Meeting on SouthSide Post Office Closure Planned

The U.S. Postal Service will host a community meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Broughal Middle School to discuss the possible closure of the South Side Post Office on West Fourth Street, according to this story on Lehigh Valley Live.

The is one of 3,600 nationwide that is being considered for consolidation, closure or contracting because of “low traffic.”

U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced a few weeks ago that the U.S. Postal Service must consider some dramatic changes to its business – and realize $20 billion in budget cuts by 2015 to become profitable.