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Posted on: November 23, 2020

[ARCHIVED] Orange County announces closings for Thanksgiving holidays

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Orange County government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday of next week to observe Thanksgiving. Please note the following schedule changes.

Recycling/Solid Waste

Curbside recycling for Thursday, Nov. 26, will be collected on Saturday, Nov. 28. Curbside recycling on Friday, Nov. 27, will be collected as usual. All manned waste and recycling centers and the C & D landfill will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

Transportation Services

The fixed routes (Hillsborough Circulator, Orange-Chapel Hill Midday Shuttle and Orange-Alamance Midday Shuttle) will not run on Thursday or Friday. OCPT will operate limited service serving the in-county dialysis route only (Carolina Dialysis), on Friday, Nov. 27. Full service will resume Monday, Nov. 30. In order to provide two working day notice for scheduling, trip requests for Monday, Nov. 30 must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 25.

Orange County will resume normal operations on Monday, Nov. 30. For a listing of current Orange County services available during the pandemic, click here.

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