Not looking good for Smyrna Post Office
SMYRNA – Things aren’t looking too good for the Smyrna Post Office, Mayor Charles Edmonds said this morning.
“Things are looking kind of tough. All we can do is wait and see.”
The mayor was referring to the pending closure of what many of his constituents say is a necessary component to the economic and social vitality of the village.
Barring any intervention from the federal officials who Edmonds reached out to, the Smyrna Post Office will most likely close the week of July 25.
New York State Post Office representatives alerted residents in early May of that the facility may be closing or consolidated and replaced with a rural route carrier service instead. Later in the month, about 80 people turned out at a state-sponsored information session about the proposal.
Then, on June 4, state officials posted a notice at the post office that services would stop in 60 days.
Edmonds reached out to 24th District U.S. Representative Richard Hanna and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. Both expressed their opposition to closing the Smyrna office, he said. “Considering its value, performance and importance to the area, it may well be a rash and detrimental action,” wrote Hanna.
A carrier service would provide pickup and delivery as well as the sale of stamps and all other customary postal services. Residents are being asked to purchase larger mail boxes if they regularly mail large packages, or to mail them from the Sherburne Post Office, located six miles away.
“Things are looking kind of tough. All we can do is wait and see.”
The mayor was referring to the pending closure of what many of his constituents say is a necessary component to the economic and social vitality of the village.
Barring any intervention from the federal officials who Edmonds reached out to, the Smyrna Post Office will most likely close the week of July 25.
New York State Post Office representatives alerted residents in early May of that the facility may be closing or consolidated and replaced with a rural route carrier service instead. Later in the month, about 80 people turned out at a state-sponsored information session about the proposal.
Then, on June 4, state officials posted a notice at the post office that services would stop in 60 days.
Edmonds reached out to 24th District U.S. Representative Richard Hanna and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. Both expressed their opposition to closing the Smyrna office, he said. “Considering its value, performance and importance to the area, it may well be a rash and detrimental action,” wrote Hanna.
A carrier service would provide pickup and delivery as well as the sale of stamps and all other customary postal services. Residents are being asked to purchase larger mail boxes if they regularly mail large packages, or to mail them from the Sherburne Post Office, located six miles away.
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