U.S. Postal Service Cancels Saturday Mail Delivery

We want to know: How will the Post Office's latest announcement affect you and your business?

The U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The current six-days-per-week mail delivery business model is “no longer sustainable,” according to the U.S. Postal Service. Continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers are among the key factors that lead to the decision. Saturday is also the lightest mail day of the week. “We must change in order to remain an integral part of the American community for decades to come,” reads a message on the U.S. Postal Service website. The majority American’s don’t seem to mind whether they get Saturday mail delivered or not. A Rasmussen poll on mail delivery in 2012 showed “…

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What's Closed on Thanksgiving? Government Buildings, Schools and More

The federal holiday commemorated Thursday, Nov. 22 means it is not business as usual.

For those of not leaving the Hazelwood area for Thanksgiving, here's a rundown on what's closed for the holiday: Hazelwood Holiday Closures City of Hazelwood Government Offices St. Louis County Government Offices-North and Municipal Court Hazelwood School District Hazelwood Post Office

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What Do You Think of the Post Office? How Would You Fix It?

Is there a solution to the declining revenues of the U.S. Postal Service. Is it an agency that still is viable?

People tend to have strong opinions of the post office, or more properly, the United States Postal Service.  From crabby clerks in the post offices themselves, to the love expressed for the individual letter carrier, there are strong feelings for the agency called on to carry the nation's mail. There has been discussion of dropping one day of mail delivery as the Postal Service struggles to cope with declining revenue from the services it provides. Email has all but replaced regular letter writing, leading fewer people to buy postage stamps, which always seem to inch up in price. There has even been talk locally of closing post offices such as the one in Maplewood. Missouri U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill have sponsored …

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Harold Clifton

7:15 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012

At least once a week, my mail goes to the wrong address, and "sometimes" I get it sometimes I don't. I say lets start running the Post Office and the goverment as a business. If they don't make a profit. FIRE some people,,CUT cost, Or CLOSE it down. With the internet, smartphones, tablets. I really don't see a need for the Post Office. If I ran my company like the post office, I would be out of …   more ›

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'Tis the Season for the Good Old Fashioned Post Office

By sending a real holiday card with a real stamp metro St. Louis residents can support local artists and charities--and maybe even give the flagging U.S. Postal Service a boost.

By sending a real holiday card with a real stamp metro St. Louis residents can support local artists and charities--and maybe even give the flagging U.S. Postal Service a boost. There's a Stamps.com commercial that makes this bold assertion: "There's nothing worse than standing in line at the post office." Really? It's this kind of statement that may be contributing to the U.S. Postal Service's financial and operational woes. Stamps.com and other online postage vendors would have us believe that printing postage at home is the next best thing to the Internet.  And there's another commercial from Stamps.com; in which the prospect of a post office run strikes a nameless fear into the hearts of office workers. (Not to be left out of the …

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Tips to Ensure Your Gifts Arrive In Time for the Holidays

See our roundup so your gifts arrive in time for your loved ones to unwrap on Christmas.

It doesn't matter how great your Christmas gift is if it doesn't arrive on Christmas. Check out our guide to shipping gifts below. However, be sure to call the closest location or check the respective websites for specific shipment dates and prices. United States Postal Service Domestic express mail must be shipped by Dec. 22, the United States Postal Service (USPS) website states. International shipments must be sent between Dec. 19 and 21, depending on their destination. Although USPS sells packaging materials, it does not offer packaging assistance; however, if you are sending a package priority or express mail, such labeled tabe is available to close up your box. You can find the Post Office in in Hazelwood at 6135 North Lindbergh Blvd…

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Santa Claus Wears a Postal Uniform

Hazelwood postal workers deliver smiles, and your holiday cards and packages, on time.

Your mail carrier might not look like Santa Claus, but chances are he or she is an elf in disguise during the holidays. In fact, by the end of this holiday season, the United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers will have delivered nearly 16 billion cards, letters and packages to Americans nationwide. If you haven't mailed those last minute packages and holiday cards, you are one of many people along with Hazelwood resident Jeremiah Giles, that are leaning on the United States Post office to deliver a Christmas miracle. "I tried to," he said of mailing his gift in time for the recipient to receive it on Christmas Day. "It's a package for my church in Nashville (TN) Porter Heights Baptist Church." USPS estimates that Dec. 20 was the …

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Hazelwood Holiday Closures

Procrastination could lead to late fees on personal property taxes, and they are due by Dec. 31. Offices are closed for the holiday on Dec. 24 and 31. See what other Hazelwood locations are closed for holiday observance.

Hazelwood personal property owners take heed: St. Louis County offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24 - 25 and on Dec.31. That means if you wait to the last minute to pay your taxes, more likely than not you'll incur a fee. The last day to pay tax bills in person is Thursday, Dec. 30. The North St. Louis County revenue office located in Hazelwood at Village Square  is open from 8a.m until 4:30p.m. All revenue offices accept checks and money orders, but only the North County and Clayton locations accept cash payments. Normal, non-holiday office hours are listed in the Patch Directory Listing for the office. Payments must be received or postmarked by the United States Postal Service by midnight of December 31 or will be considered …

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