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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Santa Will Reply to Letters from Children in Wellesley

Thanks to a very special U.S. Postal Service program, "Santa" will reply to children who mail him their Christmas wish lists this holiday season.

Every year, millions of children sit down to make a wish list for Santa, hoping he will make all of their Christmas dreams come true. But what if Santa actually wrote back? The United States Postal Service is now accepting "Letters From Santa," a program that allows any person to play Santa by sending a letter signed by Saint Nick to any child. According to a postal service news release, "The 'Letters From Santa' program helps parents fulfill the dreams of their own children." Instructions to send a letter from Santa: In Wellesley, letters to Santa can be dropped off at any of the post office locations: in Wellesley Square, Wellesley Hills or Babson Park. TELL US: Do your children or children in your family plan on writing a letter to …

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Send a Letter to Santa in Marlboro and Colts Neck, and Have Santa Write Back (in Marlboro-ColtsNeck Patch), Wellesley Square Post Office, Wellesley Hills Post Office, and 1 more ›

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Babson Park Post Office on the Chopping Block

The postal service has put the post office under review.

Babson Park Post Office has been put under review for possible closure, according to a press release from the U.S. Postal Service. The post office adjacent to the Babson College campus is among 43 in Massachusetts the postal service plans to study to determine the "customer needs," the statement, released Tuesday, said. The postal service currently operates 32,000 offices around the country, and the need to keep them all open has diminished as more people use places like pharmacies, grocery stores and the internet to make postal purchases. “Our customer’s habits have made it clear that they no longer require a physical post office to conduct most of their postal business,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in a written statement. A …

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Babson Park Post Office and Babson College

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