What's Open, Closed New Year's Eve, New Year's Day

Monday, New Year's Eve

OPEN Monday, Dec. 31:

• Fairfield town government (see the town's holiday schedule)

• Fairfield Public Library and Woods Branch Library—until 5 p.m. and the Pequot Library (until 3 p.m.)

• Post offices

• U.S. Government offices

• Connecticut state offices (see PDF of 2012 state holiday schedule attached to this article), except for the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, which is normally closed on Monday.

• Banks

• New York Stock Exchange

CLOSED Monday:

• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (not normally open on Mondays)

• Fairfield Public Schools closed the week of Christmas through Jan. 1, classes restart Jan. 2 (see PDF of school calendar attached to this article)

BUS, TRAIN SERVICE on Monday:

The Greater Bridgeport Transit buses will operate on a regular weekday schedule.

New Year's Day

The following are CLOSED New Year's Day:

• Fairfield Public Schools closed the week of Christmas through Jan. 1, classes restart Jan. 2 (see PDF of school calendar attached to this article)

• Fairfield Public Library, Woods Branch Library, and the Pequot Library

• Post offices

• U.S. government offices

• State government offices (PDF of 2013 state holiday schedule attached to this article)

• Connecticut Department of Motor vehicles and AAA offices

• Fairfield town government

• Banks have the option of staying open or closed — in practice, all or nearly all are closed on New Year's Day (and this is one of the four holidays that even TD Bank is normally closed)

• New York Stock Exchange

BUS SERVICE  on New Year's Day:

The Greater Bridgeport Transit buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.

Metro-North Service

The following information is from the Metro-North website:

• Monday, Dec. 31: "[T]o make sure you arrive wherever you need to be to ring in 2013, we will provide a Saturday schedule with extra service in the AM and PM peak periods, as well as additional inbound trains in the late afternoon/early evening, and our traditional post-midnight late night/early morning service to get you home safely. ([...]See a Holiday Timetable for train times or visit our schedules page.)"

• New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1: "We will once again operate a special Holiday Schedule. (See a Holiday Timetable for train times or visit our schedules page.)"