Closings

The following schools and school systems in the Tri-State area are closed or will open on a delayed basis Monday: Pennsylvania Central Fulton School District - Closed Forbes Road School District - Closed Southern Fulton School District - Closed

About 50 area postal workers ignored Sunday afternoon's windswept cold to protest plans by the U.S. Postal Service to close mail processing plants in Martinsburg and Cumberland, Md., and to end Saturday mail delivery. Postal union members from the Eastern Panhandle; Washington, Allegany, Garrett, Frederick and Carroll counties in Maryland; Winchester, Va., and Baltimore joined the protest in front of Ryan's Grill Buffet and Bakery on Foxcroft Avenue. Phil Jones, president of the American Postal Workers Union Local 513 in Cumberland, was one of several spokespeople at the rally, dubbed Save Your Post Office.

Leiters Mill Road at the bridge over Antietam Creek is to be closed effective Monday, according to the Washington County Division of Public Works Engineering and Construction.   The bridge will be closed to thru traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a project scheduled to be completed by the end of the week. A detour will be posted.

The following closings, cancellations and postponements due to Wednesday's snow have been announced. To have an item added to this list, email the information to webupdate@herald-mail.com .   Maryland   Healthcare Family Federal Credit Union Normal operating hours will resume Thursday.   Meritus Health (2 p.m. Wed. update) WillowWood Adult Medicine closed Wednesday at noon and will resume normal business hours Thursday.

The Washington County Division of Public Works Engineering and Construction Department has announced the closure of Garis Shop Road at the bridge over Antietam Creek.   Effective Tuesday, March 5, the bridge will be closed to through traffic between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., the county says in a news release. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of the week, the release says. A detour will be posted to route traffic around the project.   For additional information, contact Assistant County Administrator Sarah Lankford Sprecher at 240-313-2215.

A popular restaurant in downtown Hagerstown has closed its doors. The Brickyard Grill at 15 W. Washington St. was closed as of Monday, according to an email that owner Chris Grossnickle sent to his customers Monday morning. “Brickyard Grill is closed and will not be re-opening,” the email said. “I appreciate your support for the past two and a half years.” On Monday, the restaurant's lights were out and a sign that said, “Closed,” was hanging in the front window. Grossnickle declined to comment for this story.

Bikle's Ski Shop, a retail staple in downtown Hagerstown for close to 50 years, will close its doors for good after the ski and snowboard season ends in early spring. Co-owners Bill L. Clowser and his sister, Barbara Tritle, recently announced they will retire from the family business when they close up at the end of March. Their building at 7 S. Potomac St., is up for sale. “After 49 years, I've decided it's time to move on from retail,” Clowser said. “I've done it long enough.

Washington County - Government offices are open Monday. The Washington County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday. City of Hagerstown City of Hagerstown - Offices are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. Trash collection - Will go on as usual. Hagerstown City Council - Will meet Tuesday. State of Maryland - Agencies will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. MVA - All Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and VEIP locations are closed Monday   PennDOT - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday, Feb. 16, through Monday, Feb. 18, in observance of Presidents Day.

A portion of West Antietam Street in downtown Hagerstown will remain closed at least through the end of this week as demolition work continues on a building that burned in an overnight fire last week, a city official said Monday. West Antietam Street between South Potomac Street and Rochester Place has been closed since Friday after a two-alarm fire the night before ripped through the upper floors of 19-23 W. Antietam St. City of Hagerstown spokeswoman Erin Wolfe said the street would remain closed to through traffic until at least Friday, and might be closed through Feb. 18. Due to the fire and resulting damage to the five-story structure, parts of the building were found to be structurally unstable, Wolfe said in a news release over the weekend.