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Credit: Baltimore County
BALTIMORE COUNTY - Baltimore County public services have announced their schedules for the holidays.
Government offices and Libraries
Government offices, including Department of Health and Human Services clinics and County senior centers, will be closed on Friday, December 23, Monday, December 26, and Monday, January 2, 2023, in recognition of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
All Baltimore County Public Library branches will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and January 2. The library will be open during its regular business hours on New Year’s Eve.
Public transportation
The Towson Loop and CountyRide services will not operate on Monday, December 26, or Monday, January 2. To compensate for the lack of public transit, parking meters will be free on Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve), Monday, December 26, and Monday, January 2, 2023.
Trash Collection
There will be no trash or recycling collection on Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve), Monday, December 26, or Monday, January 2, and drop-off centers will be closed. Collection will occur on Friday, December 23, and drop-off centers will reopen.
The holidays will follow the County’s “slide” schedule for make-up collection days. All trash and recycling curbside collections scheduled on or after Monday, December 26, and January 2 will shift and occur one day
later that week:
- Monday collections shift to Tuesday
- Tuesday collections shift to Wednesday
- Wednesday collections shift to Thursday
- Thursday collections shift to Friday
- Friday collections shift to Saturday
For addresses on a twice-per-week trash schedule, the first trash collection during the holiday week will occur one day later than usual (per the rules above), and the second trash collection will not happen. Drop-off centers will be open with regular hours on Tuesday, December 27, and Tuesday, January 3.
The new 2023 calendars will be mailed to residents and available for online download starting in January.
