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Downtown postal center temporarily closes

By SHELLY BIRKELO ( Contact ) Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 2:33 p.m.

JANESVILLE—Due to safety and health concerns, the downtown postal customer service center in the Olde Towne Mall, 20 S. Main St., closed at the end of business today.

Suspension of this service is temporary and every effort will be made to return service as soon as possible, said Michael A. Baldocchi, postmaster, in a press release.

The self-service stamp vending machine will remain in operation.

Mail, for post office box customers downtown, will now have to be picked up at the main post office, 1818 Milton Ave., where a specific window, in the lobby, has been dedicated for customer convenience.

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gazettefan
Aug 13, 2008 at 12:35 p.m.
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Don't lick those stamps until you boil them in water a while.

garyprimer
Aug 13, 2008 at 9:02 a.m.
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Temporary suspension of service for an indefinite period of time. They closed at the end of the business day.

tnimmo89
Aug 13, 2008 at 12:13 a.m.
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Janesville: Umm they only closed for the day bud... not forever. But uhh nice try anyways.

janesvillecomments
Aug 12, 2008 at 9:32 p.m.
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The problem has been the downtown location was just a sop to the businesses downtown who complained when the Post Office moved to Milton Avenue.
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They can finally claim the expenses of re-opening plus the decreased number of businesses downtown no longer justify having that operation.
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The flooding gives them a nice clean break.

JohnDoe
Aug 12, 2008 at 7:01 p.m.
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Apparently they aren't concerned about the general public though..."The self-service stamp vending machine will remain in operation."
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It would be nice if they would at least say what the problem is so the public could make an informed decision on whether to go in there or not.

louie
Aug 12, 2008 at 4:44 p.m.
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This is great for USPS to look after their employees health!! Hopefully the county will come in and clean that place up CORRECTLY and everyone can get their lives back to normal after the ROOF LEAK / FLOODING!!

janesvillean
Aug 12, 2008 at 3:12 p.m.
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I hope it isn't mold.

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