Two Conn. Mail Processing Centers Slated To Close

HARTFORD (AP) — Two mail processing centers in Connecticut are among those slated to be closed as the US Postal Service seeks to trim costs and avert bankruptcy.

The centers in Wallingford and Stamford were identified December 5 as being on the chopping block along with 250 other centers nationwide.

The cuts are part of $3 billion in reductions that would virtually eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

The postal service has cited steadily declining mail volume.

Postal Vice President David Williams said at a news briefing in Washington that the service is not “writing off first class mail” but that it must respond to new market realities in which people are turning more to the Internet for e-mail communications and bill payment.