End of USPS Saturday Mail Delivery Leaves St. Michael Post Office Uncertain
Some of the carriers are concerned about losing hours, while area businesses say the change won't have much of an impact.
The announcement today by the United States Postal Service to discontinue Saturday delivery of first-class mail leaves the St. Michael U.S. Post Office in a phase of uncertainty. "We just found out today as well," said Michelle Mattsen, Officer In Charge at the St. Michael branch. "We're not quite sure how that's going to work." The change in the delivery schedule will be effective the week of Aug. 5, 2013 — first-class mail will only be delivered Monday through Friday from that point on. However, mail addressed to P.O. boxes will continue to be delivered Saturdays, and post offices currently open Saturdays will continue those hours. Mail sent "express" instead of "first-class" will continue on Saturdays. Packages and parcels are also …
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JoJo
3:15 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
There have been some leaders within the United States Postal Service who have for MANY years been trying to make cuts to get the USPS back on track financially. In the past, even the recent past, these efforts are met with screams and horror stories, and the legislators trip over each other as they run to the press conference microphones to empathize with small town America and promise "we won't … more ›