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State offices, U.S. Postal Service and major banks are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The federal and New Jersey state holiday observes the birthday of the civil rights activist and minister who was assassinated in 1968. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law, which designated the third Monday in January a federal holiday to honor Dr. King's legacy. The holiday is intended to be a national day of service, where Americans are encouraged to volunteer in their communities. Here's what's open, closed or operating on different schedules for Martin Luther King Jr. day in 2024: U.S. Postal Service facilities will be closed. UPS is not picking up or dropping off packages on Jan. 15. UPS store locations may be closed, so check your local store to see its hours. Most services will be available, with a few options operating on modified service, include FedEx Express and Ground Economy shipping. All Motor Vehicle Commission facilities will be closed, including agencies, road test sites and inspections stations. All New Jersey state offices are closed, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day is also a state holiday. Visit nj.gov/mvc to see if you can complete what you need online, such as renewing a license, getting a duplicate card for a lost license or changing your address. Schools are generally closed. Check your school district website for more information. The Superior Court trial division and Tax Court are on recess, except for emergent matters. Branches of Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Truist, Citibank and Capital One, among others, will be closed on Jan. 15, the companies told USA TODAY. All Capital One Café locations will be open with normal business hours, according to USA TODAY. Stock and bond markets are closed. Visit NJTransit.com or check the NJ Transit to see how the holiday impacts your line, as some are operating as usual, while others are on a holiday or weekend schedule, and others are not in service. PATH will run a modified Saturday schedule with supplemental service during the morning. Journal Square-33 Street and Newark-World Trade Center lines will be in service. The New York Waterway ferries will run on a Sunday schedule, except for the Metro-North Cross-Hudson routes. The New Jersey shuttle bus will not be operating. Haverstraw to Ossining will run four trips, the first departing at 6 a.m. and the last leaving at 8:42 p.m. Newburgh to Beacon will run five trips, the first departing at 6 a.m. and the last leaving 8:26 p.m. The free weekend ferry between Midtown Manhattan and Pier 11/Wall Street to IKEA Brooklyn will run between 10:25 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. The Midtown Manhattan shuttle bus will run between 8:10 a.m. and 10:50 p.m. For more information, visit https://www.nywaterway.com/. Across the Garden State, organizers are holding a memorial breakfast, fundraiser walk, outdoor rally and more. Visit this list to see events across Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic counties. This report includes information from USA Today.

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Admirers of nautical icon Anna hope to prevent her final bow

Jan. 13 -- CAPE VINCENT -- The Anna, a nautical icon beloved by its legion of fans, is on rocky ground after the owner of the 30-foot Block Island trawler expressed some interest in selling the boat, or at least parts of her. In early December, Ronald J. Trottier, owner of Anchor Marina, 583 E. Broadway St., where Anna has been "on the hard" for about two decades, tasked Marcie Travers-Barth with selling Anna. Tavers-Barth owns The Coal Docks Restaurant & Bar, across the street from the marina. The restaurant building itself is owned by Trottier, who is not involved in the establishment's business or management. "The owner has asked that I put it up for sale and handle all offers," Travers-Barth posted on Facebook on Dec. 10, noting that the transaction would not result in any money for her. "Buyer(s) must remove it at their own cost. Let's get her sold and keep her part of the Cape Vincent community." That post set off alarms on the "The Anna" Facebook group page, which says the boat "has become an 'unofficial' beloved icon of the Cape Vincent community." Group members sought ways to save her. Posted ideas ranged from creating a GoFundMe account, setting up a nonprofit, gauging interest from the Mystic Seaport in Stonington, Connecticut, to placement of Anna on the National Register of Historic Places. On Jan. 3, in a "Letters From the People" submission to the Watertown Daily Times, Cape Vincent resident Victoria Sperry wrote that Anna is a vital source of tourism with a potential of doing much more. "There are a couple of places in the village where Anna could be displayed (with the cooperation of local authorities) if enough people come together and work to make this happen," Sperry wrote. "It's a romantic thing on my part, Sperry said on Tuesday. "Anna is beautiful. And so many old boats fade into obscurity. But she really is an attraction. People come here to paint and draw her. It's an incentive for people to come to the cape." Cape Vincent Mayor Jerry D. Golden said the village would have no means to undertake a restoration project involving Anna and finds the arguments to save her don't hold much water. "It's definitely gotten some attention. It's cool looking. I have a picture of it, as do so many other people. There are people out there who think something different, but to me, there's just no value in trying to restore that or have it on display." He said the ship has been a topic at village meetings, and at one, a question was asked. "Somebody mentioned, 'If some private investor bought it, restored it and made it pristine and gave it to the village -- would they take it?' I'm like, that's a lot of hypotheticals there, but I said you could always present something to the village if that were the case, and we could make a decision at that time." He added, "If somebody said, 'Hey, you could buy the Anna for $20,000 if the village put up the money,' I would say we wouldn't be interested." A restored Anna would face another issue in the village. "Where would you put i...