Columbus Day marks Christopher Columbus\u2019s discovery of the Americas in 1492. It is observed on the second Monday of October.<\/p>\n
Here is a brief rundown of what is open and closed Monday in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
Federal government: All federal government office and courts are closed.<\/p>\n
State, county, local government: State offices in Pennsylvania are closed.<\/p>\n
Municipal offices: Check with individual municipalities for status.<\/p>\n
U.S. Postal Service: No mail delivery Monday, resumes Tuesday. Both UPS and FedEx are open on the holiday.<\/p>\n
Department of Motor Vehicles: Drivers license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg will be closed Saturday through Monday. Customers can still obtain products and services on the website, www.dmv.pa.gov.<\/p>\n
Financial markets: The New York Stock Exchange is open on Columbus Day. Most banks are closed, check with individual financial institutes.<\/p>\n
LANTA: Regular service. Route and schedule details are available at www.lantabus.com<\/p>\n
Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores: Many stores will be open at their normal Monday opening hours. Check www.FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com for individual store hours.<\/p>\n
Schools: Most schools are closed Monday.<\/p>\n
Libraries: Check with your local library for hours.<\/p>\n
Major retailers: Many major retailers will be open.<\/p>\n
Grocery stores: Grocery stores in the area will be open.<\/p>\n
Trash pickup: Check with your municipality or your trash hauler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Columbus Day marks Christopher Columbus\u2019s discovery of the Americas in 1492. It is observed on the second Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-303068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}