Offices, services closed on Thanksgiving

Rubatino Refuse Removal won’t be picking up garbage or recycling on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday customers will have service Friday and Friday customers can expect garbage to be picked up Saturday.

The following are scheduled closures for the holiday.

Schools: Closed.

Government: Federal, state and local offices will be closed.

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Christmas tree permits are for sale today and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Ranger Station in the Seattle REI store and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the REI Alderwood store.

Post offices: Closed, although Express Mail service continues.

Commerce: Most businesses and banks will be closed.

Transportation: No Everett Transit, Community Transit or DART service*. Sound Transit will be on a holiday schedule. Train traffic is being replaced by bus service because of a landslide over the railroad tracks near Edmonds.

Roads: Highway 20 across the North Cascades is closed for the winter.

Ferries: Mukilteo-Clinton and Edmonds-Kingston routes are on holiday schedules.

The Herald: Home delivery problems can be reported between 7:30 and 11:30 a.m. at 425-339-3200.

Correction, Nov. 21, 2012: Everett Transit will have no service on Thursday. An earlier version of this story was in error.

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