A comment was made on my posting about the North Egremont post office, asking why all this was happening after many years. A combination of two phenomena is causing the problem: First the USPS has been trying to close small post offices for many years, including ours. Craig and friends beat back a pretty serious attempt several years ago by enlisting some political help. Second, Craig has been fighting with the USPS for several years over what they pay him to run the post office. It ain't much, and Craig isn't a charity. So when he really put his foot down last year the USPS got nasty, putting the screws on Craig and all us users. The threats have stopped, at least for now, but the changeover in address remains in effect.



Craig has the store on the market. If he sells the new owner will inherit the problem.