Effective Monday – March 22, 2021 -- the Hobart Post Office will be closed until further notice due to a fire in the adjoined building.

Post Office Box customers can pick-up their mail at the Stamford Post Office, 5 Churchill Avenue, M-F 9 am – 1 pm, 2 pm – 4:45 pm, Sat 9 am – noon. Hobart post office box customers are urged to bring identification for their visit.

Mail delivery to Hobart street addresses remains unaffected.  However, customers will be directed to the Stamford Post Office to pick up vacation mail, signature-required items or oversized articles. 

As additional alternatives for postal retail services, customers may want to consider the Harpersfield Post Office, 798 Colonel Harper Drive or the Roxbury Post Office, 2375 Highway 41. Retail customer service hours at the Harpersfield Post Office are Mon – Fri 8 am – noon, Saturday 9 am – 12:15 pm. Retail customer service hours at the Roxbury Post Office are
M – F 8 am – 1 pm, 2:30 pm – 5 pm, Saturday 9 am – noon.

There are 231 rented post office boxes in Hobart impacted by the fire, including 29 boxholders who are from the former South Kortright Post Office.  All of these customers will move to hand out service in Stamford until additional post office boxes are placed in the Stamford lobby.

There are nearly 500 postal customers served on the one Hobart rural route.

There is no timetable for a restoration of operations in Hobart, according to postal officials.   

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