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Photos by Lee Roski
Upper left, the Berlin Post Office on Worthington Ridge; above is the East Berlin branch; and at lower left is the main post office at Kensington.
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Despite ongoing news of turmoil and belt-tightening in the United States Postal Service, Berlin’s three facilities appear, at this time, to be weathering the storm Chris Licata, communications director for Congressman John Larson’s office, (District 1) said last week that Berlin’s post offices are not listed to be evaluated. Any discussion on changes in postal services that affect customers must be routed through the local congressional office. The only facilities in the area currently under consideration are at Ann Street in Hartford and Forestville in Bristol. Christine Dugas, USPO spokesperson for this region confirmed that Berlin’s three facilities are “are not on the list to be studied and have not met the criteria (needed) to study for closure.” The main post office on Kensington Road had its distribution functions merged with New Britain’s post office last year. East Berlin has a post office and the Berlin Post Office is located on Worthington Ridge. Dugas was not able to accommodate The Citizen’s request to speak with local postmasters in regards to the post offices’ status. She said “the postmaster is too busy to do interviews.” Dugas said that overall, the USPO is studying 3,700 facili-