Several of the City of Hartsville’s trash and recycling pickups will move from their normal days to a new day during the Christmas and New Years holidays. The changes will be as follows:
Christmas Eve: Thurs. Dec. 24 moved to Tues. Dec. 22
Christmas Day: Fri., Dec. 25 moved to Wed., Dec. 23
Monday After Christmas: Mon., Dec. 28 moved to Tues., Dec. 29
New Year’s Day: Friday, Jan. 1 moved to Thurs., Dec. 31
Downtown Hartsville visitors will see infrastructure improvement work in the public parking lot on East Carolina Avenue, near the Hartsville YMCA, on Saturday, Dec. 19 and Sunday, Dec. 20, as the lot is sealcoated and restriped.
The portion of the lot closest to Cargill Way, Jones Family Eyecare and Waddell & Reed, Inc. is scheduled to close early Saturday morning, Dec. 19 to allow crews to sealcoat the lot. The area will close again Sunday morning for the lot to […]
Mamie Kelley is the City of Hartsville’s Recycler of the Month for November 2015.
She said she has been careful to recycle items for a long time, especially plastic bottles and paper, and keeps a bucket in her kitchen to collect recyclables until she’s ready to move them to her outside roll cart.
“It’s very easy to carry it out in a bag, and it helps keep things clean around your house,” Kelley said.
As the Recycler of the Month, Kelley received […]
City of Hartsville utility customers will see a couple of changes in their trash and recycling pickup schedules for the Thanksgiving holidays. The regular Thursday route will be collected Wednesday, Nov. 25, and the regular Friday route will be collected Monday, Nov. 30. For more information, contact Environmental Services at 843.383.3019.
Motorists in downtown Hartsville will see the next phase in East College Avenue infrastructure improvements begin on the morning of Monday, Nov. 16, as the parking lot between Sophia’s Pizzeria and the Arcade Barbershop closes to allow repaving work to begin. The work will continue through at least the following six weeks, subject to weather conditions. All other City of Hartsville downtown parking lots will remain open during this time.
The work comes as the next phase of the physical […]
After the S.C. Drought Response Committee determined on Oct. 30 that South Carolina’s drought status had ended as of Oct. 5, the City of Hartsville announced today that it is ending its call for voluntary reductions of water use.
In July, the City asked for is water customers to voluntarily reduce their water usage, a request required by Section 82-144 of City Code while Darlington County was in a moderate drought status. That call has officially ended now that the […]
After a significant increase in mosquito populations coming out of the heavy rains in October, City of Hartsville Streets and Grounds workers will spray throughout the City on the evening of Friday, Nov. 6. The department will then monitor local mosquito activity to determine if additional treatment is needed. For questions or concerns, please contact 843.383.3019.
Areas of standing water which are common after periods of strong precipitation provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental […]
Mary Ridgeway is the City of Hartsville’s Recycler of the Month for October 2015.
Ridgeway is a solidly enthusiastic recycler who keeps a bin in her kitchen to make sorting out items easier. She said she counts glass, aluminum cans and paper as her most commonly recycled items.
“Recycling is important and easy,” she said. “It is a difference that one person can make in their home and in public spaces to save energy. By recycling paper, aluminum cans and steel […]
UPDATE — Hartsville residents can expect to see several physical improvement projects in downtown Hartsville in the coming weeks, including the repaving of a small portion of South Fourth Street and tree trimming along Carolina Avenue.
The block of South Fourth Street between East Carolina Avenue and Railroad Avenue, running alongside the Hampton Inn & Suites, will close during the day the week of Nov. 2, running through Friday, Nov. 6, to allow for street repaving. Installation of new sidewalks, […]
City of Hartsville Environmental Services has temporarily suspended yard debris pickup because current landfill conditions are not allowing debris to be carried in. Yard debris collection will resume as soon as conditions make it possible.
UPDATE: Yard debris collection is planned to resume tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 7.