Community Corner
Cold Keeps Mail From Reaching Some Oak Forest Homes
The U.S. Postal Service set delivery restrictions Monday and Tuesday because of the below-freezing temperatures. But service returned to normal Wednesday.
The below-freezing temperatures earlier this week affected the U.S. Postal Service's mail delivery, leaving some Oak Forest residents without mail for a few days.
Carriers were given a limited amount of time to deliver mail on their routes Monday, said Mesha Chandler, a window clerk for the Oak Forest post office. That window was set up to limit their exposure to the frigid cold, she added.
Mail carriers throughout the area affected by the cold needed to be off the streets by 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, because of the cold and were told only to deliver to businesses, curbside boxes, centralized boxes and boxes in enclosed apartment buildings, said Lee Junious, a customer service supervisor with the Tinley Park post office.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, carriers were told they could deliver to all the stops on their routes, but they still had to stop by 5 p.m., Junious said.
As of Wednesday, Jan. 8, delivery is back to normal, Chandler said.
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