Post office consolidation causes delivery issues

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  • Lincoln Lindsey, a clerk at the Lexington Post Office, said the recent mail delivery consolidation with the Athens office has been “an epic fail.” Mail delivery throughout the county often is delayed. (ERIN KENNEY/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Lincoln Lindsey, a clerk at the Lexington Post Office, said the recent mail delivery consolidation with the Athens office has been “an epic fail.” Mail delivery throughout the county often is delayed. (ERIN KENNEY/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
Lincoln Lindsey, a postal clerk who has worked at the Lexington Post Office the last two years, is frustrated with the recent consolidation of Oglethorpe County mail delivery with the new Athens…

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