularmeeting on June 14.Before the special

council meeting a worksession was held. Thesubject of the meetingwas to accept a budgetfor the new fiscal year,which starts on July 1,and to set the city’s taxmillage rate for propertyowners.A fee schedule for

some city services wasalso on the agenda.The tax millage rate re-

mained the same as the2015-16 fiscal year,which is a little over 19mills. City Manager Kat-rina Powell said she willbe looking at ways to re-duce the rate.“We certainly don’t

need to go up,” she said.The city’s budget had a

$500,000 shortfall inrevenue. The city alsowill end the current fiscalyear with a shortfall.Powell said she will dip

into the city’s budget sur-plus to make up thedeficit.The surplus still has

$2 million remaining.During the regular

meeting the new budgetwas adopted.In the work session

held on June 14, CityCouncilmember AnamMiah questioned why thecity hired a Toledo com-pany to detect watermain leaks.“You know I’m a big

Michigander,” he said inreference to using Michi-gan companies.Public Works Director

Mark Ragsdale said thecompany was less ex-pensive than local com-panies.Councilmember Saad

Almasmari requestedthe total cost so far inlegal services regardinglawsuits filed by SteveShaya, a former PublicWorks director.During the regular

meeting, Robert Zwolaknoted that it was FlagDay, but he was “disap-pointed” that few Ameri-can flags were beingflown in the city.He also said he hopes

the city does not eventu-ally file for bankruptcy.“Bankruptcy is not a

solution for our prob-lems,” he said.

Later in the meetingCity Manager Powell saidthat bankruptcy “is noteven being discussed.”She said that the city

is working with the stateto work out a financialplan to continue fundingpensions, a funding obli-

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There is still plenty oftime for local teens toapply for a summer job.The city of Hamtramck

was just awarded a grantfor a little over $42,000that will employ 16teens, who are 16 to 19years old, for the sum-mer.Four adults will also be

hired to act as supervi-sors.The teens will be paid

$8 an hour and the su-pervisors $10 an hour.The grant comes from

the Detroit Wayne Men-tal Health Authority, andthe jobs begin on July 11and run for eight weeks,Monday through Thurs-day.It is being called in an

intern program, and thework will focus on clean-up and maintenanceprojects in city parks,beautification effortsthroughout the city andassisting in routinetasks in city hall.Once a week, a “Lunch

and Learn” session will

focus on civic engage-ment with subject mattertalks to include how to“Be A Good Neighbor”and “Ways to Make a Dif-ference in your Neighbor-hood.” “The City of Ham-

tramck is proud to part-ner with the DetroitWayne Mental Health Au-thority (DWMHA) to pro-vide summer internpositions for our youth.It is a win-win for our city.Students will have achance to work together

and learn valuable lifeskills and Hamtramckneighborhoods will bene-fit from having engagedresidents for years tocome,” said Mayor KarenMajewski.Applications are avail-

able in person at Ham-tramck City Hall, HumanResources Department,3401 Evaline, 3rd floor,or by accessing the web-site at http://www.ham-tramck.us on the HumanResources Departmentpage.

Grant will fund part-timework for teens this summer

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back,” said Kathy An-gerer, the Director ofCommunity & EconomicDevelopment.The portion of what will

be shot in Hamtramck isreportedly some riotscenes.Hamtramck was se-

lected as a location be-cause some of thebusinesses on Jos.Campau still retain thelook of business dis-tricts of Detroit from the1960s.The film has yet to be

titled, but it goes underthe moniker of “Untitled

Detroit Project.” DirectorKathryn Bigelow is be-hind this project. Herprevious films include“Zero Dark Thirty” and“The Hurt Locker.”Hamtramck’s reduction

in the project is the re-sult of Michigan legisla-tors greatly reducing thetax incentive program forfilms it once had underformer Gov. JenniferGranholm.The last major film

shot in Hamtramck wasin the 1990s, and wascalled “Polish Wedding.”

