Walnut Hill Losing Saturday Post Office Retail Service

March 14, 2011

Saturday lobby service at the U.S. Post Office in Walnut Hill is coming to an end.

The post office retail lobby will be closed beginning April 4. However, mail will still be placed in post office boxes by no later than 9:30 each Saturday. The retail lobby will continue to be open from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.

The U.S. Post Office in Walnut Hill is a contract facility operated by Escambia River Electric Cooperative.

Pictured: The U.S. Post Office in Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

9 Responses to “Walnut Hill Losing Saturday Post Office Retail Service”

  1. MM on March 15th, 2011 3:19 pm

    If the Post Office went to once per week mail delivery, it would be fine with me. Garbage, too.

  2. NunYa on March 14th, 2011 6:42 pm

    “Can you ship a package from this office? I have always wondered about this.”

    I ship packages from this location all of the time.

  3. QUESTION on March 14th, 2011 4:24 pm

    Can you ship a package from this office? I have always wondered about this.

  4. Yellarhammer on March 14th, 2011 4:12 pm

    Tracy wake up the postal service is controled by Congress and guess who payes there bill the TAX PAYERS. Now if you had a private sector busness and if it isn’t making money then you would close it, Since the postal service is a public sector the Congress pours more money in to it to fix it. I don’t like seeing people losing ther jobs but I don’t like wasting my hard earned tax money.

  5. art on March 14th, 2011 4:08 pm

    what gets me is, i get so flustered when i go over there after 3:30 and they are already closed…..and i do it all the time.

  6. wondering on March 14th, 2011 12:24 pm

    They lose money every year, the tax payers have to make it up. They do use tax money!!!!!!!

  7. tracy on March 14th, 2011 11:20 am

    One in every six City Letter Carriers would lose their job without Saturday delivery. The Rural Carrier’s Substitute wouldonly be needed during Sick or Annual leave!! The Postal Service DOES NOT operate on tax dollars! Come on America SUPPORT American workers!!

  8. Dave on March 14th, 2011 6:59 am

    A lot of money could be saved if they would cut out mail delivery on Saturday.

  9. Resident on March 14th, 2011 6:56 am

    Got to love this economy. It won’t be long before Saturday mail delivery is gone altogether.

    Thanks EREC for operating this post office for us in Walnut Hill.

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