If we were to pursue the matter, it is very likely the customer would get a visit from the law enforcement branch of the Postal Service.

Closing a post office is never a simple matter, so we try to make the transition as smooth and convenient as possible for customers. Customers will be allowed to proceed with whichever option they choose.

The US Postal Service is paying more for the lease on the building than the revenue it is receiving for the post office boxes, so it's just not smart business for us to keep it in operation.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends

I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures.

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