Photo by RR Best
Post office clerk Trisha Elder inspects the damage last Tuesday after a car jumped the curb and crashed into the Sullivan Post Office lobby door.

•December 2, 2015•

The front door of the Sullivan Post Office was crashed on November 24 and access to the front lobby limited since.

Postmaster Cindy Temple is sorry for the inconvenience to the public and then explained repairs should be complete this week.

“We recommended a Champaign contractor to the building owners in Chicago,” Temple said of the procedure to get the door repaired. “They are set to start work on the door and frame Wednesday (Dec. 2).”

Until then customers seeking lobby access will continue to ring the bell on the loading dock.

A postal clerk will retrieve mail from post office boxes.

“Our package season has doubled,” Temple said referring to the holiday package traffic at the post office.

“A postal clerk escorts the customer through the back room to the lobby access door,” she explained. “From there we can conduct business as usual.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.