Delegation, Governor Expected At Postal Service Meeting

Vermont's congressional delegation and governor Shumlin are expected to attend a public meeting on the future of the postal office in White River Junction.

The U.S. Postal Service is looking to close 3,700 post offices nationwide and 250 mail processing centers, including the one in White River Junction.

The $3 billion in cuts announced in early December would slow first-class mail service, ending next-day deliveries of stamped letters.

The Postal Service has agreed to delay the closings until mid-May.

Sen. Bernie Sanders helped push for the moratorium, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, Congressman Peter Welch and Gov. Shumlin plan to attend the meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in White River Junction. The meeting was pushed back from Dec. 15 so that more people could attend.