Garbage pickup will be one day late for holidays

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Christmas DayThe Sanitation division will not be working Wednesday, December 25th, 2024, in observance of Christmas Day. Wednesday through Fridays Garbage Pick up will be one day late. Sanitation will be working Saturday December 28, 2024. New Year’s DayThe Sanitation division will not be working Wednesday, January 1st, 2025, in observance of New Year’s Day. Wednesday through Fridays Garbage Pick …

Applications for Funding Available

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Applications for 2025 funding through the City of Hammond’s Gaming Advisory Committee are now available. Applications are available at Hammond City Hall in the Mayor’s Office Suite 215 or you may download a copy online at www.gohammond.com/departments/mayors-office. Funding is available to local not-for-profit organizations that demonstrate their project, activities, and services to provide direct benefit to the citizens of Hammond. …

PUBLIC NOTICE of the ANNUAL C.A.P.E.R

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Program Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the City’s HUD funding, including the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME), and the Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG) is available for review and comment. A copy of the report can be viewed online https://www.gohammond.com/departments/planning-and-development/community-development/ The PY2023 …

Garbage pick-up delays in observance of Thanksgiving

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The Sanitation Department will not be working Thursday, November 28, 2024, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Monday through Wednesday pick-ups will be as scheduled. Thursday and Friday scheduled garbage pick-up will be one day late. We will be working on Friday, November 29th, and also on Saturday, November 30th.

College Bound Scholarship Program Extended

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Popular Award Winning College Scholarship Program Renewed for Another Ten Years: Mayor Thomas M McDermott, Jr. announced that he and the Hammond City Council recently extended the College Bound Scholarship Program for another ten years. The extension ensures that the program will be in place through the 2035-36 school year. This means that a student currently in fifth grade is …

Hammond Community Corporation 2024 Grant Application Now Available

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The City of Hammond for the social betterment of the community formed the Hammond Community Corporation in 1997. The organization is designed to grant financial assistance to Hammond not-for-profit organizations to enrich the quality of life in our community. The Hammond Community Corporation was originally funded by money donated from the Empress Casino-Hammond (now known as Horseshoe Casino–Hammond). These funds …