Celebration Under the Stars 2009
 July 4 skies to light up around 9 p.m.
Most City of Murfreesboro offices will close July 3 to observe the July 4 holiday Saturday.
Exceptions are the golf courses at Old Fort Park and at the Veterans Administration (VA) medical center, the Wilderness Station on the south side of Barfield-Crescent Park, McFadden and Patterson Park community centers and Sports*Com.
On July 4, all recreation facilities will be closed except the Sports*Com outdoor pool and the two golf courses. The city’s annual Celebration Under the Stars will begin at 5 p.m. on the McKnight ballfield complex near Sports*Com and a fireworks display will follow at 9.
City garbage pickup on holiday schedule this week
if your regular pickup day is Thursday or Friday ... remember to put your trash out a day EARLY!
City residents are asked to pay particular heed to changes in garbage pickup during the week when routing will be on holiday schedule. Garbage normally picked up on Friday will be picked up the day before on Thursday and Thursdays pickup will be Wednesday, said Murfreesboro Solid Waste Department Director Joey Smith.
Cautioning residents to put their trash out a day early only happens a few times during the year, Smith said, and citizens are often caught unprepared for trucks that arrive a day earlier than expected.
“Then they have to wait for their regular pickup days the following week," Smith said. "We try to get the word out by every means we know but it seems every year we get lots of calls about it.
"If your regular day is Thursday or Friday and you don't want to wait a week," he said, "our advice is to put your trash out a day early."
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