Indianapolis, IN — United States Postal Service operations will be limited Monday, October 11, 2010, in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.

Postal operations on the holiday will be as follows:

• There will be no regular home delivery; however, Express Mail will be delivered.
• There will be no retail window service at any United States Postal Service station or branch.
• Customers using a debit or credit card can utilize the Automated Postal Centers located throughout the Greater Indiana District, including Bloomington (Woodbridge), Brownsburg, Carmel, Chesterton, Columbus, Crown Point, Fishers, Greenwood, Indianapolis (Bacon, Castleton, Eagle Creek, Main Office, New Augusta, Nora, Park Fletcher and Southport), Kokomo, Lafayette, Merrillville, Mishawaka, Noblesville, Plainfield, Portage, Richmond, Schererville, Terre Haute, Valparaiso, Warsaw, West Lafayette, Westfield and Zionsville.  Automated Postal Centers are available 24 hours daily, every day of the week, including holidays and can conduct 80% of transactions available at postal retail counters such as mailing packages and purchasing postage.
• Many companies will conduct business as usual on Columbus Day.  Therefore, the Postal Service is urging customers to deposit their outgoing mail Monday evening as usual in blue collection mailboxes found at post offices and business industrial parks.  This will allow for earlier collection and processing of Monday’s mail volumes.
• Mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, October 12, 2010.

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