July 07, 2014 – Rob Earnshaw Walkers, runners and cyclists can enjoy using two trails in the city without the concern of crossing busy streets. Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. and the city of Hammond officially opened two pedestrian bridges on Monday, the Erie-Lackawanna Trail bridge spanning Columbia Avenue and 167th Street near Southeastern Avenue and the Monon Trail bridge over …
July 04, 2014 – Ed Bierschenk On a crisp summer day with the sun glistening off Wolf Lake behind them, 50 new citizens were welcomed into the United States during a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony. “Proud,” was the word 19-year-old Ricardo Valdovinos of Portage used to describe his feelings about his mother, Maria Teresa, 45, becoming a U.S. citizen. …
The Sanitation Department will not be working Friday, July 4th, 2014, in observance of the July 4th Holiday. Friday’s garbage will be one day late. Sanitation will be working on Saturday, July 5th 2014.
As an avid runner, one of Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr.’s personal favorite events at Hammond’s annual Festival of the Lakes is the Kathleen Pucalik Memorial 5K Walk/Run. The race starts and finishes at Wolf Lake Memorial Park on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Registration begins at 7 A.M. and the race begins at 8 A.M. As he did last year, Mayor …
June 23, 2014 8:55 pm – Rob Earnshaw The City Council on Monday approved an ordinance refinancing four sanitary district bonds with an outstanding debt of $11.9 million. Marty Wielgos, sanitary district manager, said the bonds were taken out in 1997 and there is an opportunity to refinance them at a lower rate. The current rate of the bonds is …
June 19, 2014 – Rob Earnshaw City officials broke ground Thursday on what will become a new Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in the Oxbow Landing development at Interstate 80/94 and Kennedy Avenue. “We are excited to see the first of several developments at this site,” said Phil Taillon, executive director of the city’s Department of Planning and Development. Today I …
