PROVIDENCE RI — As an added convenience to postal customers, some Post Offices will be open from 12 noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 22nd, to allow customers who received a notice to retrieve a parcel to pick up that parcel. The extended hours will offer customers more convenient times to pick up their holiday packages. Post Offices open on Sunday for this limited service include:

Postal officials note the decision reflects a national trend of increased packages in the mail and the preference of some customers to make that pickup ahead of what is traditionally the season’s busiest mailing days.

The expanded access is for package pick-up only. Window transactions in the lobby will not be available.    

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