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The Oglethorpe Echo

The Oglethorpe Echo

Editorial: What’s with the mail?

News Staff
Thursday, April 11, 2024
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”     While those words are often quoted as the U.S. Postal Service’s motto, the mail service has no official slogan.
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)

Post office consolidation causes delivery issues

Erin Kenney
Sunday, December 11, 2022
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 Sorting and Delivery Center (S&DC).   “As the kids would say, it’s been an epic fail,” Lindsey said.