Major film project pushedback for Hamtramck’s roleContinued from front page

By Greg Kowalski“Nuclear war is not a

comfortable subject.”That may be stating

the obvious, but it is onthe mark and it wasused to open an interest-ing document thatcaused a bit of a stirwhen it was releasedback in May, 1979.The title was equally

as simple and direct:“The Effects of NuclearWar,” and it was pre-pared by the U.S. Con-gress Office ofTechnological Assess-ment. Its purpose was toexamine “the full rangeof effects that nuclearwar would have on civil-ians: Direct effects fromblast and radiation; andindirect effects from eco-nomic, social, and politi-cal disruption.”It did this in 151 pages

of fascinating text, pho-tos and diagrams thatlaid out the scenario ofwhat would happen if anatomic war actually didoccur. What makes it rel-evant here is that thecity of Detroit (andnearby Hamtramck) wereused as test subjects.Three cases were pro-

posed: a one-megatonsurface blast, a one-megaton air burst and a25-megaton air burst all

centered on the I-75 andI-94 freeway interchange.A megaton is the

equivalent of one milliontons of dynamite. Justhow big is that? Well, thebomb that destroyed Hi-roshima in World War IIwas 15-kilotons (15-thousand tons of dyna-mite). There’s a bigdifference between athousand and a million.In each case, the ef-

fects are staggering. Theone-megaton surfaceblast would create acrater about 1,000 feetwide and 200 feet deep.Nearly everything withina distance of about ahalf-mile would be oblit-erated, and structuresup to 1.7 miles (to aboutCaniff) would be severelydamaged if not totallydestroyed.And everyone would be

killed.Bad as that sounds it’s

nothing compared to theone-megaton air burst,which would explode thebomb at an altitude of6,000 feet. Althoughthere would be no crater,the pressure from theblast would demolish allof Hamtramck. A 25-megaton air burst wouldessentially erase all ofDetroit, Hamtramck andHighland Park and cause

significant damage fromTaylor to SterlingHeights. How many would die?

It’s difficult to estimatebecause of factors likewhich way the wind isblowing. Radioactive ashwould drift for hundredsof miles eventually rain-ing down with deadly re-sults. But millions woulddie in the initial blastand possibly many morefrom the long-term ef-fects of radiation.The document also

looks at similar attacksat Leningrad (now St. Pe-tersburg) in Russia not-ing similar results. Allthrough the Cold War

people feared the possi-bility of atomic attack,and we still do to a cer-tain extent now.But these days the real

threat is not so muchfrom nuclear weaponsas it is from maniacswith high-powered rifles.Ironically they have donefar more damage to theUnited States than anynuclear bomb ever has.You can see a copy of

“The Effects of NuclearWar” at the HamtramckHistorical Museum, 9525Jos. Campau. Hours are11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day and Sunday and byappointment. Call (313)574-9758.

A chilling study of nuclear war

By Charles SercombeThis season’s pothole

repairs aren’t getting any-where near the attentionthey did last year.That’s likely because

this past winter was ex-tremely mild and causedlittle road damage.So far, repairs are going

smoothly, city officialssay.The following repairs

have been made:• Northbound I-75 Serv-

ice Drive from the Cityboarder at Holbrook toCarpenter.• Southbound I-75

Service Drive from Car-penter to the railroadtracks past Caniff.• Caniff from Nagel to

the west border at rail-road tracks

Season’s street repairprogram is off to agood start

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In Our Opinion

Two weeks ago ournewspaper showcasedHamtramck’s PublicSchool District.We couldn’t be more

proud to be a partnerwith the district and itsmany outstanding stu-dents and staff.Hamtramck Public

