RICHMOND, VA — Throughout Connecticut, 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 Sunday Dec.12 and Dec. 19 are as follows:

• Alexandria Main (1100 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA 22314)
  9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Arlington Main (3118 Washington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Arlington-North (2200 N. George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22207)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Ashburn (44715 Prentice Drive, Dulles, VA 20101)
  9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Burke (9501 Burke Road, Burke, VA 22015)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Chantilly (4410 Brookfield Corporate Drive Chantilly, VA 20151)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Merrifield (8409 Lee Highway, Merrifield, VA 22116)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Norfolk-Thomas Corner (5900 E Virginia Beach Blvd., ste. 190 Norfolk, VA 23502)
  9 a.m.-noon
• Onancock (35 Market St. Onancock, VA 23417)
  9 a.m.-noon
• Prince William (3360 Post Office Road, Woodbridge, VA 22193)
  9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Reston (11110 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190)
  9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Roanoke-Cave Spring (4069 Postal Drive Roanoke, VA 24018)
  10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Winchester Main (132 N Loudoun St. Ste. 1, Winchester, VA 22601)
  9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The following Post Office are offering extended hours one day per week:

• McLean (6841 Elm St. McLean, VA 22101)
  Saturday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Leesburg (75 Lawson Road SE Ste. 106, Leesburg, VA 20175
  Monday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Winchester Main (132 N Loudoun St. Ste. 1, Winchester, VA 22601)
  Monday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

In addition, the following Post Office are offering extended package pick up hours:

• Charlottesville (1155 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22906)
  Saturday 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Potomac Falls (Westlake Drive, Sterling, VA 20165)
  Monday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Richmond Main (1801 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23232)
  Saturday 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

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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