Himes Says He'll Fight for Glenbrook Post Office

STAMFORD, Conn. — At least one person does not want the U.S. Postal Service to close the Glenbrook Post Office in Stamford. That person is Congressman Jim Himes, who wrote a letter to the postal service urging that the offices in his district remain open.

“I’m frustrated to have received notice that a number of local post offices are again under consideration for closure. While we look for savings throughout the federal government, we must choose wisely where to cut. Local businesses and families depend on these offices because of their access to public transportation and as anchors for economic activity in the area, and I will fight as hard as I did two years ago to keep them open,” Himes wrote in a letter to Ed Phelan, district manager.

On Tuesday, the Glenbrook office was one of 15 in the state that the postal service said it would consider closing. Himes came to the defense of that post office in 2009 when it was one of the branches studied for closure by the postal service.

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