Today at noon I attended the post office hearing at the Poplar Grove Village Hall. It turned out to be a very small gathering hosted by Michelle Harris, area director for all of 610xx zip codes, and Christina Walker, "Postplan" coordinator -- both from Pecatonica, IL.
It was reported that 3,905 surveys were mailed at random of which 763 were returned. The largest response, 75%, favored realignment of hours and that was told us without any options. 7,000 post offices in the USA will have their hours reduced effective June 29. My question about Caledonia staying open in a village of 200 persons. Yes because they serve a large rural area and get lots of business from Hwy. 173.
Poplar Grove hours today: M-F, 9-11 a.m. and 1-5 p.m.; Sat. 8-12 noon.New hours after June 29: M-F, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (1/2 hr lunch 1:30-2:00); Sat. 9-1:00 p.m.24 hour Lobby will continue. This will all be in the newspapers. I suggest that an official announcement could go into our July CW News.