A Connecticut Valley Stamp on New Year’s Holiday

Postal Schedules for New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day Vary

December 30, 2009 



HARTFORD — Postal officials report that all Post Offices will be open New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31st but many will adjust retail lobby hours by closing at noon. There will be regular Thursday delivery of mail through all regional post offices.

In Hartford, the Ann Street Station (185 Ann Street) will be closed all day while Unity Plaza (271 Bourbon Street), Blue Hills Station (433 Woodland Street) and Barry Square (645 Maple Street) will open from 9 am to noon only.  

All other Hartford facilities, including the Main Post Office on Westin Street, will be open regular hours.  

All other Connecticut post offices that will close at noon on Thursday:

OFFICE NAME ZIPCODE
CANTON CENTER 06020
COLEBROOK 06021
COLLINSVILLE 06022
EAST CANAAN 06024
EAST GLASTONBURY 06025
EAST HARTLAND 06027
EAST WINDSOR HILL 06028
NORTH CANTON 06059
PINE MEADOW 06061
PLEASANT VALLEY 06063
POQUONOCK 06064
RIVERTON 06065
SOMERSVILLE 06072
STAFFORD 06075
STAFFORDVILLE 06077
TACONIC 06079
TARIFFVILLE 06081
WEST GRANBY 06090
WEST SUFFIELD 06093
AMSTON 06231
BALLOUVILLE 06233
EASTFORD 06242
EAST KILLINGLY 06243
EAST WOODSTOCK 06244
GROSVENORDALE 06246
NORTH WINDHAM 06256
POMFRET 06258
QUINEBAUG 06262
ROGERS 06263
SCOTLAND 06264
SOUTH WINDHAM 06266
SOUTH WOODSTOCK 06267
CENTRAL VILLAGE 06332
BOZRAH 06334
GILMAN 06336
HANOVER 06350
MONTVILLE 06353
OLD MYSTIC 06372
SOUTH LYME 06376
VERSAILLES 06383
WAUREGAN 06387
YANTIC 06389
FISHERS ISLAND 06390
BOTSFORD 06404
COBALT 06414
HADLYME 06439
HAWLEYVILLE 06440
MARION 06444
MIDDLE HADDAM 06456
STEVENSON 06491
CORNWALL 06753
GAYLORDSVILLE 06755
MORRIS 06763
PEQUABUCK 06781
SOUTH KENT 06785
WEST CORNWALL 06796
GREENS FARMS 06838
REDDING 06875
REDDING RIDGE 06876

On January 1, all Post Offices will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery, except for the delivery of Express Mail.

Post offices will reopen with full window service and mail delivery on Saturday, January 2, 2010.

For customer convenience, access to the 24-hour self-service postal stations known as Automated Postal Centers offer shipping services and zip code look-ups, with recent upgrades that permit post office box payments. 

Automated Postal Centers (APCs) offer a Spanish-language option for all transactions.   

Connecticut APCs are located in Bridgeport, Danbury, Enfield, Fairfield, Glastonbury, Greenwich (Greenwich Avenue Station, Greenwich Postal Store), Hamden, Hartford, Manchester, Milford, New Canaan, New Haven, Newington, Southbury, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, West Hartford and Wilton.

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