All V.I. post offices are now open from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, according to V.I. Postmaster Louis A. Jackson, who announced that and other operational changes recently.
The new hours went into effect March 3. Unaffected is the Havensight Postal Store on St. Thomas, which will still be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays and holidays.
Letter carriers will still perform Express Mail delivery every day. For those with post office boxes:
– on St. Thomas, the Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office in Estate Thomas will have centralized delivery of Express Mail received on Sundays and holidays, including those addressed to boxes at the Veterans Drive, Emancipation Garden and East End stations. These will be available for delivery at the Estate Thomas post office between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
– on St. Croix, incoming Express Mail for boxes in Frederiksted will be delivered at the Kingshill Annex. Kingshill Post Office will perform their same incoming Express Mail delivery. Carriers from Christiansted and Frederiksted will deliver from the Kingshill Airport Annex.
– on St. John, retail operations will remain the same; window hours are from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. On Sundays and holidays, Express Mail delivery to P.O. boxes stays the same, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jackson also informed customers of all V.I. post offices and stations that all incoming first class mail received daily will be distributed to P.O. boxes by 11 a.m.
For more information, call your local post office or the postmaster at 774-1950, ext. 11.