Schools are trulyunique. Where else cana young person experi-ence so many interest-ing cultures? Certainlynot in most suburbanschool districts.This exposure gives

our students a headstart in experiencingthe real world wherepeople of many nation-alities and ethnicitiesmust work together.Hamtramck truly is thewhole world in one

place.If you want to see

this incredible displayof ethnicities go experi-ence the annual Dickin-son West ElementarySchool’s internationaltalent show. You will bemightily impressed andwowed.Our schools are expe-

riencing an increase instudent enrollment be-cause many familiesare finding out thatcharter schools justaren’t cutting it. Theylack the resources thepublic schools have tooffer.And many of our stu-

dents are able to earncollege scholarships tocontinue their educa-tion.Considering that it’s

all free for families, thedistrict is a hands-downbargain.The school district

has a slogan that says:“Start Here, Stay Here,Succeed Here,” and itindeed lives up to thatpromise.None of this is new.

Hamtramck schoolshave a proud history ofserving an immigrantcommunity for manydecades. The districtwrote the book on howto educate those whoare new to our countryand assimilate theminto society.If you are looking for

a school to send yourkids, look no furtherthan Hamtramck PublicSchools.

At Hamtramck Public Schools, students experience the whole world

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gation that could triggeranother financial crisis inthe city in the next fewyears.Councilmember Mo-

hammad Hassan, how-ever, said that afterDetroit declared bank-ruptcy it has been “goingup” financially and in de-velopment.A woman complained

about the number ofcats on the loose in thecity. She said they aregetting into garbagecans and making amess.The council OK’d the

purchase of new fire-fighter protective gear,which was paid through

a grant.A discussion was held

on eliminating a chargeto residents for police re-sponse to accidentswhen it is not their fault.Councilmember An-

drea Karpinski encour-aged fellowcouncilmembers to “setan example” in their roleas a councilmember.Councilmember Abu

Musa asked if the citywill be increasing itswater service rates be-cause of Detroit’s rate in-crease.City Manager Powell

said there will indeed bean increase. She addedthat there will be

charges for projects thatinclude replacing watermeters. There will alsobe a review of the ratesto make sure homeown-ers are not being over orunder charged.Musa said residents

are “suffering” from hightaxes and water bills.Councilmember Miah

called for a moment ofsilence for those killed inthe recent Orlandoshooting.Councilmember Has-

san encouraged resi-dents to call authoritieswhen they see anythingsuspicious.

City Hall Insider…City Hall Insider…Continued from page 3

To register students forHamtramck PublicSchools, applicationpackets are available at3201 Roosevelt, Mon-day-Friday from 7:15a.m.-2:45 p.m. Please bring the follow-

ing information with youto register: original birthcertificate, up to date im-munization record, cur-rent transcripts/reportcard from previousschool, parent ID (cur-rent Michigan's Driver'sLicense or MichiganState I.D.), two currentproofs of residency (past30 days) are required:e.g. utility bill, mortgage,rent receipt, etc. Also, Hamtramck Pub-

lic School District is ac-cepting non-Hamtramckresidents for the 2016-2017 school year. Please be advised of

the following school ofchoice application dead-lines: 1st-8th grades ac-cepted through August25, 9th grade throughAugust 5, 10th-12thgrades through August12. Horizon High School

school of choice applica-tions are being acceptedthrough August 12.Kindergarten school ofchoice applications are

being accepted throughSeptember 9th. No lateSchool of Choice appli-cations will be acceptedafter these due dates.

Recreation DepartmentNewsSpend the weekend

with the HamtramckRecreation Department.Join us Saturday, July 30for "It’s A Blast in Ham-tramck" fireworks eventat Keyworth Stadiumfrom 6-10 p.m. This year we’ll have a

mobile zipline, human

hamster ball race, eurobungees, and muchmore. Then come along on

Sunday, July 31 to honorand dedicate the pavilionat Pulaski Park to thebeloved Titus RudolphWalters, former Ham-tramck Public SchoolBoard President and CityCouncil member. Thededication ceremony willbegin at 3 p.m.

