Town offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Good Friday, which is a holiday in North Carolina and nine other states, but not a federal holiday.
Recycling will be picked up in Southern Shores tomorrow, and banks, which observe a federal holiday schedule, generally will be open, but Dare County schools, offices, and other facilities, and State offices, such as those serving the N.C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles, will be closed.
U.S. mail service will not be affected by the State holiday.
(According to our online research, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Tennessee are the other nine states that observe Good Friday as a state holiday. Texas has designated the day as an “optional” holiday.)
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REMINDER: THE SPRING LARGE-ITEM COLLECTION IS FRIDAY, APRIL 12. Approved items should be placed on the roadside by April 11, but not before April 5.
For details, see the Town’s notice at https://www.southernshores-nc.gov/community/page/bulk-waste-collection-semi-annual.
Among the excluded items that we often see out for pickup are televisions, building materials, roofing, doors, screens, windows, toilets, carpets, rugs, and basketball goals.
Furniture, mattresses, exercise equipment, appliances that do not contain freon, and properly bagged vegetative debris are acceptable. See the link above for a list of do’s and don’ts.
The Town has already announced that the fall large-item pickup will be Friday, Oct. 18.
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THE TOWN COUNCIL NEXT MEETS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9, NOT ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. The Beacon will publicize its agenda when it is posted online.
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Be on the lookout for increased traffic this weekend. We can expect a sunny weekend with mild temperatures after today’s storm system exits our area.
THE BEACON, 3/28/24
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