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Fleetwood couple campaign to save post office

A Fleetwood couple has launched a letter-writing campaign urging U.S. Postal Service officials to provide answers about the uncertain future of the local post office.

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A couple in Fleetwood started writing letters to the U.S. Postal Service demanding answers about what happens to their local post office. Nobody from the postal service has said what the problem is or what the timeline looks like, just that the future is uncertain. That is the infuriating part, the silence, the waiting, the sense that a decision is being made somewhere without the people who actually use the thing having any say in it. The Fleetwood Post Office is not some abstraction. It is mail, packages, and a small anchor a rural spot needs. If you live out there or you care about Ashe County holding its ground, watch this one.

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