Due to election day the first council meeting in the month of November has been moved to Wednesday the 3rd. The meeting will begin at the regularly scheduled time of 5:30 p.m.

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A downtown intermodal transportation center could become a reality for Hammond with a $10 million grant the city is seeking from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Hammond will request $9,755,256 for the project, nicknamed the Hammond Hub, which would facilitate interchanges between intercity rail (Amtrak), intercity bus (Greyhound), local buses, university shuttle, airport shuttle, car and bicycle, grant writer Lacy Landrum told the Hammond City Council on Tuesday.

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The Hammond Police Department got a call from a resident stating that two white male subjects came to her residence and advised that the city hired them to do some work on the water. The complainant advised that the males advised her that the water had oil in it. The complainant let the two male subjects inside her residence and one male subject went to her water faucet while the other walked around the house.

The complainant advised that one subject told her that she should notice a difference in the water and both subjects left the residence. The complainant advised that she walked through her house and noticed some money and jewelry missing.

One subject is described as a white male 6' 0" and weighs about 230. The other white male is described as being tall and slim. The City of Hammond has not contracted with anyone to do anything with the water.


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FOUR-PEAT---City officials and volunteers gathered Wednesday afternoon as representatives from the Louisiana Garden Club Federation presented the City of Hammond with its fourth straight Louisiana State Cleanest City award. Hammond City Council President Jason Hood accepted the award on behalf of the city and credited the people of Hammond for making this milestone possible. Hood said that Hammond has championed the cause of banning litter and that as a result, the city is a more attractive, desirable place to live, work, and play.

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Hammond has won for the fourth time in a row the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc., State Division H, Cleanest City. The judges from the LGCF visited the city on May 7 and notified Mayor Mayson Foster about 6:00 pm that the city won again.

"I knew that we were up against some amazing competition in Eunice, Morgan City, Pineville and Bastrop, " Foster said. "I know all of their mayors, and I know that being selected over them makes this win all the more gratifying. Congratulations to them as well for their great job."

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The 2010 St. Thomas Aquinas Lady Falcons were honored by the Hammond City Council Tuesday night for being the state basketball champions in class 2A.

Thousands visit Hammond's Smokin' Blues and Bar-B-Que in Downtown.

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Senior Celebration
Health and Consumer Fair
April 14, 2010
9:00-1:00
Florida Parishes Arena
Amite, LA
Sponsored By:
Tangipahoa Voluntary
Council on Aging
And
Tangipahoa Parish Government
And Sheriff Daniel Edwards
985-748-7486
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Signing the anti-cigarette butt month Proclamation is from left Reuben Johnson, Litter Officer; Don Holtgren, City Administrator; Robert Fields, Keep Hammond Beautiful Committee; Dori St. Cyr, Keep Hammond Beautiful Committee; Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster; Keep Hammond Beautiful Committee Chair Harold Edwards; Anette Kirylo, Keep Hammond Beautiful Committee; Carlise Armstrong, Hammond Parks and Grounds. March 23rd will be the judging for the District E Cleanest City Award sponsored by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation. Hammond is seeking its fourth straight title as Cleanest City in the State of Louisiana.

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<center>Please Join Us
Grand Opening of New Community Center
Michael J. Kenney Recreation Center
Hammond Area Recreation Department

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies at 1:30 pm

Entertainment by Hammond Recreation Line Dancers & The Golden Tones
Refreshments & Door Prizes

601 West Coleman Avenue
Hammond
RSVP 985-277-5906
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The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families, Office of Community Services awarded a grant totaling $250,000 to the City of Hammond. The Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) program provides funding for technical assistance and training activities at no cost to interested grassroots, non-profit, faith based, social service and community based organizations. Aegis Systems, LLC is the Consultant retained to develop, provide, implement and deliver the curriculum and technical assistance to eligible non-profit organizations. The SCF program process will be discussed at the next Quarterly Non-Profit Workshop scheduled Friday, January 22, 2010. The 2 year program has components for agency assessment, individual development plans, coaching and mentoring activities. Each agency determined eligible to participate will receive technical assistance in the following areas: leadership and organizational development, fund development including grant writing training, and community outreach. The application and detailed announcement will be posted on the City of Hammond website.

The Quarterly Non-Profit Workshop will be held at Regions Bank, 2nd Floor Conference Room.
Other speakers on the agenda are Michael Allen for Channel 17 and Tina Bouzon, Program Manager of the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorset Brown Foundation. To RSVP please contact Megan MacMenamin, Grants Administrative Assistant at 985-277-5647 or email address:
Macmenamin_me@hammond.org. Thank you.


