City Hall News: Week of October 3, 2022
There are no meetings scheduled for next week. The 84th Mountain State Forest Festival is underway and lasts through next Saturday.
During the week of the Mountain State Forest Festival (Monday-Friday, Oct. 3-7), all trash will be picked up on the usual days. However, Thursday and Friday trash collection will start at 5 a.m. Trash must be outside no later than 5 a.m. on Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7.
Sections of Fourth Street, Railroad Avenue, and Third Street will be closed all week for the carnival.
City hall will be closed to the public on Friday.
On Saturday, there will be a series of parades. The Antique and Classic Street Rod Car Parade starts at 1 p.m., followed by the Special Units and Log Truck Parade at 1:15 p.m. The Grand Feature Parade, featuring the newly crowned Queen Silvia, starts at 1:30 p.m. The parades will proceed up South Davis Avenue from around Eleventh Street, turn east on Fifth Street, turn south on Randolph Avenue, and finish near the Randolph County Courthouse.
Find more festival information here: www.cityofelkinswv.com/2022-forest-festival-information
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