SENATORS MARKEY, WARREN, REP. MCGOVERN CELEBRATE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO SAVE SHUTESBURY AND MEDWAY POST OFFICES, URGE USPS TO HALT CLOSURES AT OTHER POST OFFICES

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02) celebrated news that the United States Postal Service (USPS) reversed course on closing the post office in the Town of Shutesbury and committed to opening a new location in the Town of Medway. This follows months-long advocacy from Senators Markey and Warren, Rep. McGovern, the federal delegation, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), and the Shutesbury community-including a letter (https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/shutesbury_post_office_letter_5212026.pdf) from the delegation-as well as a years-long campaign in Medway. The Shutesbu...