USPS to keep rural offices open, change hours

The U.S. postmaster general said yesterday that more than 3,500 rural post offices, including 30 in Maine, will remain open but with shortened hours. The U.S. Postal Service hasn't yet made a decision on whether to move ahead with plans to consolidate operations at its Hampden processing facility with one in Scarborough.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in a press release said the USPS will develop a new strategy to keep the post offices open a ...