The former Alplaus, NY, post office was torn down this week, despite efforts by residents and town officials to save the historic structure. The Alplaus Fire Dist. No. 2, which owns the property next to the fire station on Alplaus Avenue, decided to demolish the century-old building, which fire commissioners determined was structurally unsound and would have needed more than $250,000 of work to … Read More
Rumors Abound of Jacksonville, NY, Post Office Closing
ithaca.com: The Jacksonville, NY, Post Office is a small, unassuming building that you wouldn’t know was there until it was pointed out to you. But to many neighbors in Jacksonville it is a community cornerstone. Recently, rumors have begun to spread that the post office will soon be closing its doors, and residents are worried about the impact this might … Read More
Neighbors concerned over fate of post office in Little Rock
THV11.com: Neighbors in the Heights community of Little Rock, Arkansas, have been very upset the last few days after hearing from their letter carriers that the area’s post office may close. The U.S. Postal Service rents the Forest Park Station property at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard from a local business man. The lease is coming up, and there were questions and concerns … Read More
Closure of post office in Kansas City forces residents to visit other branches for mail
fox4kc: Most of us have heard the post office motto: neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night keeps mail carriers from their appointed rounds, but when it comes to people who have post office boxes at the Country Club Station in Brookside (a neighborhood of Kansas City, MO), something is stopping them from getting their mail. There … Read More
Postal Service to Discuss Post Offices in Hartland, VT
Officials with the United States Postal Service are looking to bring a third post office back to Hartland, Vermont — in some form, anyway. Later this month, a representative with the Postal Service will be holding a public meeting to solicit possible sites for a retail postal facility to replace the one in Hartland Four Corners that closed in late … Read More