Compiled by Janice Gandelman

Family gathering… Werecently heard fromRachel Bywalec whoemailed us a little historyof her family and hergreat-grandfather, JanekBywalec, who moved toHamtramck about 100years ago from Poland.Here’s what she had to

say:“My great grandfather,

Janek Bywalec, came toAmerica from Polandroughly 100 years ago.He moved to Hamtramck,MI in 1920 - where heraised a family of fiveboys before moving to thesuburbs (DearbornHeights). “A large number of his

decedents participated inthe Plymouth YMCA Fa-thers Day 5K, but did notleave our Hamtramckroots behind! “Our team name was

the ‘Hamtramck Hustlers:

Powered by Pierogi since1920.’ “I understand that many

Polish people do not livein Hamtramck anymore,but I do hope that for who-ever lives there that itgives them the sense ofroots and homeland thatit gave our family.”

Soccer club… A bigthanks goes out to Kon-

rad Maziarz of the publiclibrary for giving us the lat-est news on the DetroitCity Football Club, whichhas moved to KeyworthStadium this year. He alsosupplied us with somegreat action photos.Maziarz had this to say

about what happened atlast Sunday’s game:“Some 3,783 support-

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The Bywalec family recently celebrated their Ham-tramck roots at a Father’s Day run in Plymouth. The clanproudly called themselves the “Hamtramck Hustlers.”


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SATURDAY, July, 9, 9-3 p.m. – Hamtramck’s Re-cycle Center is open at Caniff and McDougall.Drop of your recyclables for free.

WEDNESDAY, July 20, 7 p.m. -- The HamtramckMidtown Block Club will meet in St. Florian's Con-vent; please use the side entrance. Naheda Khanwill be the guest speaker. A recent Wayne Stategraduate, Ms. Khan is a Bangladeshi-Americanwho has lived in Hamtramck for 20 years. She hasworked as an intern for HamtramckCommunity &Economic Development Director Kathy Angererand Rev. Sharon Buttry. Ms. Khan has a strongbackground in social work with a particular interestin research with the immigration population. Sheis a strong advocate for social justice and in find-ing new ways to strengthen low-income communi-ties. Please join us and invite your friends andneighbors. Light refreshments will be served.Thank you for your support. Michelle Odrobina,president/secretary.

ers braved the 90-degreeweather on Father's Dayat Keyworth Stadium andwere rewarded by watch-ing Detroit City FC defeatKalamazoo FC 1-0. “It was a hard-fought

game, and Tommy Cata-lano scored in the 63rdminute, with a beautifulassist from GeorgeChomakov.“Join Detroit City at

their next game, Saturday,June 25 as they host theDayton Dynamo. Kickoff isscheduled for 7:30 p.m.”

Fundraising… Ham-tramck’s art collective,Hatch, has started an on-line fundraiser to help ren-ovate HamtramckDisneyland.The whimsical collec-

tion of whirligigs was thecreation of Dymtro Szylakwho died last year.

The artwork sits on topof two next-door houseson Klinger. The piece andthe houses, which werepurchased by Hatch for$100,000, need someserious repairs.The group is aiming to

raise $50,000 by Aug.20. If they reach that goalsomething even betterhappens. The MichiganState Housing Develop-ment Authority (MSHDA)and the Michigan Eco-nomic Development Cor-poration’s (MEDC) PublicSpaces Community Placesprogram will match thatamount, dollar for dollar.In other words, $50,000

becomes $100,000.To donate go online to:

www.patronicity.com/pro-ject/save_hamtramck_disneyland#As of Thursday, the

group has raised $1,005.

