Fewer Hours Possible for Bristol Post Office

The Bristol Post Office - as well as locations in Millbrook and Kaneville - likely will remain open with fewer retail hours, federal leaders announced Wednesday.

The U.S. Postal Service had planned to close 3,700 locations after Tuesday but switched course this week amid an outcry from rural postal customers, some of whom worried about the delivery of prescription medication, according to an Associated Press article that appeared on the Huffington Post.

Under the new proposal, more than 13,000 facilities could have their retail service hours slashed, althought at least 4,000 rural facilities would maintain full operations, according to the Associated Press article.

The Bristol Post Office, 11 Cannonball Trail, Bristol, could be reduced from 8 hours a day of retail service to 6, while the Millbrook and Millington locations could be slashed from 8 to 4 hours daily, according to the U.S. Postal Service.

The current retail hours for the Bristol Post Office are 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, according to the U.S. Postal Service website.

To see a preliminary list of the proposed hour reductions, click here and click on "Affected Post Offices."