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What's Open, Closed In Prince George's On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023

See how the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will affect services across Howard County.

Prince George's County Public Schools and offices will be closed Monday. The Prince George's County Memorial Library Service will be closed Jan. 15-16 in observance of MLK Jr. Day.
Prince George's County Public Schools and offices will be closed Monday. The Prince George's County Memorial Library Service will be closed Jan. 15-16 in observance of MLK Jr. Day. (Kaylah Sambo/Patch)

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD β€” On Monday, residents and organizations in Prince George's County will take a moment to honor the life and legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. The federally-observed day of service will impact services in the area.

On Monday, there will not be any scheduled bulky trash pickups for white goods, appliances or scrap tires. Organics collections will occur. There will not be trash collected in county-contracted areas Monday or curbside recycling collected.

Prince George's County Public Schools and offices will be closed Monday. The Prince George's County Memorial Library Service will be closed Jan. 15-16 in observance of MLK Jr. Day.

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The county animal services facility will be closed.

The Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill will be open as will the Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center. The Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill will be closed and so will the Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill.

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The Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center will be open as will the Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility and the Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility.

TheBus, a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation, will operate on a regular schedule Monday except for Route 51x service to the equestrian center/courthouse. Regular operations of Route 51x will resume Tuesday.

The county’s Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will not operate Monday and will resume Tuesday.

PGC311 will be closed Monday and return to regular operations Tuesday. However, residents can still submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.

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