Happy Holiday weekend, everybody! Before you go watch the fireworks, here are a few housekeeping announcements from the City of Charlottesville:
–City Hall will be closed on Monday. However, trash and recycling services will operate as usual.
–There will be no Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) service on Monday, July 5.
–The City’s Fourth Annual Independence Community Concert is scheduled for 3pm on Saturday, July 3, at the Charlottesville Pavilion.
–McIntire Park fireworks for July 4 will begin after sunset. The city is reminding those who will attend the festivities at the park NOT to park on Route 250. There will be a shuttle from the County Office Building on McIntire Road and a handicapped shuttle from Walker Upper Elementary School.
County Spokesperson Lee Catlin sent out a reminder for residents interested in using fireworks. "County fire officials are strongly urging caution with any private fireworks displays this weekend, given the very dry conditions and the presence of significant dried debris on the ground due to the recent storm which is very susceptible to catching fire," she writes in a news release. Consider yourself warned, folks.
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