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City offices closed for Christmas, New Year’s

Posted at 1:25 pm December 20, 2022
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The Oak Ridge Municipal Building is pictured above on Tuesday evening, May 5, 2020. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

City of Oak Ridge offices will be closed for Christmas and New Year’s Day.

City administrative offices and Oak Ridge City Court will be closed from Friday, December 23, to Monday, December 26, for Christmas.

They will also be closed on Monday, January 2, for New Year’s Day.

Offices and the court will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge Tagged With: animal shelter, Centennial Golf Course, Christmas, New Year's Day, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge Public Library, Oak Ridge Senior Center, Scarboro Community Center, Waste Connections Convenience Center

UT Arboretum Society has morning hike on New Year’s Day

Posted at 11:07 am December 28, 2015
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The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society has a morning hike on New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day is Friday, January 1. (Submitted photo)

 

The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society has a morning hike on New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day is Friday, January 1.

The hike is for everyone that wants to start 2016 “on the right foot,” a press release said.

The walk will begin at 9 a.m. New Year’s Day at the Arboretum Shelter “where you will be greeted by fellow hikers and offered coffee, hot chocolate, and snacks,” the release said.

The UT Arboretum is located at 901 South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: hike, New Year's Day, University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, UT Arboretum, UT Arboretum Society, UT Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center

No holiday garbage pickup on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day

Posted at 12:52 pm December 19, 2014
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Waste Connections Inc. will not pick up trash or recyclables in Oak Ridge on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, or on New Year’s Day, Thursday January 1, 2015.

For both weeks, the regular Thursday routes will be picked up the following day on Friday, and the regular Friday routes will be picked up the following day on Saturday.

Please have all refuse and recyclables out by 7 a.m. for the Friday and Saturday routes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge Tagged With: Christmas Day, garbage pickup, New Year's Day, recyclables, trash, Waste Connections Inc.

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