Community Corner
What's Open, What's Closed on Columbus Day
Columbus Day this year falls on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Expect schools and government offices to be closed.
Columbus Day, observed on the second Monday in October (Oct. 14 this year), honors Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in October of 1492.
Here's the list of what is open and closed in Darien, in Connecticut and in some cases across the United States:
CLOSED SATURDAY:
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- Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles closed at 12:30 p.m. Friday and won't open again until 7:45 a.m. Tuesday
OPEN MONDAY:
- TDBank in Darien and all other branches.
- New York Stock Exchange is open
- Darien Library is open (Rowayton Library is closed)
- Darien town dump
- Retail stores
- Supermarkets
- Restaurants
- Convenience Stores
- Bars/Taverns/Saloons
- Gyms/Health Clubs
- The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk is open (but the IMAX theater is closed for renovations)
- You may want to call ahead before heading to any of the above establishments to confirm they are open. Some retail stores or gyms/health clubs may be operating on a Sunday schedule or with limited hours.
CLOSED MONDAY:
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- Some banks
- No mail delivery – all U.S post offices are closed (Expresss Mail delivery on Sundays and holidays is available for a small fee)
- Federal offices (that is, should federal employees be called back, they still wouldn't be in on Monday)
- State offices
- Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles closed at 12:30 p.m. Friday and won't open again until 7:45 a.m. Tuesday
- Darien Town Hall and municipal offices (but the town dump is open)
- Darien Public Schools
- Darien Nature Center
- Darien YWCA
TRANSPORTATION — NO CHANGES
- CT Transit, which runs Stamford's buses, will operate on a regular schedule (and that includes I-BUS and Commuter Connection services)
- Norwalk Transit will operate on a regular schedule
- No changes have been announced for Metro-North's New Haven Line
According to the History Channel website, "[Columbus] intended to chart a western sea route to China, India and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia; instead, he landed in the Bahamas, becoming the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland during the 10th century."
Read more about Columbus here.
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