Christmas trash pickup delayed for holiday, cities and county close offices

Residents in the cities of Orange, Bridge City, and West Orange will no garbage pickups on Christmas and New Year's Day, and then will have day-late pickups.

Pinehurst has regular garbage pickup on Tuesdays and residents will not have a change.

With Christmas and New Year's Day falling on Wednesdays this year, the garbage customers in Bridge City and Orange that have pickups on Wednesday, will then have trucks running their routes on Thursday. Then the Thurday routes will be picked up on Friday, and the Friday routes on Saturday.

West Orange has garbage service on Fridays and their customers will have pickup on Saturday during the two holiday weeks.

Bridge City and Orange County employees are getting a long holiday. Friday, December 21, was their last day. So they got the weekend off plus Monday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Pinehurst City Hall closed at noon on Monday and will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

West Orange and Orange city halls will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The county courthouse, along with the city halls in Bridge City, Orange, Pinehurst, and West Orange will be open again on Thursday, December 26.

For New Year's Day, West Orange City Hall will be closed December 31 and January 1. The county courthouse, plus city halls in Orange, Bridge City, and Pinehurst will be closed only on January 1.

All emergency services for police, sheriff's office, and fire departments will be working the holidays. The cities with utility departments have crews on standby for water or sewer emergencies. People in cities who need emergency help from public works should contact their local police departments at the regular 10-digit phone numbers.