What's Open/Closed for Memorial Day

If you want to go shopping, get suntan lotion for the pool or grab some grub for a barbecue, some places in Forks and Palmer townships will be open on Memorial Day Monday.

But if you want to mail a letter, cash a check or take out the trash, you're going to have to wait a day until Tuesday.

Monday's Memorial Day holiday kicks off the unofficial start of summer, which children will celebrate since schools are closed.

• Nearby Easton will be holding a Memorial Day parade at 9 a.m. Monday.
• The opens Saturday and will also operate on Memorial Day from noon to 8 p.m.
• The will have special holiday hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. will open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. while Boscov's will open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Most supermarkets, like the and , will be open along with numerous retail outlets like and in Forks Township and Lowe's and fast-food businesses in Palmer Township.

 Here's a list of some places that are closed for Memorial Day Monday:

• The Easton Area School District schools and offices.
• government offices.
• government offices.
• Trash and recycling pickup will be on a holiday schedule, meaning that pickup will be a day later if on the holiday; otherwise on a regular schedule.
• The .
• Most banks.
• in Forks Township will be open, but its post office will be closed.
• Northampton County offices.
• The of Judge Jacqueline Taschner.
• The PennDOT Photo License Center on Route 248.
• State liquor stores