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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

USPS To Stop Saturday Mail Delivery in August

Package delivery from the United States Postal Service would continue Saturdays. The plan reportedly would save the agency about $2 billion annually.

By mid summer, Norcross residents will no longer get their mail delivered to their homes if a plan by the U.S. Post Office is approved. The U.S. Postal Service reportedly will end Saturday mail delivery in August 2013, but will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays. According to an ABC News report, the agency is making the move to curb financial losses. The plan would save the agency about $2 billion annually, the report says. Also, delivery to post office boxes would continue on Saturdays, the report says. And post offices now open on Saturdays, including the Norcross branches, would remain open on that day. Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages. …

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Get a Letter Back From Santa This Christmas

Thanks to a very special U.S. Postal Service program, Santa Claus will reply to children who mail him their Christmas wish lists this holiday season.

Every year, millions of children sit down to make a wish list for Santa, hoping he will make all of their Christmas dreams come true. But what if Santa actually wrote back? The United States Postal Service is now accepting "Letters From Santa," a program that allows any person to play Santa by sending a letter signed by Saint Nick to any child. According to a postal service news release, "The 'Letters From Santa' program helps parents fulfill the dreams of their own children." Instructions to send a letter from Santa: In Norcross, letters to Santa can be dropped off at any post office location. Find a post office close to you by clicking here. Do your children or children in your family plan on writing a letter to Santa this year? Tell us …

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