Kate S. Alexander at Herald-Mail.com reports that the US Postal Service is considering a plan to consolidate its Frederick and Baltimore facilities. Some in the western portion of the state fear it could harm their quality of service.
"A study of the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Facility in Frederick, Md., has found that consolidating its operations with a Baltimore plant could save the agency more than $4 million a year.
But area postal workers are concerned that if the move takes place, service to the 217 zip code � which includes Washington County � will suffer.
"All of this handling of the mail most assuredly will result in sacrificed service for our customers," the employees of the Frederick Post Office wrote in a letter to The Herald-Mail.
The postal service will hold a public meeting Tuesday, May 10, at 7 p.m. in Frederick to share the initial results of its study and hear public response, according to a summary of the study."
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