What's Open, Closed New Year's Eve, New Year's Day

Monday, New Year's Eve

OPEN Monday, Dec. 31:

• Easton curbside trash pickup: "a normal curbside pickup day and the Trumbull Transfer Station is open."

• Easton town government (no information to the contrary on the town website)

• Easton Public Schools and Joel Barlow High School (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Easton Library open normal hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

• Redding town government (no information to the contrary on the town website)

• Redding transfer station: Open 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (normal hours)

• Weston town government (see PDF attached to this article)

• Weston Public Library

• Weston Transfer station (until noon; see PDF attached to this article)

• Post offices

• U.S. Government offices

• Connecticut state offices (see PDF of 2012 state holiday schedule attached to this article)

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (normally closed on Monday).

• Banks (open regular hours unless they've posted signs to the contrary)

• New York Stock Exchange

• Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk (open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

CLOSED Monday:

• Easton Library

• Easton Public Schools and Joel Barlow High School (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Joel Barlow High School (reopens Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Mark Twain Library of Redding

• Redding Public Schools and Joel Barlow High School (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Weston Public Schools (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (not normally open on Mondays)

TRANSPORTATION on Monday:

• Norwalk Transit bus service

•  Metro-North (see below)

New Year's Day

The following are CLOSED New Year's Day:

• Easton curbside trash pickup not opearating, and the Trumbull transfer station is closed.

• Easton Public Schools and Joel Barlow High School (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Joel Barlow High School (reopens Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Mark Twain Library of Redding

• Redding Public Schools and Joel Barlow High School (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Redding town offices

• Weston Public Library

• Weston Public Schools (reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2)

• Weston town government (see PDF attached to this article)

• Weston Transfer Station (see PDF attached to this article)

• Post offices

• U.S. government offices

• State government offices (PDF of 2013 state holiday schedule attached to this article)

• Connecticut Department of Motor vehicles and AAA offices

• Banks have the option of staying open or closed — in practice, all or nearly all are closed on New Year's Day (and this is one of the four holidays that even TD Bank is normally closed)

• New York Stock Exchange

OPEN New Year's Day:

• Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk

TRANSPORTATION  on New Year's Day:

• Norwalk Transit—no bus service in Norwalk, and the office is closed

• Metro-North—see below

Metro-North Service

The following information is from the Metro-North website:

• "On Friday, Dec. 28, we start to gear up for New Year’s Eve. To make sure you get plenty of rest for the big night, we once again offer early getaway service. (See a current timetable or visit our schedules page.)"

• Monday, Dec. 31: "[T]o make sure you arrive wherever you need to be to ring in 2013, we will provide a Saturday schedule with extra service in the AM and PM peak periods, as well as additional inbound trains in the late afternoon/early evening, and our traditional post-midnight late night/early morning service to get you home safely. ([...]See a Holiday Timetable for train times or visit our schedules page.)"

• New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1: "We will once again operate a special Holiday Schedule. (See a Holiday Timetable for train times or visit our schedules page.)"