July 4th Weekend: What's Open, What's Closed in Bethel

Government offices and other places will close on Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4 in honor of Independence Day, one of the biggest holidays of the year.

Here’s a list of what’s open and what’s closed this weekend:

Friday, July 3

• U.S. government offices are closed.
• Connecticut state government offices are closed.
• The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles is closing early. Hours are 7:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Bethel Town Hall and town government offices are closed.
• Bethel Library is closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the holiday weekend.
• For Fri. July 3 Metro North announced: “A Saturday schedule will operate on July 3, with an extra outbound New Haven Line train departing Grand Central Terminal at 11:13 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, South Norwalk, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.The Hudson Line connecting services--the Hudson Rail Link, the Haverstraw-Ossining ferry and the Newburgh-Beacon ferry--will not operate on Friday, July 3.”

Saturday, July 4

• Post offices are closed.
• The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles is closed.
• Banks are closed.
• American Automobile Association Southern New England offices are closed.
• Almost all non-retail businesses, and many retail businesses, are closed.
• For Sat. July 4 Metro North announced: ”A Saturday schedule will operate on July 4, with an extra outbound New Haven Line train departing Grand Central Terminal at 11:13 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, South Norwalk, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven to get you home from the annual Macy’s Fireworks. Please see a current timetable or visit our schedules page. Metro-North also provides extra trains to Rye on the New Haven Line, with shuttle buses to Rye Playland where Westchester County puts on its own spectacular fireworks extravaganza over the Long Island Sound. Please see a current timetable or visit our schedules page.”

TRANSPORTATION

• See above for Metro North info or click here.
• Connecticut Transit in Stamford and Darien will operate on a Sunday schedule for Saturday, July 4.
• Wheels, the Norwalk Transit District, offices are closed. There will be no service on Saturday, July 4.

Know of any other closures or unexpected openings this holiday weekend? Add them in the comments below.