Tuesday, February 18, 2025

MLK Day closings in the Historic Triangle

MLK Day holiday
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King speaks with members of First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, including Pastor David Collins (right) in June 1962. (Photo courtesy First Baptist Church)

Government offices and buildings across the Historic Triangle will shut for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday Jan. 16.

Not all services will be affected.

Here’s a roundup, so you can plan ahead:

York County

County offices and libraries will be closed.

County courts will be closed.

York-Poquoson Social Services and Virginia Cooperative Extension are closed.

The Waste Management Compost Facility and Transfer Station, 145 Goodwin Neck Rd., will be open.

Garbage and recycling collection will follow regular schedules.

Offices located in the Municipal Building in Williamsburg will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (WYDaily Staff)
Offices located in the Municipal Building in Williamsburg will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (WYDaily Staff)

City of Williamsburg

The Quarterpath Recreation Center, Williamsburg Regional Library, the Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse and all offices in the Municipal Building on Lafayette Street will be closed Monday.

Garbage will be collected as usually scheduled for city residents and Waller Mill Park will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Residents that experience a water emergency Monday are advised to call 757-220-6196.  Residents who need to pay a city bill are able to leave their payment in a drop box located on the front of the Municipal Building.

Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse (Sarah Fearing/WYDaily)
Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse (Sarah Fearing/WYDaily)

James City County

All county offices will be closed.

The stores and offices of Chickahominy Riverfront Park , James City County Marina and Little Creek Reservoir Park will be closed Monday.

County libraries and courts will also be closed.

Convenience centers and garbage transfer station, Freedom Park office and store, James City County Recreation Center, Abram Frink Jr. Community Center and county parks will be open.

Joan Quigley
Joan Quigley
Joan Quigley is a former Miami Herald business reporter, a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and an attorney. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, TIME.com, nationalgeographic.com and Talking Points Memo. Her recent book, Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation’s Capital, was shortlisted for the 2017 Mark Lynton History Prize. Her first book, The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy, won the 2005 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award.

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