Storm closings and reschedulings: Cities, military, trash

In N.C.

• The Ferry Division is running the Hatteras-Ocracoke route on the hour to accommodate emergency evacuation of motorists. A new schedule from Ocracoke to Swan Quarter is in place, and several runs have been canceled at the Ocracoke-Cedar Island route.
• The new Ocracoke-Swan Quarter schedule: Departing Ocracoke today and Monday at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
• Departing Swan Quarter today and Monday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• The following runs on the Ocracoke-Cedar Island route are canceled for today and Monday: 7:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. from Ocracoke and 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Cedar Island.
•  No reservations required.

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Trash pickup

Chesapeake  Catch-up collections will continue this week. Limbs and other vegetative debris may be placed at the curb for pick up. Material must be no more than 4 feet long and stacked in piles no more than 4 by 4 by 4. Leaves should be placed in clear bags at the curb. Pickups may be scheduled at www.cityofchesapeake.net or (757) 382-2489.

Norfolk Friday's trash collection has been postponed until Monday. For the next 30 days, residents will not have to call for bulk pickup. Residents can place waste at the curb for regular pick up. Leaves should be placed in clear bags. Tree limbs should be placed in a separate pile. Those longer than 4 feet 6 inches should be tied and bundled. Building debris should be placed in a separate pile. Contractors must dispose of waste at non city sites.

Residents can take hazardous waste to the Virginia Beach Landfill, 1980 Jake Sears Road. Non hazardous waste can be brought to citizen drop-off centers, which are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Nov. 22, unless otherwise noted.

• SPSA transfer station, 3136 Woodland Ave., noon to 5 p.m. today
• Virginia Zoo parking lot, 3500 Granby St.
• Tarrallton Park, 2100 Tarrallton Drive
• Community Beach parking lot, 100 W. Ocean View
• Powhatan Field parking lot, behind ODU on Powhatan Avenue between 43rd and 49th streets

For more information, call (757) 441-5813.

Portsmouth Thursday's and Friday's trash and bulk collections were Saturday and possibly Monday.

Suffolk Friday's collection was scheduled for Saturday.

Virginia Beach Friday's trash, recycling and yard waste collection will be Monday. Any missed Thursday collection will be picked up this Thursday. Residents with excess trash may place additional trash bags next to their trash container. For more information, call (757) 385-4650.

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Shellfish harvesting

All tributaries to Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay have been closed to shellfish harvesting through Wednesday. The ban covers oysters, clams and scallops but not crabs or fin fish. The closure also includes Eastern Shore bayside tributaries and seaside tributaries west of and including the Intracoastal Waterway and all but the center portion of the lower James River, from Burwell Bay to the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.

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Canceled or postponed

Norfolk The Norfolk Botanical Garden is closed today.

Virginia Beach America Recycles Day scheduled for Mount Trashmore Park today has been postponed to Nov. 22, noon to 4 p.m.