Town of Hancock

Mayor & Council Meeting
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Community Center, 126 W. High St., Hancock, MD 21750, Hancock, MD, 21750, United States
The Mayor and Council hold a monthly town meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. These meetings are held in the big meeting room at 126 W. High St. and are always open to the public. Each meeting features a public comment period where individuals may address the Mayor and Council about town-related matters. Generally speaking, individual comments are limited to 5 minutes. The Mayor reserves the right to change this limit based on the nature of the commentary or to conduct the business of the Council.

Trash Pick Up
2025-10-15, 2025-10-22, 2025-10-29, 2025-11-05, 2025-11-12, 2025-11-19, 2025-11-26, 2025-12-03 and 3 more dates
Trash/Recycling collection is weekly. Your collection day is either Wednesday or Friday. If you are unsure, please call Burgmeier’s Trash Collection (800-491-8975).
OBSERVED HOLIDAYS: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day – No Pickup.

Recycling Fiber/Paper
2025-10-15, 2025-10-29, 2025-11-12, 2025-11-26, 2025-12-10, 2025-12-24
Paper Recycling

This is office paper, newspaper, magazines, soft back books all mixed together. In some residential recycling areas, we allow cardboard to be mixed in with this stream. This facilitates collection of one of the most produced recyclable products from a residence. All those Amazon boxes have to go somewhere.

Recycling Co-Mingled
2025-10-22, 2025-11-05, 2025-11-19, 2025-12-03, 2025-12-17
Co-mingling Recycling

Consists of a mixture of glass (all colors), plastics (#1 & #2), and common consumer metals such as aluminum and tin cans.

Planning Commission Meeting
2025-11-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-02 18:00 - 20:00 UTC

Thanksgiving Holiday
2025-11-27
Town Offices closed. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Holiday
2025-11-28
Town Offices closed.

Christmas Eve Holiday
2025-12-24
