Cluster Boxes Replacing Post Offices? | Ft. Howard residents to get 169 mailbox units with post office set to close this weekend

"The United States Postal Service will be placing 169 mailbox units in Fort Howard in Baltimore County as the post office is set to close this weekend. The mailboxes will be located at 9115 North Point Road near the Fort Howard Veterans Park, and only a .2 mile distance from the former Fort Howard Post Office location on Howard Avenue. "(It will) allow Fort Howard residents to continue receiving mail in their community going forward," Maryland Congressman Kweisi Mfume's Office said in a statement. "This cluster of mailbox units ("cluster boxes") is a community-based solution that is only 0.2 miles from the former Fort Howard Post Office location."..."    

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Many areas seek exemption from Postal Service policy on forced cluster boxes

"...seeking an exemption to a U.S. Postal Service directive that would require cluster mailboxes at any new housing subdivisions...maintenance costs of centrally-located cluster mailboxes would necessitate homeowners associations at any new subdivisions to collect funds for that upkeep..."    

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Canada’s Postal Agency Puts Restructuring Plans on Hold

Canada’s Postal Agency Puts Restructuring Plans on Hold

"...Canada’s government-owned postal agency said Monday it has put a temporary halt to plans to phase out door-to-door mail delivery in urban areas, about a week before a new Liberal government that promised to restore regular mail service comes to power..."    

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Miami Postal Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint for cluster box keys (video)

Miami Postal Worker Robbed at Gunpoint

"...The crime was quick as two men, one of whom was armed, approached the letter carrier and demanded the keys to open mailboxes in apartment complexes...."    

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Postal Service postpones forced shift to centralized mailbox locations (cluster boxes) in Deadwood and Lead

USPS postpones mail delivery changes in Lead, Deadwood

"...The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it’s postponing plans to discontinue home delivery service to 533 addresses in Lead and 218 in Deadwood, switching to centralized mailbox locations next month...."    

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