Everyone’s favorite midsummer holiday, the Fourth of July, falls on a Thursday this year. While some workers might wish for a four-day holiday weekend, most public offices and agencies are taking only Thursday off, with employees back in tow on Friday.

Here are the offices that will be closed on Thursday:

•  The Post-Intelligencer offices will be closed. The newspaper for the next week will be on its regular publication schedule.

•  The Henry County courthouse and annex offices.

•  Paris city hall and Paris Public Works. 

Thursday sanitation routes will run on Wednesday. The Paris-Henry County Landfill, Animal Shelter and Paris Civic Center will be closed on Thursday.

The Eiffel Tower Park swimming pool and splash pad will be open until 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Paris city hall is closed every Friday.

•  Henry City Hall.

•  Puryear City Hall (will also be closed Friday).

•  Henry County Office on Aging.

•  Paris Housing Authority offices (will also be closed Friday).

•  Henry County Recycling Center.

•  Henry County Extension Service office.

•  Paris Post Office windows will be closed and there will be no residential mail delivery.