NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS: At the Eagles Convenience Store and Gas Station, the new Contract Post Office held its Grand Opening this week for customers in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. In center photo, Postmaster Tom Pollard (2nd from rt) and Eagles COO Kintal Gandhi (3rd from rt) handle ribbon cutting duties.
Hillsborough, NC — A new Post Office in Hillsborough celebrated its Grand Opening yesterday, and its owners declared themselves “ready to serve the Hillsborough and Chapel Hill customers in grand fashion.”
Eagles Chief Operating Officer Kuntal Gandhi and Hillsborough Postmaster Tom Pollard presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Contract Postal Unit at Eagles Convenience Store, 620 Hampton Pointe in Hillsborough, just off the I-85 exit bordering on Chapel Hill. The Eagles CPU is open six days a week – Monday – Friday, 8 am – 7 pm and Saturdays 8 am – 4 pm. It is one of 21 CPUs in the Triangle Area, all serving as convenient alternatives to traditional Post Offices.
“This office will help to increase convenience and access to postal services for customers unable to travel to the main Post Office,” said Pollard, who oversees the Eagles CPU. “A full line of postal products and services are available at the new CPU including postage stamps, Express Mail® service, Priority Mail® service, special services, packaging products, and much more. We are very excited for the residents of Hillsborough and the community at large.”
Another CPU will hold its Grand Opening at a second Eagles location in Raleigh on Tuesday, at 8710 Glenwood Avenue. Event starts at 11 am, with ribbon cutting set for 11:30 am.
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