Politics & Government

Man on the Street: Customers Mixed on Possible Post Office Closure

After an announcement by the USPS last week that 3,700 locations may be closed, customers at the Northlake Post Office say their postal needs will be affected.

More and more people are choosing to conduct their postal needs online and through other self service options.

At least that's what a study released last week by the U.S. Postal Service will hope to determine. USPS announced last week that they will study 3,700 retail locations to determine if they should remain open.

at 3212 Northlake Parkway, across from the .

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If closed, the postal service may replace these post offices with something called a Village Post Office, according to a postal service statement. Local businesses would operate these locations and offer only the most popular postal service products, such as stamps and flat-rate packaging.

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