By: Ed Bierschenk, The Times October 15, 2017 GARY — Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson was up to the challenge of joining others in sliding down the firehouse pole at a joyous reopening Friday of a long-closed fire station in the Tolleston neighborhood. The reopening of the fire station is one of a number of capital and… Read more »
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New fire station comes to Hessville
By: Ed Bierschenk, The Times September 11, 2016 HAMMOND — Work is set to begin within two weeks on a new building to replace Fire Station No. 8 in the Hessville section of the city. The city’s Redevelopment Commission recently approved awarding the contract to Gariup Construction, of Gary, for $2,899,500. The city will pay… Read more »