Don't close our post office, East Vandergrift saysTarentum Valley News DispatchWith no home mail delivery, that place is the post office. But the financial crisis facing the United States Postal Service is threatening the future of this tiny town's gathering place. The East Vandergrift post office, 15629, is located in …
Read More »Don't close our post office, East Vandergrift says
The East Vandergrift post office, 15629, is located in rented space at 252 McKinley Ave., serving the borough's roughly 675 residents. The current five-year lease ends Aug. 31. More: continued here
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