The Town Council hosted a Municipal Day for Merrillville Intermediate School fifth and sixth graders at the regular Town Council meeting on May 10, 2022. Students participated in an essay contest to choose which students would participate, and in which town official position. M.I.S. students pictured here with Town officials in the background at the... Continue Reading →

I was fascinated recently by a story by Karen Caffarini from The Post Tribune on March 9, 2022, with a headline reading ‘Resident complaints lead to Merrillville denial of Luke Oil gas station plan’. It was great to see so many passionate residents come out to let us know how they felt about a gas... Continue Reading →

Let's Celebrate Again! We (the Town Council) are now planning to celebrate the July 4th holiday once again with a parade and fireworks this year. After a couple years of holding back due to concerns of COVID-19, we feel that by this July, it will be safe to come together once again as a community... Continue Reading →

There has been much talk recently about the Merrillville Fraternal Order of Police attending the January 25th Town Council meeting to express their displeasure with a couple members of the Town Council for making remarks during the January 11th meeting. I wanted to set the record straight on a couple things because today it is... Continue Reading →

The Town Council promoted Tarrance Price to the position of Director of Parks and Recreation at its December 30, 2021 Special Meeting celebrating the towns 50th year. Tarrance was hired 3 months ago to serve as the Assistant Director of Parks and has been doing an outstanding job. Since the opening already existed, the Council... Continue Reading →

With Merrillville turning 50 years old on December 30, 2021; we will be preparing a Time Capsule that will be on display at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center with instructions to OPEN the capsule in December of 2071 - 50 years from now! The capsule will be filled with current information about Merrillville, photographs,... Continue Reading →

The Merrillville Town Council has made the use of the Methodist Hospital Fitness Center located at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center (6600 Broadway) is now FREE to Merrillville residents with proof of residency.The fitness center offer free weights, a variety of workout machines that are all state-of-the-art equipment. Each machine offers instructional info... Continue Reading →

The Merrillville Redevelopment Commission, made up of 5 existing Town Council members will be approving a $5M bond issue to repair and pave neighborhood streets maining in Ward 2 and 6, which were skipped in 2021 allowing the other 5 wards to get repairs made. Last years project allowed the town to pave about 100 streets... Continue Reading →

We are asking residents to move their cars from the street during a 2 inch or more snow event to allow our snow crews to get through with our trucks to clean your street. We know it can be a hassle, and it may require you to play musical chairs (but with your cars) for... Continue Reading →

Designs are being reviewed and edited so the town can build our first ever dog park in Merrillville. The park, which will be located just north of 73rd Avenue on Broadway next to the existing walking/bike trail will host large dogs & small dogs with two separate areas. Seating for dog owners, trees, walking paths... Continue Reading →