Juneteenth 2023 closures

Courtney Ingalls

2 years ago

FILE - Dancer Prescylia Mae, of Houston, performs during a dedication ceremony for the massive mural "Absolute Equality" in downtown Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Communities all over the country will be marking Juneteenth, the day that enslaved Black Americans learned they were free. For generations, the end of one of the darkest chapters in U.S. history has been recognized with joy in the form of parades, street festivals, musical performances or cookouts. Yet, the U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP, File)

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) – Several local services will be closed or otherwise impacted as cities commemorate the federal Juneteenth holiday, on Monday, June 19, 2023.

Below is a city-by-city list of the planned closures.

Chesapeake

In Chesapeake, all City offices, courts, Chesapeake Public Library branches, and community centers will be closed on Monday, June 19.

Hampton

Hampton City Offices and courts will be closed on Monday, June 19, 2023 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

There will be no regular recycling, refuse, bulk trash or yard waste collection on Monday, June 19. Those items will be collected on Wednesday, June 21.

No street sweeping on Monday, June 19. Monday’s sweeping will be done Wednesday, June 21, and Wednesday’s sweeping will be done Friday, June 23.

The Yard Waste Site will be closed on Monday, June 19.

Libraries, community centers, neighborhood centers, the Treasurer’s Office and Commissioner of the Revenue, DMV Select, Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center, Human Services, the Peninsula Health District and clinic are all closed on Monday, June 19.

Newport News

City offices, libraries & recreation centers – closed Monday, June 19, 2023.

Garbage, recycling and bulk waste collections – No collections on Monday, June 19. All collections for the week will be delayed one day, i.e., Monday’s collections will take place on Tuesday, Tuesday’s on Wednesday, Wednesday’s on Thursday, and Thursday’s on Friday.

Recovery Operations Center – closed Monday, June 19.

Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter (serves the residents of Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County) – open for adoptions 12-5 p.m. on Monday, June 19; reunite lobby open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Norfolk

All government offices, libraries, and recreation centers in Norfolk will be closed on June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. The closures also includes the Norfolk Courthouse and the Commissioner of the Revenue and City Treasurer.

Requests for bulk waste collection for June 20 must be made before 3 p.m. on Friday June 16. Those requests can be made on the MyNorfolk app.

Norfolk beach lifeguards at Community Beach Park on June 19. Sarah Constant Beach Park and Ocean View Beach Park will not have lifeguards on duty.

Portsmouth

The City of Portsmouth will observe the Juneteenth holiday on Monday, June 19, 2023.

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The City of Portsmouth municipal offices, libraries, and museums will be closed on Monday, June 19.

Trash Collection – There will be no trash, recycling, or bulk collections on Juneteenth Day, Monday, June 19. All Monday routes will be collected on Wednesday, June 21. For more information, call the Waste Management Division at (757) 393-8663.

Portsmouth libraries will close on Monday, June 19, in honor of Juneteenth.

All Portsmouth Museums will be closed on Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth Day.

Recreation Centers, the Splash Park, and Cavalier Manor Pool will be closed Monday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday.

Registrar’s Office Open on Juneteenth Holiday

The Office of the General Registrar will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023, for Emergency Absentee Voting ONLY. Emergency Absentee Voting applies only if the voter was unable to apply for an absentee ballot by Friday, June 9, 2023, due to hospitalization or illness, or the hospitalization, illness, or death of an immediate family member, or if the voter had an obligation arise after 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, 2023, due either to; 1) his/her business, profession, or occupation; or 2) hospitalization or the hospitalization or death an immediate family member. The Emergency Absentee Voting application must be completed and received by 2 p.m.

Poquoson

On Monday, June 19, City Hall, library, non-emergency city offices, and school will be closed in observance of Juneteenth. Find more information on the city website here.

Suffolk

Suffolk City offices will be closed on Monday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

Virginia Beach

The following Virginia Beach facilities will be closed Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.

All Virginia Beach government administrative offices
All Virginia Beach public libraries including the TCC/City of Virginia Beach Joint-Use Library
Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts box office and administrative offices
Virginia Beach Circuit Court, General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts and Clerk’s Offices
Virginia Beach Convention Center administrative offices
Virginia Beach Department of Public Health
Virginia Beach History Museums
Waste Management administrative offices and the West Neck Recycling Center (Waste Management collections and the Landfill and Resource Recovery Center do not operate on Monday.)

Williamsburg

City of Williamsburg offices will be closed Monday, June 19, 2023, in observance of Juneteenth. This includes all offices in the Municipal Building on Lafayette Street and Quarterpath Recreation Center. Waller Mill Park will follow normal operating hours, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Hampton Roads Transit

On the Juneteenth holiday, Monday, June 19, 2023, all Hampton Roads Transit fixed route services (bus, light rail, ferry) and paratransit will be free. Bus and light rail services will operate on their Saturday schedule. The ferry will operate on its regular weekday schedule.