Politics & Government

What's Open, Closed on Columbus Day in Havre de Grace?

Columbus Day this year falls on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013.

Libraries will be closed in Harford County but many other places will remain open on Columbus Day.

Observed the second Monday in October, the holiday honors Christopher Columbus' Oct. 12, 1492, arrival in the New World.

It is a federal holiday on Monday, Oct. 14, but many government services are still offered locally. Trash pickup in Havre de Grace continues on a normal schedule and so do these things:

OPEN

Harford County Public Schools
Harford County Government
Harford Waste Disposal Center
Havre de Grace City Hall
State, city parks

CLOSED

Courts
Post offices
Maryland state offices
Harford County Public Library (It's "Staff In-Service Day.")
MARC train service
Banks

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