Hammond Police Memorial Ceremony


CATEGORY: Hammond Police Department, Mayor's Office, News

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr., The Hammond Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police #51 invite all area residents to join us in honoring Hammond’s fallen officers by attending the Hammond FOP 51’s yearly Police Officer Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at The Hammond Police Department, located at 509 Douglas Street.

Portion of Oakdale Avenue To Be Designated “Kathleen Pucalik Avenue”


CATEGORY: Mayor's Office, News

Please join Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at 175th Street and Oakdale for an honorary street renaming ceremony. We are designating a portion of Oakdale Avenue from 173rd Street to 176th Street to read Kathleen Pucalik Avenue. The honorary sign and ceremony is to commemorate and remember the efforts, sacrifices and …

College Bound Program selected as a 2016 City Livability Award Second Round Finalist


CATEGORY: College Bound, Mayor's Office, News

Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. announces that the City of Hammond Indiana has been selected as a 2016 City Livability Award Second Round Finalist for its College Bound Program. The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Waste Management has recognized the City’s College Bound Program for its outstanding dedication in achieving a higher quality of life for Hammond and its …

219 Day to return, maybe with Jim Gaffigan?


CATEGORY: Mayor's Office, News

By Joseph S. Pete Photo by Tony V. Martin Original article here. 219 Day, the celebration of all things Region held last week, was a big success that drew thousands of people to the Hammond Civic Center, likely made money for the city of Hammond, and somehow ended up the sixth most trending topic on the popular social media network …

College Bound Launches New Website


CATEGORY: College Bound, Mayor's Office, News

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott announces the College Bound Scholarship program has launched a new, fresh, easier to navigate web-site last week to appeal more with today’s College population. The old site was launched in 2007 before the rise of mobile web-browsing and was not compatible with modern coding standards. The new site has fully compatible desktop and mobile/tablet versions. The ...
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Hammond Ranked 22 in Top 50 Fixer Cities with SeeClickFix


CATEGORY: Mayor's Office, News

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. announces that the City of Hammond is ranked 22 in the top 50 fixer cities with SeeClickFix. According to SeeClickFix in 2015, 584,000+ issues were fixed on SeeClickFix by their partners across America and the world. Rating higher than Hammond are Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; Richmond, VA; Washington, DC; Detroit, MI; and Houston, TX, just …

219 Day Celebration at the Hammond Civic Center


CATEGORY: Events, Mayor's Office

Hear ye. Hear ye. Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. takes great pleasure in announcing that the City of Hammond shall declare Friday, February 19, 2016 as “219 Day,” the most exalted of all Region Holidays, aside from Black Wednesday.  The merriment begins at 2:19 pm as production at City Hall comes to a screeching halt with the declaration of a proclamation from Mayor McDermott.  Follow the ...