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The Mobile Post Office operated from
the parking lot of the Noxen Food Mart between 2006 and early 2009.
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Post Office
The Noxen Post Office, formerly housed in a
historic Victorian building on Main Street, was damaged during the June,
2006 flood. The operation was moved to a mobile unit in the
parking lot of the Noxen Food Mart on Route 29 until a permanent location
could be located, but that facility was temporarily closed early in 2009.
Currently, the future of the Noxen Post
Office is uncertain, and the branch is in danger of being closed
permanently. Representative Chris Carney has co-sponsored
H.R. 658 to modify the procedures governing the closure or
consolidation of postal facilities. Meanwhile, efforts are
underway to have the post office relocated to the restored train depot,
but until then Noxen is without a post office of any sort.
If you have any questions about the
future of the post office in Noxen, or if you want to support keeping our
branch, contact Edward Burke at:
1425 Crooked Hill Road
Harrisburg, PA 17107-9631
717-257-4837
FAX: 717-257-2340
On
December 20th, 2008, the town organized a "Save-Our-Post-Office"
Rally in support of keeping a post office in the town of Noxen.
Photos from the rally are below. Representatives from the Citizens'
Voice, the Wyoming County Press Examiner, and WNEP Channel 16 were on hand to cover the event.
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December
20th, 2008 Rally
Representative Karen Boback voices her
support of keeping the post office branch in Noxen.
Cathy Pauley speaks about the future of the
post office.
Residents of Noxen listen while a camera
operator from Channel 16 news records the event.
The former Noxen Post Office on Main Street was damaged by
flood waters in June 2006.
(The photo at right was contributed by
Lorraine Brelsford.)
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