The observation of Memorial Day on Monday, May 29 will affect multiple local government services around Orange County. Here’s a complete list of which services in which towns will be moved due to the holiday:

Town of Chapel Hill

Memorial Day is an official town holiday. Town and other administrative offices will be closed. Curbside recycling collection will be delayed by one day, and the Orange County landfill and other waste and recycling centers will be closed.

Chapel Hill Transit will not operate on May 29, and the Chapel Hill Public Library will be closed.

The Parks and Rec Administrative offices, Chapel Hill Community Center Pool, Hargraves Center and Teen Center will all be closed on Monday. For more information, click here.

Town of Carrboro

Monday’s yard waste collection will be postponed to Tuesday, May 30.

Town of Hillsborough

Hillsborough town offices will be closed. There will be no garbage collection on Monday. The following day will see Monday’s and Tuesday’s routes combined.

In addition, a Memorial Day ceremony will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on May 29 at the Orange County Veterans Memorial. For more information, click here.

Orange County

Orange County administrative offices will be closed. Recycling and convenience centers, Solid Waste administrative offices and the landfill will all be closed as well.

All branches of the Orange County Library will be closed on Monday.

 

Featured image via Chapel Hill Transit/Brian Litchfield

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