Because it’s a contract post office, the USPS and PRC will say the closure is not covered by federal regulations.
More than a place for mail; rural town’s community post office closes amid financial strain
St George News: To drive from St. George to Torrey, a town on state Route 24 in Wayne County, is to take a grand tour of rural Utah. Long expansive highways with even more expansive views are dotted with tiny towns where pockets of people continue to carve out a living…. When word got around that the town’s community post … Read More
Historic Five Points post office in downtown Franklin, TN, will close March 1
tennessean.com: Workers at the Five Points post office in downtown Franklin, TN, confirmed Thursday afternoon the outfit will close come March 1. The operation for the mail is privately owned but has been conducting business to government standards, postal workers said. The Heritage Foundation of Williamson County helped save the building that houses the historic post office during the last … Read More
Southport, FL Loses Beloved Postmaster, Now the Post Office is Closing
Panhandle.com: The Southport, Florida, post office has been open for almost 100 years but now it is planning to be closed. A notice has been taped to the front door and many locals are unhappy with the news. Now, customers will have to go to either the Lynn haven or the Northside Station post offices for postal services. Many in the … Read More
West Casper, WY residents push for post office after their CPU closes
Casper Star Tribune: Mailing a package or picking up a roll of stamps became more difficult for west Casper residents after a post office inside Smith’s Grocery on CY Avenue closed in January — but that might be changing. The City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to authorize a resolution requesting that Wyoming’s federal delegation open a post office … Read More
Post Office discontinuances and suspensions: A decade in review
The Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission are currently working on the annual compliance review. The goal of the ACR, as stated in 39 U.S.C. §3652, is to determine if during the previous fiscal year the Postal Service has met all of the rate setting and service goals of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. The review deals primarily with the issue of … Read More
Former Alplaus, NY, post office torn down
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
In split decision, PRC rejects appeal on closing of Rio Nido, CA, post office
The fight appears over to save the neighborhood post office in Rio Nido, Calif., after U.S. Postal Regulatory Commissioners have deadlocked on closure last June of the century-old post office on Rio Nido Road. A deadline this week may mark the end of a Rio Nido community appeal of the sudden shutdown when postal officials said the tiny post office … Read More
Return of Post Office in Laurie, MO, Hinges On Postal Workers Union
lakeexpo.com: If the City Of Laurie’s post office returns, it won’t be in 2017. At the Tuesday, Oct. 10 Laurie Board of Aldermen meeting, Laurie City Clerk Ron Clarke presented an update on the progress of the re-opening of the Laurie Post Office. The United States Postal Service closed the Laurie Contract Postal Unit (CPU) in January 2017, after an … Read More
Rio Nido, CA, Post Office closure surprises longtime customers
sonomawest.com: Postal customers were buzzing on Saturday over the sudden closing of the post office in Rio Nido, Calif., a small town near Santa Rosa. (It’s a contract post office, so the Postal Service does not hold a public meeting or follow any of the other steps in a normal discontinuance process.) “This is upsetting to all of us,” said … Read More
‘We are upset’: Strongstown PA post office closes abruptly
tribdem.com: An emergency decision to close the Strongstown PA post office has residents in the small Indiana County community fuming. “We just all feel that nobody even asked for suggestions,” Strongstown resident and business owner Cathy Homer said. “We have people who were willing to step in and run the post office for a while.” Homer said the office closed … Read More
New contract post office in Nampa, Idaho, on hold due to moratorium on outsourcing retail
Idaho Press: People waiting for news of a new contract post office in Nampa, Idaho, will have to wait a while longer. National union negotiations are the reason no new contract post office has replaced the one in the now-closed Paul’s Market at 407 12th Avenue Road in Nampa, according to Nampa Postmaster Henry Medel. The U.S. Postal Service was … Read More
Two post offices slated for closure will remain open
Two post offices facing imminent closure — both of which have pending appeals with the Postal Regulatory Commission — will not be closing after all. The post office in Winchester, Illinois, and the contract post office in Westbrookville, New York, were both due to close over contract issues, but the issues were resolved last week and both offices will remain open. The post office in … Read More
Contract Postal Office in Greenville, NC, closing over contract issue
Daily Reflector: A U.S. Post Office located in the South Park Shopping Center on Red Banks Road in Greenville, N.C., is closing on June 28. The post office, which is a contract postal unit (CPU), meaning it is privately owned, posted a sign on its door stating that it was closing “due to inadequate compensation from the USPS.” “As of … Read More
