Photo by Shaun Barrows The U.S. Postal Service is attempting full collection and delivery throughout the Metro area today, even though many roads are still impassable. “We will do our best to provide service,” spokesperson Deborah Yackley said via email. Some retail post office locations remain closed due to staffing issues. A list of open retail units is forthcoming, and we’ll post it when it’s available. The best thing you can do to increase…

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….

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing on many a D.C. neighborhood blog this summer about the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to shut down many of their branches in an effort to trim costs. Today the USPS announced that it has trimmed its list down to 413 retail offices nationwide, with nine of those located inside the District (that’s down from 13 in the previous list of 677). These are the local post offices still…