Howard County government will be closed in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day on October 14th

ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County government offices, courts, animal shelters and over 50 centers will be closed in observance of the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday on Monday, October 14th. On Monday there will be regular curbside trash, recycling, yard clippings and food scrap collection and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open.

County Parks, Gary J. Arthur, North Laurel and Roger Carter Community Centers, the Meadowbrook Athletic Complex, Harriet Tubman Cultural Center and Kiwanis-Wallas Hall will also be open on the 14th. The Cedar Lane and Schooley Mill activity rooms will also be open, but until only with permission. The Robinson Nature Center and county historic sites, including the Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum, will remain closed on the 14th.

The Regional Transportation Agency (RTA) will operate on a regular weekday schedule. For more information about RTA, call 1-800-270-9553 or visit www.transitrta.com. All parking regulations and fees apply on Indigenous Peoples Day.

The 9-1-1 center, police and fire departments remain staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For emergencies, call 9-1-1. For non-emergency emergencies, please call 410-313-2200.

County operations will resume during regular business hours on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

In 2020, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced that the county would recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October in place of Columbus Day. At that time, the county joined the growing number of tribal nations, states, counties, cities and school districts across the United States to honor and celebrate this land's first people while recognizing the thriving, vibrant American Indian and Alaska Native cultures, that exist today.