EDITORIAL: Week of February 23
There was good news last week for area residents who rely on the Ovington station of the U.S. Postal Service to buy stamps and mail packages.
USPS has decided to continue utilizing the station which, along with 20 others in New York City, was on a list of over 3,600 stations considered for closure to help the mail service close a multi-billion dollar budget gap.
That the Ovington Station has been saved is not just a coincidence. Rather, the decision was taken after months of effort by local activists and elected officials who besieged U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe with letters and petitions aimed at making sure that the powers-that-be understood exactly how important the vest pocket post office was to the myriad of residents who regularly utilize it.