USPS suspends services in these places, from today
A post office is permanently closed because its lease has expired.
It is easy to believe that your local post office will always be there when you need it. But the American postal service (USPS) may have no choice but to suspend services in your essential installation in a number of circumstances, such as bad weather, rental problems or security risks. These closures are often only temporary, but this is not always the case. In fact, postal customers from different states are faced with new post office closings - and there will be permanent consequences. Read the rest to find out more about the latest closures, which start today.
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The USPS definitively closes a post office in New Jersey.
Residents of Longport, in New Jersey, no longer have a local postal service to call at home. The Longport Post Office is marked as permanently closed on Google and a recent Newscast De Downbeach.com has also confirmed the closure. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
In a July 31 Local press release , the USPS announced that the establishment's services had been affected "due to an expired lease and a sale of subsequent buildings".
The majority of post offices in the United States are not really held in the postal service. Instead, more than 25,300 of the Agency facilities are rented. Regarding the Longport post office, the real estate agent Matt Vassallo by Compass Real Estate told Downbeach.com that the owner of the building had decided not to renew the lease of the installation, because he tries to sell the property.
"He closed on Saturday, but it is today the last day of the lease," said Vassallo at the point of sale.
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Installation operations are moved.
Following the expiration of the lease, the USPS decided to move the services of the Longport Post Office. From August 1, all retail operations will be transferred to the Margate post office in Margate City, New Jersey, the postal service has confirmed in its communication. P.O. The box services will also move in the installation of Margate, which is located about two kilometers away.
"The mail of the P.O. box for customers of the Longport Post Office will be delivered transparently in new boxes at the Margate Post Office," said the USPS. "Customers should present their old P.O. box key as well as a valid identification to take mail at the Margate post office."
When Better life Contacted the USPS to see if it is planned to find a new location for the Longport post office, spokesperson Xavier Hernandez said that "postal officials examine local options".
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The agency also suspends services in a Post Office in North Carolina.
Some residents of Raleigh, in North Carolina, will not be able to access their local post office later this week. But unlike the closure of the Longport post office, this suspension should only last a few days.
According to an update of July 28 of USPS service alerts Website, the financial station of the century in Raleigh will be "temporarily closed" from August 3. The post office should be closed to customers until August 5 due to repairs.
"During this closure, retail and PO services will be available at Capital Station," said postal service in its alert.
Also in Raleigh, the installation of the capital is located less than a mile from the post office of the financial station of the century.
Better life contacted the USPS to find out more about this closure, and we will update this story with their answer.
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These are not the only installations that have been recently affected.
Postal customers in New Jersey and Northern Carolina are hardly the only ones to the disruption of the service at the moment.
At the beginning of last month, serious floods in Vermont pushed the USP to temporarily close several facilities through the state. And on July 27, the postal service sent a new alert to inform residents that Post office in Montpelier is still closed accordingly.
"We hope to re-occupy Montpelier's installations as quickly as possible", spokesperson for the USPS Stephen Doherty Said previously Better life . "However, he has undergone significant damage thanks to recent floods and there is not yet a calendar."
Before that, the agency Suspended services in installations in Indiana and Ohio. Wheeller's post office in Indiana has been temporarily closed "for construction repairs", including the USPS spokesperson Desai Abdul-Razzaaq said Better life have been caused by plumbing problems in the building.
And in Ohio, the agency closed both the prospect post office and the sales point office because their leases had expired.
