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U.S. Postal Service

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

How Will Mail Service Change in Port, Saukville with No Saturday Delivery?

U.S. Postal Service Saturday delivery will be eliminated by August 1. Check out the hours for your local post office.

Deeming Saturday delivery “no longer sustainable,” The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. Saturday is the lightest mail delivery day by volume and many businesses are closed on Saturdays, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Even though there will not be Saturday delivery, with the exception of Express Mail, local post offices that are currently open on Saturday would remain open. Mail accepted at Post Offices on Saturdays will be processed on Monday. A 2012 Rasmussen poll and a 2010 Gallup poll on mail delivery found that the majority of U.S. residents surveyed were ok with eliminating Saturday delivery. Here are the hours for post offices around the area: PORT WASHINGTON 104 E…

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Sweeping Postal Service Changes Could Impact Local Businesses

Responding to declining use of snail mail, the Postal Service is looking for ways to save money.

The U.S. Postal Service is thinking big with cost-saving plans announced Monday — $20 billion by 2015. Closure of up to 252 mail processing plants is part of the plan, along with the end of overnight delivery for first-class mail. Letters — as well as many bills and bill payments — would have a 2-3 day service standard. Will these high-dollar, nationwide changes have any impact on small, local businesses in an increasingly electronic world? They might. At Winkie's in Whitefish Bay, co-owner Terry Stuhlmacher said they still pay most of their bills through the mail, with about 50 pieces of mail going out every week. He said if the delivery time changes, they will have to mail some things out eariler, and consider paying some bills online. "…

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Winkie's (in Whitefish Bay Patch) and Fabick's Stationery Gifts and Design (in Fox Point-Bayside Patch)

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Jay Sykes

7:49 pm on Friday, December 9, 2011

@AWD... in 2010 UPS did $95 Million and FedEX $1.4 Billion in contract work for the USPS. The list of the top 150 suppliers to USPS in 2010: http://www.huschblackwell.com/images/PostalResources/USPSsuppliersFY2010.pdf   more ›

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