Outer Banks Times

County of Dare issued the following announcement on Dec. 23.

All Dare County offices will be closed on Friday, December 23, 2022; Saturday, December 24, 2022; Monday, December 26, 2022; and Tuesday, December 27, 2022 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

The Dare County C&D Landfill, Buxton Transfer Station and Manteo Recycle Yard will be closed on Friday, December 23, 2022; Saturday, December 24, 2022; and Monday, December 26, 2022 in observance of the Christmas holiday. These sites will reopen on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of the county as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has announced its revised collection schedule in observance of the 2022 Christmas holiday as follows.

The Week Before Christmas

There will be one residential pickup per area during the week of Christmas, which runs Monday, December 19, 2022 through Friday, December 23, 2022, as follows:

• Monday, December 19, 2022: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras
• Tuesday, December 20, 2022: Manteo, Wanchese, East Lake, Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon
• Wednesday, December 21, 2022: No trash collection.
• Thursday, December 22, 2022: No trash collection.
• Friday, December 23, 2022: Closed - No trash collection.

Commercial trash collection will take place on Monday, December 19, 2022 and Thursday, December 22, 2022. Normal commercial trash collection will resume on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. 

The Week After Christmas

Residential trash collection for the week of Monday, December 26, 2022 through Friday, December 30, 2022 will be as follows:

• Monday, December 26, 2022: Closed - No trash collection.
• Tuesday, December 27, 2022: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Wednesday, December 28, 2022: Manteo, Wanchese, Manns Harbor, East Lake, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon
• Thursday, December 29, 2022: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Friday, December 30, 2022: Manteo, Wanchese, Manns Harbor, East Lake, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon

Commercial trash collection will take place on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 and Friday, December 30, 2022. Normal commercial trash collection will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

The Dare County Public Works Department only provides trash collection for the Town of Kitty Hawk and the unincorporated areas of Dare County. Unincorporated Dare County does not include areas within a town’s limits. 

If you are located within one of the six incorporated towns within Dare County, please contact your local municipal officials for information regarding any trash collection schedule changes in your area. 

For more information—and to sign up for the latest news and updates from the Dare County Public Works Department—please visit DareNC.gov/PublicWorks.                 

Original source can be found here.