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• Caniff from Nagel toBuffalo• Holbrook from Buffalo

to St. Aubin • Lumpkin from Poland

to Caniff • Christopher from Vin-

cent all the way to theend• Giemer from Brom-

bach to Lumpkin• Prescott from Conant

to ElleryThe following streets

are next on the list:• Hamtramck City Drive

153 feet west of Conantheading west to Jos.Campau.• The approach of Vin-

cent where it meets Co-nant and Christopher• 5178 Trowbridge to

Buffalo• Intersection of Ellery

and Belmont• Vincent intersection

and Christopher and

alley • 3974 Oliver to Co-

nant • 3947 Dorothy to Co-

nant • 3940 Miller to Co-

nant City Manager Katrina

Powell said streets areadded to the repairschedule as conditionschange. The city’s con-tractor, Highway Mainte-nance, is performing thework.Funding for the repairs

comes from a state roadrepair grant that the cityreceives each year.Powell said that funding

source cannot be used torepair alleys. Those re-pairs, she said, wouldhave to come out of thecity’s general fund. Thereis no plan to begin alleyrepairs.

Season’s street repairprogram is off to agood start Cont. from page 4

NIZINSKIWladyslawa Nizinski,

98, died June 15, 2016.Mrs. Nizinski was a re-

tired resident of Ham-tramck. She was born inDetroit, immigrated toPoland at age five, and re-turned to the U.S. in2003 to live in Ham-tramck. She attendedMass daily at St. FlorianChurch.Mrs. Nizinski is sur-

vived by her daughter,Krystyna (Tadeusz)Bochenski; granddaugh-ter, Jolanta (Wojciech)Zolty; grandson, Dariusz(Dorota) Bochenski; twograndchildren; six great-grandchildren; two greatgreat-grandchildren.Visitation was Saturday,

June 18, at Krot FuneralHome. The funeral Masswas Monday, June 19, atSt. Florian Church, withburial at ResurrectionCemetery.

WALBECKRonald Walbeck, 58,

died June 15, 2016.Mr. Walbeck was the

beloved father of Alexis(Kevin), Elizabeth; grand-father of Aiden, Sebast-ian. Mr. Walbeck is alsosurvived by brother, David(Laurie); sisters, Kim(Mark) Grube, Diane (Jim)Yates; girlfriend, TerraProsky. Ron leaves behindhis parents, Anne andHerbert. Mr. Walbeck was cre-

mated and a memorialceremony will be heldnext week in Ohio.Arrangements by Ju-rkiewicz & Wilk FuneralHome.

Above and below: Scenes from last Sunday’s DetroitCity Football Club’s soccer game at Keyworth Sta-dium. The next game is this Saturday at Keyworth.Photos by Konrad Maziarz


By Charles SercombeThis week’s Crime Log

covers June 14-20.

Tuesday, June 14• A resident reported

being assaulted by herboyfriend while at theirresidence in the 2300block of Burger.• At 12:30 a.m. a juve-

nile was arrested for vio-lating the city’s curfewwhile in the area ofGrand Haven and CircleDr.• A resident in the

12000 block of Moranreported a garage break-in and the theft of sev-eral items.

Wednesday, June 15• A hit-and-run acci-

dent was reported atCaniff and Lumpkinwhere a pedestrian wasstruck. The color of thecar in question is silverand was last seen driv-ing northbound on Lump-kin.• A resident was ar-

rested in the 2600 blockof Carpenter for obstruc-tion and being wantedon warrants.• Two Detroit residents

were arrested after atraffic stop. The two menleft their car while it wasstill in drive, and werefound later hiding in theneighborhood of Com-mor and Sobieski. Both

suspects were chargedwith multiple felonies.• At 11:15 p.m. a do-

mestic violence reportwas made in the 2700block of Yemans.• A McDougall resi-

dent reported the theftof her red 22-inch Torolawnmower from herbackyard.• A Charest resident

reported the theft of hisgarbage can.• A Detroit resident

was ticketed for pos-sessing an open intoxi-cant – a beer – while ata bus stop.• A resident reported

someone stole hermoney while visiting afriend on Grand Haven.

