MARYLAND —Throughout Maryland, select Post Offices will open every Sunday from now until Christmas to make it more convenient for customers to complete their holiday mailings.

Customers can complete shipping needs, pick up missed packages, and purchase regular postal products and services such as stamps and money orders.

Post Offices not listed will retain their normal retail hours.

Extended holiday hours for Saturday Dec. 11 & Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday Dec. 12 & Dec. 19, from noon – 4 p.m. are as follows:

• Baltimore Main Post Office, 900 E Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21233
• Loch Raven Post Office, 808 Gleneagles Court, Baltimore, MD 21286
• Nottingham Post Office, 4990 Mercantile Road, Baltimore, MD 21236
• Parkville Post Office, 8201 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234
• Windsor Mill Post Office, 2513 N Rolling Road, Baltimore, MD 21244
• Eastport Post Office, 821 Chesapeake Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403
• Easton Main Post Office, 115 E Dover St., Easton, MD 21601
• Salisbury Post Office, 816 E Salisbury Parkway, Salisbury, MD 21801
• Bel Air Post Office, 202 Blum Court, Bel Air, MD 21014
• Cockeysville Post Office, 115 Wright Ave., Cockeysville, MD 21030
• Columbia Post Office, 6801 Oak Hall Lane, Columbia, MD 21045
• Edgewater Post Office, 39 Stepney Lane, Edgewater, MD 21037
• Elkridge Post Office, 6655 Santa Barbara Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
• Ellicott City Post Office, 3375 Ellicott Center Drive, Ellicott, MD 21043
• Glen Burnie Post Office, 7596 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
• Lutherville Post Office, 9603 Deereco Road, Lutherville, MD 21093
• Owings Mills Post Office, 10821 Red Run Blvd., Owings Mills, MD 21117
• Pasadena Post Office, 4301 Mountain Road, Pasadena, MD 21122
• Westminster Main Post Office, 345 Woodward Road, Westminster, MD 21157
• Frederick Post Office, 201 E Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701

Expanded retail hours are part of the Postal Service’s preparations for the anticipated higher delivery demands of the 2021 holiday peak season. Since April, the Postal Service has installed 112 new package sorting machines, reflecting the Delivering for America plan’s $40 billion of planned investment over ten years. The new machinery gives the Postal Service the capacity to process an additional 4.5 million packages each day.

The Delivering for America plan also includes the hiring 40,000 seasonal employees for the 2021 holiday season. In addition, USPS hiring efforts included the conversion of 63,000 pre-career employees into career position and the hiring of more than 60,000 pre-career employees. More information about the Delivering for America plan is available at https://about.usps.com/what/strategic-plans/delivering-for-america/.

Customers are reminded of this year’s postal shipping deadlines:

• Dec. 15 Retail Ground Service
• Dec. 17 for First-Class Mail
• Dec. 18 for Priority Mail
• Dec. 23 for Priority Mail Express

For additional news and updates throughout the season, visit the USPS Holiday Newsroom

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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