From Sumter to the North Pole: Small Alaskan city’s mayor recalls his time stationed at Shaw

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 1/3/19

The small city of North Pole, Alaska, was busy just before Christmas.

We at The Sumter Item wanted to learn more about this actual town (population: 2,101) for a feature story on cities with Christmas-themed names that ran just before Dec. 25, …

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