What's Open/Closed in Palmer-Forks for Fourth of July

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 Thursday for the Fourth of July holiday.

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 Friday.

• The Palmer Community Pool will be open from noon to 8 p.m.
• The Palmer Park Mall will have special holiday hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Bon-Ton 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 Giant and Weis Markets, will be open along with numerous retail outlets like CVS and Walgreens in Forks Township and fast-food businesses in Palmer Township.

• The Easton Area School District is closed for the summers.
• Forks Township government offices.
• Palmer Township 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 Palmer Township Library.
• Most banks.
• Ace Hardware in Forks Township will be open, but its post office will be closed.
• Northampton County offices.
• The District Justice court of Judge Jacqueline Taschner.
• The PennDOT Photo License Center on Route 248.
• State liquor stores