For many people, Thanksgiving will mean a four-day weekend; and this will include many government employees, who will be off on both Thursday and Friday.

Nearly all city, state and local offices will be closed on both Thursday and Friday.

Most school districts will either close early on Wednesday or take the entire day off; all schools will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

The main area public libraries will also be shut down Thursday and Friday; some may close early on Wednesday.

HIRTA Public Transit will have no service on Thursday, and only limited in-town service on Friday.

There will be no mail delivery on Thanksgiving Day, but deliveries will resume as usual on Friday.