Labor Day 2015: What's Open, Closed in Perry Hall

As you celebrate Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 7, here’s the rundown.

Open/Operating on Monday, Sept. 7

• Hampton Mansion and Grounds
• Maryland State Fair
• Parks
• Retail and convenience stores
• Supermarkets
• Restaurants, bars/taverns
• Towson Town Center
• White Marsh Mall
• Gyms/health clubs

Check before heading to any of the above to confirm they are open, as some may have modified hours.

Closed on Monday, Sept. 7

• Baltimore County Animal Services Shelter
• Baltimore County District and Circuit Courts
• Baltimore County government offices
• Baltimore County Health Department clinics
• Baltimore County Public Library
• Baltimore County Public Schools and offices
• Baltimore County senior centers
• Baltimore County trash and recycling drop-off centers
• CCBC
• CountyRide vans out of service
• Towson University
• Federal offices
• Courts
• Post offices
• Stock market

Weather: See the Perry Hall forecast here.

Trash/Recycling: Residents whose trash or yard waste would normally have been collected on Monday should set these materials out Monday night for collection on Tuesday. Residents whose recycling would normally have been collected Monday should hold their recyclables until Monday, Sept. 14.

Do you know of other Labor Day changes? Tell us in the comments! We will add them into the article.

Labor Day was officially recognized by Congress in 1894 as a federal holiday and has been celebrated the first Monday in September to honor all who toil, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

There’s an old-school taboo about not wearing white after Labor Day that Time magazine reports may have to do with the well-heeled wearing white during their summer vacations, then changing back to dark colors when they returned to the sooty city.