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NEW YEAR, NEW CONTRACTOR---The City of Hammond welcomes Parish Disposal, Inc. (PDI) as the new provider for residential garbage collection service, starting Monday, Jan. 4. Under the new residential garbage collection contract which goes into effect Jan. 1, the city will now offer curbside garbage collection through PDI, as well as weekly recycling pick-up, courtesy of the Baton Rouge Recycling Foundation. The combined cost of the two-prong service contract is less than what customers were paying previously on the old garbage contract, which ends Dec. 31. Shown in front of one of the two new PDI trucks which will be used to collect residential garbage are Hammond Street Department employee Bobby Crosby, Street Department Superintendent Buddy Ridgel, City Administrator Don Holtgren, Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster, PDI owner Harold Barber, and PDI employees Dustin Fortenberry and Jason Creel.

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Nov. 30, 2009

Contact: Frank Saxton, Northshore Community Foundation, fsaxton@northshorefoundation.org,
985-624-7160

<center><b>Northshore Community Foundation funds, assists Hammond master planning</center></b>

Hammond - Working with a leading town planning firm and the city, the Northshore Community Foundation will facilitate town meetings this week that will lead to a master plan for Hammond’s growth and future.

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Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster (second from left) and members of the Hammond City Council were present Friday as the city received a ceremonial check in the amount of $800,000 from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Dr. Harold Leggett for improvements to the city's wastewater treatment plant. Shown accepting the check are Hammond City Council President Mike Williams, Foster, Leggett, Councilwoman Kathy Montecino, and Councilman Jason Hood, along with Rep. Scott Simon. The project was one of the first approved by the state in response to President Obama's call for "shovel-ready" infrastructure improvements being funded through the national and state recovery funds.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: For accuracy, please use a dateline of "ROBERT,LA" when referencing the area where Bardwell lives. Robert, LA is an "unincorporated area of Tangipahoa Parish" located several miles east of the city limits of Hammond, LA.
THANK YOU for your help in clarifying this issue.

HAMMOND,La.---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster said this morning that the City of Hammond is not the governing body involved in a nationally-reported news story involving a Justice of the Peace.

Foster said that Keith Bardwell, an elected official who serves as a Tangipahoa Parish Justice of the Peace for Ward 8, is not associated with the City of Hammond.

"Contrary to what has been indicated in published news reports and in broadcasts being shown across the country, Mr. Bardwell is in no way associated, affiliated, or employed by the City of Hammond," Foster said.

Foster said that media datelines have erroneously connected Bardwell to Hammond.

Foster said that based on the number of phone calls and emails pouring into City Hall over the controversy, he has spoken with members of the Hammond City Council and all are in agreement that the City must take a stand and disavow Hammond from the parish-elected official.

"The City of Hammond supports unity," Foster said. "We cannot and will not allow our city and its reputation for bringing people together--not driving communities apart--to be tarnished by such an association."

Foster asked that media outlets correct the erroneous dateline for accuracy.


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Volunteers from the Keep Hammond Beautiful program took their anti-litter campaign message on the road Friday to Hammond Eastside School where the city's mascot, Hammy, and a number of guests entertained students while reminding them to Keep Hammond Beautiful. KHB will hold its monthly clean up this Saturday, Sept. 19, in the Iowa District of town. Volunteers are welcome to the event, which will begin at Clark Park at 8 a.m. KHB will provide garbage bags and sticks to help volunteers round up litter through the district.

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Story and picture provided by the Hammond Daily Star By Sylvia Schon Friday, September 4, 2009 9:36 AM CDT With reverence and respect, family and friends bid a poignant farewell to Pfc. Matthew E. Wildes Thursday. More than 200 gathered at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home in Hammond for the service and then gathered at Westchurch Church of Christ for full military honors for the young serviceman.

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HAMMOND---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster has named Nash Bono as Building Official for the City of Hammond. Bono, a certified building official, has been serving as Deputy Building Official for more than a year. Foster said Bono worked extensively with Hammond's former Building Official, the late Joe Monistere, and has been a key member of the Building Department team throughout Foster's administration. "We look forward to working with Nash in his new official capacity," Foster said. For more on the City of Hammond's Building Department, call (985) 277-5640 or go to the city's website at www.hammond.org.

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HAMMOND---TEAM HAMMOND will "Light Up the Sky" Thursday night, with the City's biggest-ever fireworks extravaganza as Hammond celebrates Independence Day.

The 11th annual event will be held Thursday, July 2, starting at 5 p.m. in Zemurray Park, located at the corners of S. Oak and W. Coleman Ave. in Hammond.

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HAMMOND---Funeral arrangements have been set for this Wednesday for the City of Hammond's certified Building Official Joe Monistere, who died Saturday night after a long battle with cancer. Monistere was 64.

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Displayed above is a group picture of Team Hammond accepting the Louisiana Cleanest City Award from the Louisiana Garden Club Foundation. Representing the Garden Clubs is Jean Gilstraps from Farmerville.

At 1:53 p.m. Friday, Mayor Mayson Foster sent out a mass e-mail to city employees
that simply read "We Won!!!"

For the third straight year, Hammond is the Louisiana Garden Club Federation's
Cleanest City. The three-peat is a first in Hammond's history, but the mayor already
has his sights set on title four.

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