Hartsville City Council regular meeting July 14
Hartsville City Council will have a regular meeting Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 5:30 p.m. at Hartsville City Hall, 100 E. Carolina Ave. Click here for the meeting agenda.
A Moment with the Manager – Local government cooperation
By Natalie M. Zeigler
City Manager
July is here, and governments everywhere have begun operating under their 2015-16 Fiscal Year budgets. For municipalities including the City of Hartsville, however, a late-breaking financial issue emerged just before the beginning of this budgetary cycle, when we became aware of a proposed Darlington County yard waste debris fee which would impact our residents.
County Council ultimately discarded this fee, which would have charged municipalities an additional $38.50 per ton to dump yard debris at the […]
East Carolina Avenue repaving work coming July 15-16
Street repaving will take place in front of the Mantissa Executive Suites, 130 E. Carolina Ave. next week following the recent installation of stormwater improvements at the site. The work is expected to take place between Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16, depending on weather conditions. During this time, both lanes of traffic will be closed at the site. The rest of the 100 block of East Carolina Avenue will be open to vehicles.
“Paddington” pops in for the Screen on the Green summer movie series on July 11, sponsored by North Industrial Machine
Paddington Bear, the classic character featured in more than 20 children’s books, will come to the City of Hartsville’s Screen on the Green free movie series Saturday, July 11. The movie showing, sponsored by North Industrial Machine, is taking place downtown in Burry Park, 131 Cargill Way, at dusk, 8:40 p.m. or later.
The 2014 comedy brings author Michael Bond’s famous marmalade- and duffle-coat-loving creation to life in an imaginative and playful live action adaptation. Paddington (Ben Whishaw) is an […]
Jessica Cohen named Director of Hartsville’s Tourism and Special Events
Jessica Cohen has been named Director of Hartsville’s Tourism and Special Events, the City of Hartsville announced today. Cohen, who has been serving as Darlington County Tourism’s Director, will transition to the new position beginning July 6.
Cohen will lead Hartsville’s newly created Tourism Office, a project of the City of Hartsville and the Community Foundation for a Better Hartsville, which will be located in Hartsville City Hall and serve as a resource for the area’s events and recreational opportunities. […]
Screen on the Green bringing “The Boxtrolls” to the big screen June 27
UPDATED: Because of the forecast of rain, Screen on the Green is moving to Coach T.B. Thomas Sports Center, 701 W. Washington St. at Byerly Park.
The 2014 stop motion animation movie “The Boxtrolls” is coming to the City of Hartsville’s Screen on the Green free movie series on Saturday, June 27 in a showing sponsored by Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center.
Based on the children’s novel “Here There Be Monsters!” by Alan Snow, the film tells the story of the […]
A Moment with the Manager – East College Avenue improvements
By Natalie M. Zeigler
City Manager
Downtown parking issues are in many ways a good problem to have. Increasingly, customers, employees and residents have a reason to be here, and we’re all better off with busy streets instead of deserted ones. But parking, as with any other kind of infrastructure, has to receive ongoing maintenance if it’s going to be adequate. It’s for this reason that beginning next Monday, June 29, the City of Hartsville’s East College Avenue lot on the […]
Recyclers of the Month – June 2015
Cheryl and Johnny Taylor are the City of Hartsville’s Recyclers of the Month for June 2015.
The Taylors say they often recycle items like newspapers, cans and bottles. Johnny said that if he ends up with a plastic bottle on hand when he’s away from home, he always takes care to bring it home and place it in his recycling bin.
“I save everything I can,” he said.
Cheryl said she has become impressed by the number of consumer items which now […]
Block of East Carolina Avenue closed June 25 for tree removal
The eastbound lane of East Carolina Avenue between First and Second streets will be closed tomorrow, June 25, beginning at about 8:30 to 9 a.m. as city crews remove a tree. The lane is expected to be closed through at least noon.
East College Avenue south parking lot closing Monday, June 29
Beginning Monday, June 29th, the East College Avenue City parking lot on the south side of the street, the lot closest to Carolina Avenue, will be closed as repaving work begins.
This is a portion of the project to repave East College Avenue, its sidewalks and parking lots, as well as Mantissa Row. The south lot will be closed for at least eight weeks beginning Monday.