Politics & Government

Closing Delayed for Leisure World Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service postpones the proposed nationwide cuts until mid-May.

The  in Silver Spring is on the list of 3,700 post offices around the United States that the U.S. Postal Service plans to close, in order to cut costs.

But the ax won’t drop during the holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it will delay the closings until mid-May, according to The Washington Post.

Is the Postal Service on its last legs? Do you think there will be more cutbacks--and how soon will they come? Tell us in the comments.

For more information on the delayed closings of post offices nationwide, check out this blog post on The Washington Post.


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