White Plains, NY — Postal officials in the Greater Hudson Valley are announcing the Postal Service is observing the Columbus Day federal holiday on Monday, October 14, 2013. Only Express Mail will be delivered on Columbus Day with retail services limited to Self Service Ship & Mail Center kiosks with 24/7 access. Post Offices will re-open with regular mail delivery, collections, and retail services resuming on Tuesday, October 15.
Formerly called Automated Postal Centers, Self Service Ship & Mail Centers are state-of-the-art kiosks that lets customers buy stamps and postage, weigh and ship packages, mail letters, look up ZIP Codes, pay Post Office Box rents, track shipments, and access other mailing information. The kiosks can also accommodate Spanish–speaking customers.
The fifteen 24/7 access Self Service Ship & Mail Centers are located in the following Post Office lobbies in the Greater Hudson Valley: Larchmont at 1 Chatsworth Avenue, Scarsdale at 29 Chase Road, White Plains Main at 100 Fisher Avenue, Mount Kisco at 3 Morgan Drive, New City at 245 N Main Street, Hopewell Junction at 815 Route 82, East Station at 915 Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, Hartsdale at 441 Central Park Avenue, Rye at 41 Purdy Avenue, Yorktown Heights at 2020 Maple Hill Street, Monsey at 15 Melnick Drive, Nanuet at 10 W Prospect Street, South Road Station at 2572 South Road in Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls at 71 E Main Street, and Yorktown Heights at 2020 Maple Hill Street.
Extensive postal information and services are also available 24/7 online at USPS.com.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
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