The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, July 2, 1996                 TAG: 9607020322
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
                                            LENGTH:   25 lines

HOLIDAY CLOSINGS

ILLUSTRATION: Graphic

All city offices, courts and banks will be closed Thursday, which

is Independence Day.

Garbage collection: Portsmouth will collect a day early, on

Wednesday. Chesapeake will collect on Saturday. Norfolk and Suffolk

will collect on Monday, July 8. Virginia Beach will have regular

collection Thursday.

Recycling collection: Routes normally collected on Thursday will

be changed. Chesapeake's recyclables will be collected on Saturday;

Suffolk's and Smithfield's will be collected Friday; Norfolk's will

be collected Monday, July 8.

Postal service: There will be no regular service Thursday.

State offices: ABC stores will be closed Thursday. All branches

of the Division of Motor Vehicles will be closed Thursday and will

resume a normal schedule Friday.

Tidewater Regional Transit: Buses will run on a Saturday

schedule. by CNB