Hamilton Day News Today

Hamiltonians from across the city headed towards Locke Street to enjoy the good weather and festivities.

Hamilton Day is expected to be 'bigger than ever' this year, organizers say — with the event expanding from a single day to a weekend of events, and 1,000 businesses expected to participate. It kicked off Thursday evening.

This year's Hamilton Day celebrations will see a live music series at multiple locations highlight the annual event seeking to provide a bump in Hamilton’s local economy.

For one Hamilton man, age is just a number and he is using the Kenilworth stairs to prove it as he nears his 99th birthday.

The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has announced the third consecutive Hamilton Day, with expanded celebrations planned city-wide.

With coming and going, March is here with a promise of days to come.

With the holiday season now in full swing, business owners like Funmise Oladeji, who recently opened Taste of Lagos in downtown Hamilton, are supporting each other, while reminding Hamiltonians to shop and dine locally. 

969 Members of Phi Gamma Delta celebrate Jessie Hamiltons birthday wherre thgwey presdent her with a check paying off her mortgage. Image: Youtube/The Advocate. Members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity came together to throw a full catered surprise party for their former house cook, 78-year-old Jessie Hamilton, where they also presented her with a check paying off her mortgage. Last spring, during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Hamilton ran into Andrew Fusaiotti, who she first met ...

LSU Fraternity Pays Off Mortgage Of Former House Cook Who Was Like A Mother To Them The brotherhood raised money to help their former house cook, Jessie Hamilton, pay off her house. Today Brothers from the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Louisiana State University (LSU) are paying it forward to someone they all hold dear to their heart — their former fraternity house cook, Jessie Hamilton.  More than 30 years after attending LSU, brothers from Phi Gamma Delta, also known as Fiji, decided to p...

On April 3, just before her 74th birthday, a dozen Fiji members and their families surprised Hamilton with an outdoor celebration at her home in Baton Rouge and presented her with a gift of US$51,765 (NZ$73,359). Nearly 100 Fiji brothers contributed money to cover the outstanding balance of Hamiltons mortgage - and then some - so she could finally retire. Hamilton was speechless. "I couldnt believe it," she said. After working at least two jobs since she was 14, she said, shes long been rea...