Officials upset at delay in closing Clearwater Beach post office

By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 4, 2012 CLEARWATER — The U.S. Postal Service’s 11th-hour request to keep its Clearwater Beach post office open into May is hitting resistance from city leaders who are ready to see it leave. Last month, less than a week after the ailing agency announced the beach post office would shut down on Jan. 20, a Congress-supported moratorium paused …

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