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FO R IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information & Contacts Call City of Sumter: 803-436-2500 Web Address: www.sumtersc.gov The City of Sumter is postponing the annual Citizens Night scheduled Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The citizens of Sumter will be notified of a new date and time in the near future...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, has convened today, this 16 th day of January 2011, to celebrate and praise God in a Centennial Consecration service. Jehovah Missionary Baptist church was first organized in 1911 in a house on Manning Avenue under the leadership of the Rev. T...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information & Contacts Call 803-436-2500 or 803-436-2558 Web Address: www.sumtersc.gov The City of Sumter officials have announced a delayed opening for administrative offices. City administrative staff should arrive at 10:00 am Tuesday morning January 11, 2011. The...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information & Contacts Call City of Sumter: 803-436-2500 or 803-436-2558 Web Address: www.sumtersc.gov Sumter, SC: The City of Sumter officials have CLOSED all city administrative offices for Monday, January 10, 2011. City officials will continue to monitor weather...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information & Contacts Call City of Sumter: 803-436-2500 or 803-436-2558 Web Address: www.sumtersc.gov The City of Sumter officials have decided to issue a two hour delay for Monday January 10, 2011. This delay of opening City offices at 10:00 am is due to the...
SUMTER, SC (Nov. 20, 2014) – An early debut of temperatures into the 20s and teens this week serves as a timely reminder for residents to protect themselves and others from cold weather’s potentially harmful effects. Some things to keep in mind when temperatures dip to freezing, 32 degrees, or below...
The City of Sumter’s Fire Department struggled to recruit new firefighters. During the past two decades, the city recruited only half of the number of firefighters it had been able to previously. Extensive training requirements made the job a tough sell to college-bound kids, and the department...
For years, some Sumter residents lived among dilapidated buildings that had decayed at the hands of absentee landlords, heirs or financially strapped property owners. To alleviate the problem, city officials created a residential assistance program with the sole mission of fighting blight and...
SUMTER, S.C. (30 August 2018) – Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. announced today that he has awarded two Sumter residents the Gamecock City Society Award, the highest honor available for a citizen of Sumter. The Gamecock City Society Award is the most prestigious award the City of Sumter can bestow...
SUMTER, SC (September 1, 2018) – The Sumter City-County Planning Department is reminding all Sumter residents to participate in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan process by completing a community survey by September 30 th. The survey asks for community input on planning and development issues facing the...