What's Open / What's Closed in New Canaan for Thanksgiving?

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• Connecticut Lottery headquarters will close Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. "While the headquarters will not be open for business, the web site and automated phone system will be available to obtain information. Regularly scheduled lottery drawings will occur," according to a news release from the lottery.
  

• Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday
  

• Metro-North changes in service: "to help you 'take flight' we offer early getaway trains beginning at 12 noon. See a November 27 timetable for details or visit our Schedules page. Because of reduced ridership, some evening trains will be cancelled or combined."

Thanksgiving Day

• "Darien YMCA [...] will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 5am to 12pm with limited fitness classes offered (see schedule)." (On the Home page of the Darien YMCA, the schedules are at the bottom of the blue box on the left.)
  

• Some retail stores, convenience stores and gas stations

• 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."

• The New Canaan YMCA will close for Thanksgiving and reopen on Friday at 7:30 a.m. The Stamford YMCA will be closed for Thanksgiving
  
  
• 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)
  

• The New Canaan Historical Society will be closed for Thanksgiving.
  

• YWCA Darien/Norwalk

• 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.

Friday, Nov. 29

• 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.)

• Ferguson Library
  
  
• The New Canaan Library
  
  
• Darien Library

• Rowayton Library

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

• Darien Community Association

• YWCA Darien/Norwalk

• Norwalk Public Library

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."

• Darien Library

• Norwalk Public Library
  
  
• New Canaan Library
  

• Ferguson Library in Stamford

• Rowayton Library

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