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Friday, Aug. 28, 2009

Harmony Post Office should re-open, local residents urge

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Organizers hope “A Day in Harmony” delivers a message to postal officials that locals want the Harmony Post Office to reopen. Glass-blowing demonstrations, arts and crafts, pottery works, wine tasting, historic tours and a flea market are planned for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in the historic North Coast hamlet 3 miles south of Cambria. Opened in 1914, the Harmony Post Office closed its doors in April 2008. U.S. Postal Service said their studies showed the historic creamery building housing the office was unsafe. But, officially, the office remains in bureaucratic limbo, and has not yet officially closed. Box holders now pick up their mail at a nearby metal stand with a number of locked boxes. The creamery has since been studied and tested, and owners have sent a proposal to postal officials, according to Aarika Wells of Harmony. “The object of our campaign is to show a virtual flood of public support, a good old-fashioned outcry," Wells said, saying people want the office open again. She said she has about 3,000 signatures on a petition urging that the office reopen. For details, to volunteer or make a donation, call 927-1028. — Kathe Tanner

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