Postal officials with the Caribbean District of the US Postal Service remind local residents to plan for several changes in service related to the annual St. Thomas Carnival and parades:

• Three collection boxes – all located outside the Emancipation Gardens postal facility at 5046 Norre Gade – will be removed for the weekend events starting on Thursday and replaced for business again on Monday.
• Emancipation Gardens Post Office will closed until noon on Friday, May 3, for the annual Children’s Day Parade.
• All Post Offices on St. Thomas will be closed on May 4 for the Adults Day Parade.  There will be no retail – also known as window service – or mail deposits available.

Those offices are:

• Charlotte Amalie – 9846 Estate Thomas 
• Veterans Drive - 6500 Veterans Drive
• East End – 4605 Tutu Park Mall
• Havensight – 9007 Havensight Shopping Center
• Emancipation Gardens -- 5046 Norre Gade

Regular Post Office operations will resume on Monday, May 6.

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