November 27, 2014 – Elvia Malagon U.S. Navy recruits got a break from rigorous boot camp training Thursday as they ate dinner and called their families. The Hammond Mohawks Athletic and Conservation Club hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for 45 U.S. Navy recruits from the Training Support Center Great Lakes. The dinner is part of the Adopt-a-Sailor program, which dates back …
Mayor McDermott Issues Statement Regarding FBI Findings of HPD Case
The Federal Bureau of Investigation informed the Hammond Police Department that it has cleared the two officers involved in the Jones arrest to return to active duty. Previously the Indiana State Police and Lake County Sheriff’s Department declined my invitation to investigate the matter. While the FBI investigation was pending, Officers Vicari and Turner were assigned office duties. After this …
Student dancers grace the floor at Morton
November 23, 2014 – Carmen McCollum Corey Boatner sees himself as another Alvin Ailey. The 17-year-old senior who majors in dance at the Hammond Academy for the Performing Arts has a plan in place. After high school graduation, he plans to attend college and double-major in dance and business. Like the late Ailey, the modern-dance legend who founded American Dance …
Railroad repair center and warehouses could provide more than 200 jobs in Hammond
November 20, 2014 – Ed Bierschenk In the next year, the first phase of a project that could ultimately provide more than 200 jobs could be built within a 155-acre parcel in the East Gibson Yard Development Area of Hammond. ThruPort Intermodal, LLC, is proposing to develop the land for a railroad car repair and maintenance facility and distribution center. …
Garbage pick-up delays in observance of Thanksgiving
The Sanitation Department will not be working Thursday, November 27th 2014, in observance of Thanksgiving. Monday through Wednesday’s pick-ups will be as scheduled. Thursday and Friday’s scheduled garbage pick-up will be one day late. We will be working on Friday and Saturday, November 28th and 29th, 2014.
Brewpub may be set up shop at Hammond’s Oxbow Landing
November 18, 2014 – Ed Bierschen By August or September, Dave* Toth is hoping visitors will be able to sip a craft beer at a new microbrewery and restaurant being opened by Toth and his two partners at the Oxbow Landing development. The Munster resident estimates about 15-17 people will be employed by Byways Brewing in the beginning. Based on …
Hammond council approves water bond ordinance
November 17, 2014 – Ed Bierschenk The City Council Monday took final action on an 18-year bond issue that could provide the city with some $30 million to pay off debt and possibly provide some surplus revenue next year. The bond issue will be paid off from money brought in from increased water rates charged to Chicago Heights under the …
New brewery in works for Oxbow Landing
November 16, 2014 – Andrew Steele A new brewery is in the works for the Oxbow Landing development at Interstate 80/94 and Kennedy Avenue, taking the place of a brewpub planned by an Illinois brewery that couldn’t find financing. The city’s Redevelopment Commission on Tuesday will consider selling 2.5 acres to Byway Brewing Co. to locate at Oxbow Landing, which …
Parade shows appreciation for veterans in Hammond
November 08, 2014 – PAUL CZAPKOWIC Pockets of spectators held U.S. flags Saturday morning as the inaugural Hammond Veterans Appreciation Day parade traveled down Hohman Avenue from Sibley Street to Veterans Plaza in Harrison Park. Various veterans groups and the Hammond High School ROTC participated at Veterans Plaza, where Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott, Jr., Calumet City Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush …
Hammond Police Now Hiring Certified Officers
The Hammond Police Department is accepting applications for Certified Officers ONLY from November 7 – November 21, 2014. Applications may be picked up at the Hammond Police Department, Chief’s Office, at 509 Douglas St, between 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday (except Veteran’s Day).