Video: Closing of Youngstown mail processing center put on hold

By Greta Mittereder – May 5, 2015 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The United States Postal Service processing center in downtown Youngstown will remain open, at least for now. It was set to close in July, but that has been delayed and a new closure date has yet to be determined. Postal service officials stress that…

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End is here for mail sorting facility at Akron’s main post office

[maxgallery id=”35533″]By Katie Byard – April 16, 2015 The postal service never delivered another reprieve. Hundreds of postal service workers at the mail sorting center in Akron have been hoping for one, though the chances were slim to none. Friday marks the end of the line for the mail processing operations that have been at…

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Postal service says Akron mail-sorting operation to close in April

By Katie Byard – February 21, 2015 Wolf Ledges processing facility to close in April as postal service slashes costs, merges operations; affected workers to be transferred The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close its Akron mail-sorting operation, part of which was moved to Cleveland more than a year…

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U.S. mail about to get slower

Cutbacks have been a fact of life for U.S. Postal Service operations across north central Ohio for several years now. Mail-processing operations left Mansfield for Cleveland in 2012. And small, rural post offices in Crawford County villages like Chatfield have seen their office hours drastically cut. Some mail delivery has suffered as a result, but…

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