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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 54 NEWTOWN/BEVERLY TERRACE COMMUNITY CLEANUP SCHEDULED It is time to clean out the garage and gather up discarded household items, junk and yard waste in the Newtown/Beverly Terrace area, Sarasota County has announced. Residents may get rid of household items, scrap materials, garbage, unbundled yard waste and tree trimmings during this free event, a county news release says. Sarasota The county will hold its annual free commu- County employees will be available at each nity cleanup in the area from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. site to offer assistance, the release adds. Saturday, Jan. 26. Dumpsters will be provided Hazardous waste such as paint and pesticides at three intersections for residents to dispose as well as auto parts, electronics, televisions of refuse: and computers will be accepted during the • Newtown Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther cleanup at the Newtown Estates Recreation King Way. Center, 2800 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota. • 44th Street and Lockwood Ridge Road. • 23rd Street and Chester Avenue. For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000. COUNTY, CITY OFFICES TO BE CLOSED FOR KING HOLIDAY Most Sarasota County government offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of the national holiday that celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the county has announced. The gun range at Knight Trail Park will be closed, the release adds. Sarasota County's chemical collection centers at 8750 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, and 250 S. Jackson Road, Venice, will be closed; howevAll Sarasota County libraries will be closed, er, the Citizen's Convenience Center at 4010 as will all Sarasota County recreation centers, Knights Trail Road, Nokomis, will be open, the release notes. with the exception of the following: • Arlington Park Recreation Center will be For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000. open from noon to 5 p.m. • Payne Park Tennis Center will be open from City of Sarasota administrative offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, as well in observance 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the city has an• Sarasota County Area Transit will be on a nounced. normal bus schedule on Jan. 21. The regular City Commission meeting will be The collection schedule for solid waste, yard held the following day, Tuesday, Jan. 22, at waste and recyclables will not be affected by 2:30 p.m., continuing at 6 p.m., in the Comthe holiday, a county news release says. The mission Chambers in City Hall, 1565 First St. landfill at 4000 Knights Trail Road in Nokomis will be open, but the administrative office will "Weekly garbage and recycling collection will not be impacted" by the holiday, the release adds. be closed.