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USPS Trying To Keep Rural Post Offices Open

Story Published: May 9, 2012 at 4:18 PM EDT

Story Updated: May 9, 2012 at 4:18 PM EDT

The struggling U.S. Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

(7 News has not yet learned if any north country post offices will be affected.)
 
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells a news conference the new plan will save the mail agency half a billion dollars each year while addressing concerns of rural residents most opposed to post office closings.
 
Previously, up to 3,700 low-revenue post offices were slated for closure or consolidation beginning sometime after May 15, many in rural areas. It was part of a multibillion-dollar postal cost-cutting effort to stave off the agency's bankruptcy.
 
The Postal Service now plans to seek regulatory approval for the new plan and get community input, a process that could take several months.

- from The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
, Watertown, NY

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