USPS: Cluster Box Unit program unlocks new efficiencies

Posted on June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 by 21cpw

The Postal Service is making it easier for customers to use Cluster Box Units (CBUs), the centralized collections of individually locked mailboxes that are common in apartment buildings and other residential communities. In Nevada-Sierra District, for example, USPS is using a database to automate, simplify and streamline CBU lock changes. This replaces an older system…

U.S. Postal Service stops home delivery in portions of Lead, South Dakota

Posted on September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 by 21cpw

Postmaster: Safety concerns behind switch to centralized mailbox locations LEAD — The U.S. Postal Service will discontinue home delivery service to 533 addresses in Lead and 218 in Deadwood next month in favor of delivering to multiple centralized locations due to employee safety concerns. Laura Uhrig, postmaster of the combined Lead-Deadwood Post Office, made the…