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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The City of Sumter and the Palmetto Tennis Center are proud to announce the USTA South Carolina Coaches selection. Tom Ruth, Youth Tennis Professional for the Palmetto Tennis Center has was selected to participate in one of three regional training camps in the Southern Section...
City of Sumter Administrative Offices will be closed: Monday, December 24, 2018 Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Wednesday, December 26, 2018 and Tuesday, January 1, 2019 City Sanitation Services will NOT run on Tuesday, December 25, instead we will pick-up Tuesday customers on Saturday, December 29...
Join us for the next in the series of Scavenger Hunts in Downtown Sumter, starting Friday, July 23... let us show you why we #lovesumter. Race to complete challenges to earn points to win. We encourage all participants to have fun exploring Downtown Sumter, South Carolina and visit the many amazing...
Tropical Storm Ian Announcements (newest updates listed first, by date and time): Friday, September 30, 2022, 5:30PM Staff continues to work throughout the city to clear streets of down trees and other debris. As the storm passes, please use extreme caution, more outages, trees and powerlines down...
Councilmember Anthony Gibson from the City of Sumter graduated from the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government . Graduates received their certificates during the Municipal Association of South Carolina’s Hometown Legislative Action Day in February. Established in 1986, the institute is...
SUMTER, S.C. (February 27, 2017) â In March 2017, the City of Sumter will begin a two-year process of replacing customers water meters, community-wide. The City has contracted with Siemens, a company with water meter replacement projects all across the United States, to replace all existing water...
SUMTER, SC (DECEMBER 18, 2015) - The City of Sumter has announced that Swan Lake Iris Gardens, in its entirety, will re-open, Saturday, December 19. Following the October flood, the City has had over half of the gardens closed for repair, including the entire walkway along Liberty Street, all along...
Sumter, S.C. - (October 4, 2015 12:00 PM) -- The City of Sumter is NOT shutting off the water system. Our system is currently working properly. If you are experiencing any problems, please call our Public Services office to report the issue so our crews can get to the problem before it compounds...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUMTER, SC—Columbia City Ballet will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Sumter Opera House for two performances only on Friday, March 25 th and Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 pm. Hailed by The State as “delightful…you are in for an enchanted evening,” Columbia City Ballet’s A...