Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs; reaction in Akron mixed
A U.S. mail carrier walks her route in Santa Ana, Calif. Wednesday. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service wants to stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Wednesday in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Winter Avery (left) and Brittany Johnson use the automated stamp machine at the main Akron Post Office on Wolfe Ledges on Wednesday. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Ron Ward, of Palmyra Township checks mail at the main Akron Post Office on Wolfe Ledges on Wednesday. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
