Post Office Relocations

New Jersey Herald: Township residents with a post office box at the Lafayette, NJ, Post Office have just over a month to continue picking up their mail there before the building temporarily closes, with an uncertain future ahead for the post office. The United States Postal Service announced in a press release Friday that operations at the building on Route … Read More

Rapp News: Virginia Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman has weighed in on the potential move of the U.S. Post Office outside of the town of Washington, saying if that were to happen then “Washington would be the only county seat in the Commonwealth of Virginia without a post office.” In a letter dated March 1 addressed to Megan Brennan, Postmaster General … Read More

Suwannee Democrat: Seeking a new home for the Live Oak Post Office, the United States Postal Service presented the process that goes into a relocation in front of a packed Live Oak City Hall on Dec. 11. Approximately 50 residents were attendance for the presentation from Sandra Rybicki to the council on the next steps the USPS would take before … Read More

WAVY.com: The U.S. Postal Service is proposing the reestablishment of the Milan Station Post Office in Norfolk, Va., nine months after the location was closed. USPS says the new location would be close to the former site, which was located at 3800 Colley Avenue in Norfolk until February 23.  The relocation project would provide full continuity of service and would consist of finding … Read More

The Review: The U.S. Postal Service is interested in moving the downtown post office in East Liverpool, Ohio. An email, received Thursday, announces a public meeting about the move will take place 5 p.m. Nov. 19 in council chambers at East Liverpool City Hall. The postal service will discuss with attendees a proposal to move its retail operations and delivery … Read More

Rapp News: Every day as sure as the sun rises Nancy Buntin leaves her home next door to the Foster Harris House and walks the several blocks up Main Street to collect her mail from the Post Office in Washington, Virginia. “Just like my father before me,” Buntin said of her daily ritual. But soon, she and other residents of … Read More

Grand Island Independent: When Grand Islanders heard that the downtown post office might close, many objected by saying “Please, Mr. Postman.” The Postal Service rejected the written comments, figuratively saying “Return to Sender.” The final day for the downtown post office in Grand Island, Neb., has arrived. The retail window at 204 W. South Front will close at 11 a.m. … Read More

The Independent: The United States Postal Service has sent letters to its customers in Grand Island, Neb., informing them that the Grand Island Post Office (both retail and delivery unit) will be moving into the USPS processing facility at 3835 Old Potash Highway from the 204 W. South Front St. location on Saturday, June 30. According to the correspondence received … Read More

Palo Alto Online: Customers of the East Palo Alto, Calif., branch post office will soon need to send their letters and packages from a new location, following the landlord of its current Bay Road location choosing to not renew the lease and instead redevelop the property, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The agency is now looking to hear from … Read More

“I would prefer a downtown location to draw people to the revitalized area we are creating, which the post office would be a significant part.” — City Councilmen Fred Neil

“From an urban planning perspective a post office is one of the things critical to delivering real livability downtown.” — Councilor Rebecca Perkins-Kwoka