It’s The Town’s Maine Mailbox
July 22, 2009
The 1,700 residents of Otisfield, Maine are ready to fight the United States Post Office over one public mailbox. Of course that may be because it is the only public mailbox in the town. For the past decade, in an effort to save money, the USPS has been removing mailboxes they deem unnecessary at the rate of roughly 60 per day. That adds up to over 188,000 mailboxes removed and leaves only 176,936 remaining. Residents of Otisfield want the peace of mind of placing their mail in a secured box rather than leaving it for pick-up in their personal home box. Town officials are leading the fight with the town’s administrative assistant threatening to chain herself to the box. The town’s road commissioner even blocked the box with a snowplow and backhoe to prevent the postal service from taking it at night. (editor’s note: we wonder if these residents can keep up the fight during the bitter cold winters that Maine is known for.) click here for limerick
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