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Triad city services suspended in observance of Juneteenth

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By Neal Charnoff
Published June 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM EDT
A 2023 Juneteenth celebration at LeBauer Park in downtown Greensboro.
Courtesy Princess H. Johnson
A 2023 Juneteenth celebration at LeBauer Park in downtown Greensboro.

There will be a number of city closures on Friday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Most city offices in Greensboro will be closed, as will public libraries, the history museum, and the cultural center. City buses will operate on a normal schedule. Any water or sewer emergencies can be reported to the Water Resources dispatch line.

City offices will also be closed in Winston-Salem. CityLink 311, which handles customer service, will be closed, but non-911 emergency calls will be forwarded to the appropriate department.  

In High Point, residents will not have access to city hall or the customer service call center. The transit system won’t be operating, and the museum and public library will be closed.

Garbage and recycling collection will be halted in all three municipalities.
Neal Charnoff
Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.
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