Thursday, June 16• A 14-year-old boy

was reported missingfrom a juvenile facility onHanley. The juvenile re-turned several hourslater.• A Detroit resident

was arrested at Holmesand Fleming for violatinga court bond order.• A person reported

someone threw eggs onhis car windshield anddeflated a front tire whilehis car was parked in the11000 block of Gal-lagher.• A woman reported

being assaulted by a per-son known to her.

• A resident reportedbeing defrauded of$2,500.• A resident reported

that someone changedhis address through theSecretary of State Of-fice.• A Gallagher resident

was arrested for falselysummoning policethrough the 911 service.

Friday, June 17• At 12:20 a.m. two

residents in the 2200block of Danforth werearrested for domestic vi-olence. Both were mu-tual combatants.• Two Southfield resi-

dents and a SterlingHeights resident were ar-rested for being wantedon multiple warrants.

Saturday, June 18• The fire department

informed the police de-partment of an arson firein the 3800 block of Bel-mont.• At 3:30 a.m. a resi-

dent reported damage tohis property by a personhe knows.• A resident in the

3200 block of Belmontwas arrested for domes-tic violence.• At about 6 a.m. a De-

troit resident was ar-rested for driving withouta license, possessing an

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tempted break-in at aresidence in the 3000block of Casmere wasreported.• A woman reported

receiving harassingphone calls from a per-son she knows.• A Yemans resident

reported someone threwa rock at her car anddamaged it.

Monday, June 20• A driver was arrested

for multiple traffic of-fenses.• At a little after mid-

night a resident in the3000 block of Trow-bridge reported herneighbor in the upstairsapartment was in herresidence. The womansaid several items had

been stolen.• A resident in the

12000 block of GrandHaven reported some-one threw several eggsat their residence.• Officers assisted St.

Clair Shores investiga-tors in a sexual assaultcase. The investigationled to an arrest.• A church in the 1700

block of Caniff reporteda break-in.• A resident in the

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It’s said that whateverhappens to Detroit, sogoes Hamtramck. Ourfriends over at modeld-media.com have been re-porting on fascinatingdevelopment projects forthe past several years.With their permission,

here is an edited versionof this week’s story:Heads up Hamtramck.The downtown real es-

tate demand may endup coming this waysoon.In an analysis of

greater downtown De-troit's rental market, theDetroit Free Press esti-mates that for 2016,700 new units are set toopen by the end of thesummer. And the onesthat have alreadyopened are at or near100 percent capacity. "It is also giving land-

lords reason to continueraising rents, althoughthe size of the year-to-year jumps could sub-side as more new

apartments hit the mar-ket," writes JC Reindl.The article cites sev-

eral recently-openedapartment buildings inthe area that have al-ready leased out theirunits. One case, profiledby Model D, is the ForestArms Apartments. Re-habbed after a devastat-ing fire in 2008, theForest Arms rented outall 70 of its units thefirst month they becameavailable, with rents forone-bedroom units goingfor around $1,000 permonth.The very high end

units and those re-served for low-incometenants aren't going atquite the same rate. TheWaters Edge at Harbor-town, also profiled byModel D, whose two-bed-rooms rent for about$1,700 per month, stillhas 42 of its 134 unitsunleased. The Strathmore in Mid-

town has leased out all

of its market-rate apart-ments, but only a hand-ful of its lower-incomeones. In the article, thebuilding's property man-ager, Derrell Jackson, ex-plains that the reasonfor the difference is dueto the difficulty in prov-ing one's income. Who are these

renters? "Those fillingthe new Detroit apart-ments are typicallyyoung professionals aswell as some emptynesters, leasing agentssay," writes Reindl.These cases suggest

that demand is far out-stripping supply. Themarket is obviously stilladjusting, so rentersshould expect fairly dra-matic increases in rentalrates (10 to 20 percent)in the near future.

For every $100 spent in locally ownedbusiness, $68 returns to the community

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