Expect the usual array of closings this Monday (Jan. 17) to remember the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Closures will affect public facilities, including schools and post offices, as well as most in-person banking services. Most other private businesses, however, will be open.
Here’s a list of other local services and how they’ll be affected.
DMV
All DMV offices will be closed Monday.
Fairfax County
County offices and the County Circuit Court will be closed Monday.
Fairfax Connector buses will operate on holiday weekday service. A full list of routes affected is available online.
Fairfax County Public Library will be closed for the holiday, but this weekend also marks the start of a new, temporary schedule, where all branches will be closed on Sundays and Mondays through April 1.
Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon will have special programming as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service.
Falls Church
Mary Riley Styles Public Library will be closed Monday. Most government offices and services will be closed. The community center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation will have a program in honor of King at 11 a.m. Monday at the Tinner Hill Civil Rights Monument (South Washington Street at Tinner Hill Road in Falls Church) and a march at noon.
Herndon
The town offices and Herndon Community Center will be closed Monday. Recycling normally collected on Monday will be collected on Tuesday (Jan. 18).
McLean
The McLean Community Center will be closed on Monday, but it will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a concert tonight (Friday) and a talk on Sunday (Jan. 16), both led by musician Daryl Davis.
Metro
Metrobus will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule and Metrorail will run regular scheduled weekday service.
Reston
The Reston Community Center Hunters Woods will host its 36th Annual Reston Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration with events on Sunday and Monday.
Both the Hunters Woods and Lake Anne locations will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday.
Vienna
The town typically lists MLK Day as a holiday. Expect town offices to be closed.
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