The suit argues that residents haven’t received proper notice because of spotty mail service and that there are issues with the few open polling stations.

“Please, please Mr. Postman, why’s it been a very long time?” asks a bunch of Washingtonians.

The unsalvageable mail “was soaking wet and clumped together, and it shredded to pieces as it was picked up.”

In an email sent to constituents last night, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham reported that the U.S. Post Office located at 1915 14th Street NW will be closing on December 31.

If you thought that the U.S. Postal Service was done making cuts to its brick-and-mortar operations, well, you were mistaken: word comes today that the USPS is now considering shutting down around ten percent of its retail outlets nationwide.

The lengthy quest of Mary Cheh’s office to serve a subpoena to Sulaimon Brown and Cherita Whiting has ended! A statement released this afternoon by the Councilmember says that Brown and Whiting were served notice via certified mail and are expected to appear before the Committee on Government Operations and the Environment on May 13. Mark your calendars, people.

The U.S. Postal Service will reportedly start delivering mail addressed to “Tysons Corner, VA” in the 22102 and 22182 zip codes this month.

While it’s no secret that the financial troubles of the United States Postal Service will likely lead to the closure of local post offices like the one at 14th and T Streets NW, it’s also having another effect that may have slipped under your radar: a reduction in the number of familiar blue collection boxes around town.

The United States Postal Service has been looking for ways to cut back on costs for, well, years now. But one of the biggest drains on USPS’ yearly budget is their brick-and-mortar postal offices, which, with massive cuts in labor and a movement to online services, are often understaffed and underutilized. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the USPS was looking to move on closing thousands of offices — and Prince of Petworth publishes an email from a reader who overheard that the post office at 14th and T Streets would be “closing in a few months.”

Earlier this afternoon, a suspicious package at a U.S. Post Office at 3300 V Street NE ignited into flames — now there are some additional details on that story. Authorities have admitted that there were two suspicious packages which were discovered at the D.C. post office this afternoon — neither package was opened, but one was thrown into a bin and caught on fire. The packages reportedly resemble the two packages which were addressed to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and flared up inside Maryland state buildings yesterday.