The U.S. Postal Service today released yet another revised list of possible branch closures, and one D.C. office has been trimmed. The Northeast branch, located at 1563 Maryland Ave. NE, will stay. In Maryland, two other branches were also spared: the Friendship Heights branch, and the Silver Spring Center branch. The total list is now at only 241 post offices still under review nationwide, down from almost 3,300 at the beginning of the process.

That leaves eight D.C. branches remaining on the potential closure list:

*Columbia Heights Finance, 3321 Georgia Ave. NW
*Fort Davis, 3842 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
*LeDroit Park, 416 Florida Ave. NW
*Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW
*Navy Annex
*Petworth, 4211 9th St. NW
*Randle, 2306 Prout St. SE
*Woodridge, 2211 Rhode Island Ave. NE

No final decisions have been made, but the Postal Service expects to start closing selected branches in early 2010.