PlantFiles Pictures: Pot Marigold 'Calendula 'Touch of....'' (Calendula officinalis), 1 by Weezingreens

Weezingreens wrote:
I don't really know, Evert. We are a small town, and many of the deliveries would be rural. This post office serves those outside the city limits, as well. It is 30 miles to the next post office. Many of the roads are not very reliable in the winter... I guess there are lots of reasons. I know they do some rural deliveries... something that was an option long before I recall, but they don't take on new deliveries.

The post office has become the meeting place for most folks. The heavy traffic times are at noon and just before closing. You always see people chatting in the lobby and helping carry packages, etc.

The US post office does not allow advertising on their bulletin boards, but death & memorial notices are allowed on the doors here. When approaching the post office door, a piece of paper on the glass means a death.

Residents have gotten in the habit of using the light pole at the exit of the post office parking lot to advertise rummage sales, car washes, etc. Just funny little quirks of a small coastal Alaskan town.