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Resident starts post office petition
Supporters work to alter Postal Service plans; frustrations increase
A local resident has launched a petition drive to save the post office in the Sundance at Fish Creek shopping center at a time when frustrations are growing with the U.S. Postal Service and its plans to close the branch and consolidate operations downtown.
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by Brandon Gee
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Resident starts post office petition
Supporters work to alter Postal Service plans; frustrations increase
A local resident has launched a petition drive to save the post office in the Sundance at Fish Creek shopping center at a time when frustrations are growing with the U.S. Postal Service and its plans to close the branch and consolidate operations downtown.
