Baltimore County

County Offices, Facilities Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Normal Schedules on Friday, November 27

Towson, Md. (November 23, 2009) — Baltimore County government offices, and the District and Circuit Courts, will be closed on Thursday, November 26, in recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closings

On that day, there will be no charge for metered parking in the county. Health Department clinics, libraries, senior centers, and the county animal shelter will be closed, and CountyRide vans will not run. Most senior centers will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, except Bykota Senior Center in Towson, which will host a Thanksgiving meal from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is required and can be made at any Baltimore County Senior Center. Seniors needing a ride may contact CountyRide at 410-887-2080.

No Trash/Recycling Collection on Thanksgiving Day; Landfill Closed

Baltimore County residents whose trash or yard materials would normally have been collected on Thursday, November 26, should set it out on Thursday night for collection on Friday, November 27. Residents whose recyclable bottles and cans or mixed paper would normally have been collected on Thursday, November 26, are asked to hold these recyclables until the next scheduled day for those types of materials (Thursday, December 10).

Collections

Collections of all types may occur later than usual during the week following Thanksgiving. If a collection does not occur on the scheduled day during this period of time, the materials should be left out until collection occurs.

Trash and recycling drop-off facilities, including the Eastern Sanitary Landfill, as well as County offices, will be closed on Thursday, November 26. The landfill will be open with normal hours Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28 (7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.).
Collection Schedule

Residents can now go online and view, save, and/or print their trash and recycling collection schedule and program guide, as well as obtain directions to the nearest residents’ trash/recycling drop-off center by visiting the Bureau of Solid Waste Management web site at www.baltimorecountymd.gov/go/collectionconnection. Residents who would like a collection schedule and program guide sent to them can call 410-887-2000.

In Monday’s News Wave, we had a reader mention that at the rate the jury deliberations were going in the Sheila Dixon trial, that the jury would be ruining some Thanksgiving plans. We asked what might happen with that in our morning news roundup today and in our Tuesday News Wave.

Later in the day we were looking at reports from Baltimore Sun reporters tweeting about the trial and noticed that Annie Linskey (@annie_linskey) was wondering about the possibility of no verdict today. So, we asked her about what the judge might about sending jurors home for Thanksgiving.

Linskey’s reply:

… no idea what judge will do. Baltimore circuit court is open Wednesday.

A few minutes later, Linskey replied again:

… conventional wisdom is judge will want verdict before thanksgiving.

Thanks to Annie Linskey of the Sun for helping shed some light on this question for us.