What's Open, What's Closed Thanksgiving Day Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's what's open and what's closed, what bus or train schedules are the same or different on various days.

If you have closing or opening information for a business, organization or institution, and you want Patch readers to know about it, tell us in the comments!

And here's a link to the National Weather Service's Wilton-specific weather forecast.

Thanksgiving Day

• Some retail stores, convenience stores and gas stations
  
  
• Village Market open 7:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

• Darien North and Darien South rest stops on Interstate 95 and all other rest stops on the highway -- and they have electricity generators just in case the power goes out

• "A Special Thanksgiving Holiday Timetable is in effect for the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend (Thursday, November 28 through Sunday, December 1). Be sure to pick up a copy in Grand Central or at outlying stations if you are traveling during the holiday. Or visit our Schedules page."

• "On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, we will operate a special holiday schedule with additional inbound trains for those of you heading to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and additional outbound service to get you home (or to whoever’s house you will be dining at) after the parade ends."

• "[Y]ou must have your ticket before boarding at Grand Central and Harlem-125th St."

• Wilton Transfer Station
  
  
• All schools, public and private

• Government offices at the local, state and federal level

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles offices

• U.S. post offices

• Libraries -- all of them

• Most retail stores
  

• Banks have the option of staying open or closed in Connecticut — in practice, all or nearly all are closed on Thanksgiving Day (and this is one of the five holidays this year that even TD Bank is closed)

• Wilton Transfer station
  

• Wilton YMCA 
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• Wilton Library

• Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk

• CT Transit (Stamford buses)

• Norwalk Transit District offices are closed, as is regular Wheels bus service. For other service, see its schedule on the website.

• "All Connecticut Department of Labor offices, including the TeleBenefits Call Centers for Unemployment Insurance claims, will be closed Thursday, November 28 for the Thanksgiving Day observance. Those needing to file a weekly or continued UI claim or wishing to perform an account inquiry can use our automated TeleBenefits phone system or WebBenefits online system."

Friday, Nov. 29

• Wilton Transfer Station - OPEN from 8:00am to 4:00pm
  
  
• U.S. government offices

• U.S. Postal Service, including post offices

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle offices (starting at 7:45 a.m.)

• Connecticut AAA "will be open to process driver’s license renewals during their normal business hours on Friday."

• Connecticut Lottery headquarters

• Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

• Wilton Library - 10:00a.m. - 6:00p.m.

• The New York Stock Exchange closes at 1 p.m. (details)

Saturday, Nov. 30

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle offices are open for normal business hours: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Connecticut AAA "will be open to process driver’s license renewals during their normal business hours on [...] Saturday."

• Wilton Library 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Transportation

• CT Transit (Stamford buses)

• Norwalk Transit District offices, and its citywide, regular Wheels bus service. For other service, see its schedule on the website.

• Metro-North